NRS 482.270
License plates: General specifications

  • redesign
  • configuration of special license plates designed, prepared and issued pursuant to process of direct application and petition.

1.

Except as otherwise provided in this section or by specific statute, the Director shall order the redesign and preparation of motor vehicle license plates.

2.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the Department may, upon the payment of all applicable fees, issue redesigned motor vehicle license plates.

3.

The Department shall not issue redesigned motor vehicle license plates pursuant to this section to a person who was issued motor vehicle license plates before January 1, 1982, or pursuant to NRS 482.2155, 482.3747, 482.3763, 482.3783, 482.379 or 482.37901, without the approval of the person.

4.

The Director may determine and vary the size, shape and form and the material of which license plates are made, but each license plate must be of sufficient size to be plainly readable from a distance of 100 feet during daylight. All license plates must be treated to reflect light and to be at least 100 times brighter than conventional painted number plates. When properly mounted on an unlighted vehicle, the license plates, when viewed from a vehicle equipped with standard headlights, must be visible for a distance of not less than 1,500 feet and readable for a distance of not less than 110 feet.

5.

Every license plate must have displayed upon it:

(a)

The registration number, or combination of letters and numbers, assigned to the vehicle and to the owner thereof;

(b)

The name of this State, which may be abbreviated;

(c)

If issued for a calendar year, the year; and

(d)

If issued for a registration period other than a calendar year, the month and year the registration expires.

6.

Each special license plate that is designed, prepared and issued pursuant to NRS 482.367002 must be designed and prepared in such a manner that:

(a)

The left-hand one-third of the plate is the only part of the plate on which is displayed any design or other insignia that is suggested pursuant to paragraph (g) of subsection 2 of that section; and

(b)

The remainder of the plate conforms to the requirements for lettering and design that are set forth in this section.

Source: Section 482.270 — License plates: General specifications; redesign; configuration of special license plates designed, prepared and issued pursuant to process of direct application and petition., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-482.­html#NRS482Sec270.

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
Last Updated

Feb. 5, 2021

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