NAC482.910. Suspension of registration for driving under influence of intoxicating liquor or controlled substance: Duties of Department; reinstatement of registration; issuance of replacement plates.

     1. Upon receiving a copy of an order issued by a court pursuant to NRS 484C.520, the Department shall send a written notice of suspension by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the person whose registration of a motor vehicle will be suspended at his or her last known address. The notice must:

     (a) Be provided for each motor vehicle for which a court has ordered the Department to suspend the registration;

     (b) Set forth the effective date of the suspension; and

     (c) Include a statement that informs the person to whom the notice is sent that, pursuant to NRS 482.451, he or she is required to return to the Department immediately the certificate of registration and the license plates of the motor vehicle.

     2. Upon the return of the certificate of registration and the license plates to the Department, the Department shall:

     (a) Remove the annual renewal sticker from the license plates and return the license plates to the person whose registration of a motor vehicle is suspended;

     (b) Indicate on the record of the person that the certificate of registration and annual renewal sticker have been returned to the Department; and

     (c) Destroy the certificate of registration and annual renewal sticker.

     3. After the period of suspension has expired, a person whose registration of a motor vehicle was suspended pursuant to NRS 482.451 and who wishes to have the Department reinstate the registration must:

     (a) Pay the fee for reinstatement prescribed in subsection 10 of NRS 482.480; and

     (b) Present, in person, the license plates of the motor vehicle to the Department.

     4. The Department shall, at no charge, issue a duplicate certificate of registration and annual renewal sticker to a person who complies with the provisions of subsection 3 unless:

     (a) The registration of the motor vehicle has expired; or

     (b) The registration of the motor vehicle is suspended for another reason.

     5. If the registration of a motor vehicle that the Department suspended pursuant to NRS 482.451 is not reinstated within 18 months after the date of expiration of the certificate of registration, the Department may, pursuant to NRS 482.2715, issue replacement license plates which bear the same codes as the license plates of the motor vehicle for which the registration was suspended.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Motor Veh. & Pub. Safety by R062-00, eff. 10-1-2000)—(Substituted in revision for NAC 482.630)