Signing Over A Car
NRS 482.400 and NRS 482.399 — both sign the title, the registration ends with the sale, and the plates go with the seller
When a Nevada vehicle changes hands, the owner whose interest is transferred and the new owner both sign the certificate of title, in writing or electronically, with the new owner's residence address, in the spaces provided on it.
Notice of the transfer within 5 days. Within 5 days after the transfer, the seller may submit a notice of it electronically to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
The buyer immediately applies for registration and pays the governmental services taxes, unless the buyer is a dealer buying to resell, in which case the eventual purchaser does.
The registration ends with the sale. A transfer of ownership ends the seller's registration. The seller may move it, and the same plates if they suit, to another vehicle the seller registers. If no transfer is applied for within 60 days, the plates are surrendered to the Department on or before the 60th day.
Credits and refunds of the registration fee and governmental services tax, sales through a wholesale auctioneer, and donations to charities run under the same sections and are not reproduced in full here. Disputes over a sale are for a court and a licensed Nevada attorney.
Sources for this section (2)
- NRS 482.400 — Endorsement of certificate of title upon transfer
- NRS 482.399 — Expiration of registration on transfer of ownership or destruction of vehicle
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Nevada attorney.