Nevada Code § 482.400

Endorsement of certificate of title upon transfer; electronic submission of notice of transfer; form for transfer of ownership for use by dealer; registration by transferee; exceptions
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1. Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection and subsections 3, 6 and 7, and NRS
482.2607 and 482.247 , upon a
transfer of the title to, or the interest of an owner in, a vehicle registered
or issued a certificate of title under the provisions of this chapter, the
person or persons whose title or interest is to be transferred and the
transferee shall sign in writing or electronically the certificate of title
issued for the vehicle, together with the residence address of the transferee,
in the appropriate spaces provided upon the certificate. The Department may, by
regulation, prescribe alternative methods by which a signature may be affixed
upon a manufacturers certificate of origin or a manufacturers statement of
origin issued for a vehicle. The alternative methods must ensure the
authenticity of the signatures.
2. Within 5 days after the transfer of the
title to, or the interest of an owner in, a vehicle registered or issued a certificate
of title under the provisions of this chapter, the person or persons whose
title or interest is to be transferred may submit electronically to the
Department a notice of the transfer. The Department may provide, by request and
at the discretion of the Department, information submitted to the Department
pursuant to this section to a tow car operator or other interested party. The
Department shall adopt regulations establishing:
(a) Procedures for electronic submissions
pursuant to this section; and
(b) Standards for determining who may receive
information from the Department pursuant to this section.
3. The Department shall provide a form for
use by a dealer for the transfer of ownership of a vehicle. The form must be
produced in a manner which ensures that the form may not be easily
counterfeited. Upon the attachment of the form to a certificate of title issued
for a vehicle, the form becomes a part of that certificate of title. The
Department may charge a fee not to exceed the cost to provide the form.
4. Except as otherwise provided in
subsections 5, 6 and 7, the transferee shall immediately apply for registration
as provided in NRS 482.215 and shall pay
the governmental services taxes due.
5. If the transferee is a dealer who
intends to resell the vehicle, the transferee is not required to register, pay
a transfer or registration fee for, or pay a governmental services tax on the
vehicle. When the vehicle is resold, the purchaser shall apply for registration
as provided in NRS 482.215 and shall pay
the governmental services taxes due.
6. If the transferee consigns the vehicle
to a wholesale vehicle auctioneer:
(a) The transferee shall, within 30 days after
that consignment, provide the wholesale vehicle auctioneer with the certificate
of title for the vehicle, executed as required by subsection 1, and any other
documents necessary to obtain another certificate of title for the vehicle.
(b) The wholesale vehicle auctioneer shall be
deemed a transferee of the vehicle for the purposes of subsection 5. The
wholesale vehicle auctioneer is not required to comply with subsection 1 if the
wholesale vehicle auctioneer:
(1) Does not take an ownership interest in
the vehicle;
(2) Auctions the vehicle to a vehicle
dealer or automobile wrecker who is licensed as such in this or any other
state; and
(3) Stamps his or her name, his or her
identification number as a vehicle dealer and the date of the auction on the
certificate of title and the bill of sale and any other documents of transfer
for the vehicle. The wholesale vehicle auctioneer may stamp electronically the
information which is required to be stamped on any document pursuant to this
subparagraph.
7. A charitable organization which intends
to sell a vehicle which has been donated to the organization must deliver
immediately to the Department or its agent the certificate of registration and
the license plate or plates for the vehicle, if the license plate or plates
have not been removed from the vehicle. The charitable organization must not be
required to register, pay a transfer or registration fee for, or pay a
governmental services tax on the vehicle. When the vehicle is sold by the
charitable organization, the purchaser shall apply for registration as provided
in NRS 482.215 and pay the governmental
services taxes due.
8. As used in this section, wholesale
vehicle auctioneer means a dealer who:
(a) Is engaged in the business of auctioning
consigned motor vehicles to vehicle dealers or automobile wreckers, or both,
who are licensed as such in this or any other state; and
(b) Does not in the ordinary course of business
buy, sell or own the vehicles he or she auctions.

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