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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.400 (2026)

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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NRS 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.

      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 manufacturer’s certificate of origin or a manufacturer’s 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.

      [Part 15:202:1931; 1931 NCL § 4435.14]—(NRS A 1959, 914; 1960, 131; 1963, 1131; 1969, 688; 1975, 1088; 1995, 1043, 2355; 1999, 2567; 2001, 334, 914, 923; 2003, 462; 2007, 988; 2009, 1307; 2023, 1473, 2925)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1960–1987 · leading case: Barr v. Gaines, 746 P.2d 634 (Nev. 1987).
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Barr v. Gaines, 746 P.2d 634 (Nev. 1987). · cites it 4× “Further, NRS 482.400(1) provides that upon transferring his interest in a motor vehicle, the transferor must write his signature upon the certificate of ownership.”
Godfrey v. Gilsdorf, 476 P.2d 3 (Nev. 1970). · cites it 2× “” NRS 482.400. Thereafter, one of them must deliver the certificate of title to the Department of Motor Vehicles.”
Vigoren v. Transnational Ins. Co., 482 P.2d 96 (Nev. 1970). · cites it 2× “The real problem for our determination is whether this conditional sale was sufficiently perfected as to validly transfer ownership of the car from the seller to the buyer.”
All Nite Garage, Inc. v. AAA TOWING, OF RENO, 452 P.2d 902 (Nev. 1969). “399, NRS 482.400, NRS 482.410 and NRS 482.-415.”
Bly v. Mid-Century Ins., 698 P.2d 877 (Nev. 1985). “Chitaras, however, did not execute the certificate of title and transfer document to Bly, as required by NRS 482.400(1). Instead, the certificate remained in Chituras’s possession to secure the final payment due on April 30, 1982.”
Com. Credit Corp. v. Smith, 353 P.2d 905 (Nev. 1960). · cites it 2× “202 § 15, 1931 NCL § 4435.14, “An Act * * * to provide for the transfer of interest in and to *350 motor vehicles’ * * These require that “every transferee shall, upon transferring his interest or title to another, * * * indorse the certificate of ownership as herein provided…”
Perry v. Byrd, 488 P.2d 550 (Nev. 1971). “” NRS 482.400 requires the legal owner and the transferee “to write their signatures with pen and ink upon the certificate of ownership issued for such vehicle, together with *436 the residence address of the transferee in the appropriate places provided upon the reverse side of…”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.400(1) — 2 cases
Barr v. Gaines, 746 P.2d 634 (Nev. 1987). “Further, NRS 482.400(1) provides that upon transferring his interest in a motor vehicle, the transferor must write his signature upon the certificate of ownership.”
Bly v. Mid-Century Ins., 698 P.2d 877 (Nev. 1985). “Chitaras, however, did not execute the certificate of title and transfer document to Bly, as required by NRS 482.400(1). Instead, the certificate remained in Chituras’s possession to secure the final payment due on April 30, 1982.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.400(2) — 2 cases
Barr v. Gaines, 746 P.2d 634 (Nev. 1987). “Further, NRS 482.400(1) provides that upon transferring his interest in a motor vehicle, the transferor must write his signature upon the certificate of ownership.”
Godfrey v. Gilsdorf, 476 P.2d 3 (Nev. 1970). “” NRS 482.400. Thereafter, one of them must deliver the certificate of title to the Department of Motor Vehicles.”
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