NRS 482.2605
Application for new certificate of title under certain circumstances

  • filing of bond with Department required
  • amount and form of bond
  • duties of Department.

1.

If an applicant who is seeking a certificate of title to a vehicle from the Department pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 482.240, subsection 2 of NRS 482.260, subsection 1 of NRS 482.285 or subsection 1 of NRS 482.415 is unable to satisfy the Department that the applicant is entitled to a certificate of title pursuant to those provisions, the applicant may obtain a new certificate of title from the Department by:

(a)

Filing a bond with the Department that meets the requirements of subsection 3;

(b)

Allowing the Department to inspect the vehicle to verify the vehicle identification number and identification numbers, if any, on parts used to repair the vehicle; and

(c)

Authorizing the Department to conduct a search of the history of the vehicle through any national crime information system, including, without limitation, the:

(1)

National Crime Information Center, as defined in NRS 179A.061; and

(2)

National Motor Vehicle Title Information System of the United States Department of Justice.

2.

Any person damaged by the issuance of a certificate of title pursuant to this section has a right of action to recover on the bond for any breach of its conditions, except the aggregate liability of the surety to all persons must not exceed the amount of the bond. The Department shall return the bond, and any deposit accompanying it, 3 years after the bond was filed with the Department, except that the Department shall not return the bond if the Department has been notified of the pendency of an action to recover on the bond.

3.

The bond required pursuant to subsection 1 must be:

(a)

In a form prescribed by the Department;

(b)

Executed by the applicant as principal and by a corporation qualified under the laws of this State as surety;

(c)

In an amount equal to one and one-half times the value of the vehicle, as determined by the Department; and

(d)

Conditioned to indemnify any:

(1)

Prior owner or lienholder of the vehicle, and his or her successors in interest;

(2)

Subsequent purchaser of the vehicle, and his or her successors in interest; or

(3)

Person acquiring a security interest in the vehicle, and his or her successors in interest,
Ê against any expense, loss or damage because of the issuance of the certificate of title or because of any defect in or undisclosed security interest in the applicant’s right or title to the vehicle or the applicant’s interest in the vehicle.

4.

A right of action does not exist in favor of any person by reason of any action or failure to act on the part of the Department or any officer or employee thereof in carrying out the provisions of this section, or in giving or failing to give any information concerning the legal ownership of a vehicle or the existence of a title obtained pursuant to this section.

5.

An applicant seeking a certificate of title pursuant to this section may participate in the electronic lien system authorized in NRS 482.4285.

Source: Section 482.2605 — Application for new certificate of title under certain circumstances; filing of bond with Department required; amount and form of bond; duties of Department., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-482.­html#NRS482Sec2605 (accessed May 26, 2025).

482.205
Registration required for certain vehicles. 482.206
Periods of registration for vehicles 482.208
Registration of leased vehicles by long-term lessor or long-term lessee. 482.209
Department prohibited from charging additional fee for delinquent or late registration of vehicle owned by deployed member of military 482.210
Exemptions from registration. 482.215
Application for registration. 482.216
Department may authorize new vehicle dealer to accept applications for registration and transfer of registration of new motor vehicles and to issue certificates of registration 482.218
Owners of certain motortrucks, truck-tractors and buses required to maintain certain books, papers and records 482.220
Application for registration of specially constructed, reconstructed, rebuilt or foreign vehicle 482.223
Application for title for rebuilt, reconstructed or specially constructed vehicle 482.224
Replica vehicles: Limitation on number of vehicles for which Department may issue certificate of registration 482.225
Collection of sales or use tax upon application for registration of certain vehicles purchased outside this State 482.231
Refusal of registration if local authority has filed notice of nonpayment of certain fee charged by constable 482.235
Registration indexes and records 482.240
Issuance of certificates of registration and title by Department or registered dealer 482.245
Contents of certificates of registration and title. 482.247
Certificate of title in beneficiary form: Request 482.255
Placement of certificate of registration in vehicle 482.260
Duties of Department and its agents relative to registration of vehicle 482.262
Application by lienholder for title to certain abandoned recreational vehicles: Requirements of lienholder 482.265
License plates issued upon registration 482.266
Manufacture of license plates substantially similar to license plates issued before January 1, 1982: Written request 482.267
License plates: Production at facility of Department of Corrections 482.268
License plates: Additional fee for issuance 482.270
License plates: General specifications 482.271
License plates: Decals 482.272
License plates: Motorcycles and mopeds. 482.274
License plates: Trailers 482.275
License plates: Display. 482.276
Farm license plate for implement of husbandry 482.280
Expiration and renewal of registration. 482.281
Authority of Department of Motor Vehicles to allow authorized inspection station or authorized station to renew certificates of registration 482.283
Change of name or place of residence: Notice to Department required 482.285
Certificates, decals and number plates: Illegibility, loss, mutilation or theft 482.290
Assignment and recording of new vehicle identification number if old number has been falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated 482.2065
Alternate 3-year period of registration for trailers 482.2085
Registration program for short-term lessors: Establishment by Department 482.2155
Registration of moped: Application 482.2175
Pilot program for determining vehicle miles traveled 482.2177
Mileage on odometer to be provided to Department at registration, renewal and transfer of motor vehicle 482.2605
Application for new certificate of title under certain circumstances 482.2655
Department not to issue special license plates for certain older motor vehicles within 90 days after failed emissions test. 482.2703
License plates: Samples 482.2705
License plates: Passenger cars and trucks 482.2715
License plates: Registrant entitled to maintain code if continuously renewed 482.2717
License plates to be issued to automobile wreckers and operators of salvage pools. 482.2805
Department not to renew registration if notice of nonpayment has been filed with Department by certain entities

May 26, 2025

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