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),

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),

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.

[18:202:1931; 1931 NCL § 4435.17] — (NRS A 1975, 132; 1977, 358; 1985, 29; 1991, 193, 2312; 2001, 312; 2003, 375; 2013, 2832; 2015, 1755; 2017, 2750)