NRS 482.285
Certificates, decals and number plates: Illegibility, loss, mutilation or theft

  • obtaining of duplicates or substitutes
  • fees and taxes.

1.

If any certificate of registration or certificate of title is lost, mutilated or illegible, the person to whom it was issued shall immediately make application for and obtain a duplicate or substitute therefor upon furnishing information satisfactory to the Department and upon payment of the required fees. An applicant who is unable to furnish information satisfactory to the Department that the applicant is entitled to a duplicate or substitute certificate of title pursuant to this subsection may obtain a new certificate of title pursuant to the provisions of NRS 482.2605.

2.

If any license plate or plates or any decal is lost, mutilated or illegible, the person to whom it was issued shall immediately make application for and obtain:

(a)

A duplicate number plate or a substitute number plate;

(b)

A substitute decal; or

(c)

A combination of both (a) and (b),
Ê as appropriate, upon furnishing information satisfactory to the Department and payment of the fees required by NRS 482.500.

3.

If any license plate or plates or any decal is stolen, the person to whom it was issued shall immediately make application for and obtain:

(a)

A substitute number plate;

(b)

A substitute decal; or

(c)

A combination of both (a) and (b),
Ê as appropriate, upon furnishing information satisfactory to the Department and payment of the fees required by NRS 482.500.

4.

The Department shall issue duplicate number plates or substitute number plates and, if applicable, a substitute decal, if the applicant:

(a)

Returns the mutilated or illegible plates to the Department or signs a declaration that the plates were lost, mutilated or illegible; and

(b)

Complies with the provisions of subsection 6.

5.

The Department shall issue substitute number plates and, if applicable, a substitute decal, if the applicant:

(a)

Signs a declaration that the plates were stolen; and

(b)

Complies with the provisions of subsection 6.

6.

Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an applicant who desires duplicate number plates or substitute number plates must make application for renewal of registration. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7 or 8 of NRS 482.260, credit must be allowed for the portion of the registration fee and governmental services tax attributable to the remainder of the current registration period. In lieu of making application for renewal of registration, an applicant may elect to make application solely for:

(a)

Duplicate number plates or substitute number plates, and a substitute decal, if the previous license plates were lost, mutilated or illegible; or

(b)

Substitute number plates and a substitute decal, if the previous license plates were stolen.

7.

An applicant who makes the election described in subsection 6 retains the current date of expiration for the registration of the applicable vehicle and is not, as a prerequisite to receiving duplicate number plates or substitute number plates or a substitute decal, required to:

(a)

Submit evidence of compliance with controls over emission; or

(b)

Pay the registration fee and governmental services tax attributable to a full period of registration.

Source: Section 482.285 — Certificates, decals and number plates: Illegibility, loss, mutilation or theft; obtaining of duplicates or substitutes; fees and taxes., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-482.­html#NRS482Sec285.

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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