1. If a new vehicle is leased in this State by a long-term lessor, the long-term lessor shall complete and submit to the Department a manufacturer’s certificate of origin or a manufacturer’s statement of origin, and transmit electronically to the Department a long-term lessor’s report of lease. Such a report must be transmitted electronically to the Department in the manner required by the Department and must include:

(a) A description of the vehicle; and

(b) The names and addresses of the long-term lessor, long-term lessee and any person having a security interest in the vehicle.

2. Unless an extension of time is granted by the Department, the long-term lessor shall, within 20 days after the electronic transmission to the Department of the long-term lessor’s report of lease:

(a) Submit to the Department the manufacturer’s certificate of origin or manufacturer’s statement of origin; and

(b) Collect and remit to the Department the fee set forth in NRS 482.429 for the processing of the long-term lessor’s report of lease.

3. Upon entering into a lease or written agreement to lease for a new vehicle, the long-term lessor shall affix a temporary placard to the rear of the vehicle. Only one temporary placard may be issued for the vehicle. The temporary placard must:

(a) Be in a form prescribed by the Department;

(b) Be made of a material appropriate for use on the exterior of a vehicle;

(c) Be free from foreign materials and clearly visible from the rear of the vehicle; and

(d) Include the date of its expiration.

4. Compliance with the requirements of subsection 3 permits the vehicle to be operated for a period not to exceed 30 days after the execution of a written agreement to lease or the lease, whichever occurs first. Upon issuance of the certificate of registration and license plates for the vehicle or the expiration of the temporary placard, whichever occurs first, the long-term lessee shall remove the temporary placard from the rear of the vehicle.

5. For the purposes of establishing compliance with the period required by subsection 2, the Department shall use the date on which the long-term lessor’s report of lease was transmitted electronically to the Department as the beginning date of the 20-day period.

6. Upon executing all the documents necessary to complete the lease of the vehicle, including, without limitation, the financial documents, the long-term lessor shall complete the long-term lessor’s report of lease and furnish a copy of the information included therein to the long-term lessee not less than 10 days before the expiration of the temporary placard.

(Added to NRS by 1993, 1385; A 1997, 197; 1999, 257; 2001, 916; 2003, 2642; 2007, 3217; 2013, 2523)