Vehicle Registration

Out-of-state insurance is not accepted. You must obtain insurance from a Nevada Licensed Insurance Carrier and maintain the coverage for the entire time the vehicle is registered in Nevada so your vehicle registration don't gets cancel. Coverage is verified electronically with your insurance company.

Motorists who do not maintain Nevada liability insurance are subject to a registration suspension and reinstatement fees and fines. You must keep Nevada Evidence of Insurance in your vehicle at all times. Mopeds and trailers are exempt from insurance requirements so you can use our dmv registration services las vegas without have insurance for your trailer

• Nevada Evidence of Insurance
• License plates and current registration certificate
• Title, if not held by lien holder
• Nevada Emission Vehicle Inspection Report
  (if needed)
• VIN inspection
• Current Odometer Reading
• Application for Vehicle Registration (VP 222)
  (If a third party registers the vehicle on behalf of the owner)

New Nevada residents must obtain their driver license and vehicle registration within 30 days. See our New Resident Guide.

Smog checks are required on most gasoline and diesel powered cars and trucks, 1968 and newer, based in most areas of Las Vegas and Reno. 

Exemptions include new vehicles on their first and second registration, hybrids for the first five model years, diesel vehicles with a manufacturers gross vehicle weight rating over 14,000 pounds, motorcycles and mopeds.

Emissions tests are valid for 90 days. If the vehicle was purchased from a Nevada dealer, the test is valid for 180 days from the date of the test.

• Nevada Evidence of Insurance
• Title or Security Agreement from a Financial Institution
• Nevada Emission Vehicle Inspection Report
  (if needed)
• VIN inspection
  (if not previously registered in Nevada)
• Current Odometer Reading 
  
• Application for Vehicle Registration (VP 222)
  (If a third party registers the vehicle on behalf of the owner)

Vehicle must be registered within 30 days of the purchase. Sales taxes are not charged on "occasional" sales. The buyer must obtain insurance and a movement permit prior to driving the vehicle on any public street. The seller should remove the license plates and transfer or surrender them. 

Complete a Bill of Sale for your records.

• Nevada Evidence of Insurance
• Invoice or Bill of Sale, and one of the following:
  Title
  Manufacturer’s Certificate of Origin
  Security Agreement
  Lease Agreement
• Nevada Emission Vehicle Inspection Report
  (if needed)
• VIN inspection
• Current Odometer Reading
• Application for Vehicle Registration (VP 222)
  (If a third party registers the vehicle on behalf of the owner)

Sales Taxes - You may or may not be charged sales tax at registration. Many dealers remit sales taxes directly to the DMV. Full Nevada taxes are due on vehicles purchased in Utah. See Out-of-State Dealer Sales.