NAC482.505. General requirements for unique vehicle identification number.

     1. If a vehicle is rebuilt, reconstructed, repaired or specially constructed in such a way that the vehicle identification number placed on one essential part is different than the vehicle identification number placed on any other essential part, the owner of the vehicle shall obtain a unique vehicle identification number from the Department.

     2. If the vehicle has never been registered in this State, or another state or jurisdiction, the owner must present the vehicle at an office of the Department for the assignment, recordation and placement of a unique vehicle identification number before a certificate of registration or certificate of title will be issued.

     3. If the vehicle is, or has been, registered in this State, or another state or jurisdiction, the owner shall present the vehicle at an office of the Department for the assignment, recordation and placement of a unique vehicle identification number not later than 30 days after the owner discovers that the vehicle identification number placed on one essential part is different than the vehicle identification number placed on any other essential part.

     4. A vehicle assigned a unique vehicle identification number pursuant to this section must be registered under that number.

     5. The unique vehicle identification number assigned to a vehicle pursuant to this section must be used in any description of the vehicle required pursuant to this chapter or chapter 482 of NRS.

     6. For the purposes of this section, an essential part that does not have a vehicle identification number placed on it shall be deemed to have a different vehicle identification number than an essential part that does have such a number placed on it.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Motor Veh. by R038-04, eff. 11-2-2004)