1.  The Department shall file each application received and register the vehicle therein described and the owner thereof in suitable books or on index cards as follows:

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 482.235

  • Department: means the Department of Motor Vehicles. See Nevada Revised Statutes 481.015
  • permanent identifying: as used in this chapter with respect to the number of a vehicle subject to registration under this chapter shall, for the purpose of the registration or departmental record thereof, or any evidence of such registration, be construed to mean such identification, or permanent identifying number of any vehicle which the manufacturer thereof may, in its discretion, adopt or has adopted as an identification or permanent identifying number of the vehicles manufactured by it, or which the Director may approve as the identification number, in lieu of or in addition to a motor number or serial number or a motor and serial number. See Nevada Revised Statutes 482.050

(a) Under a distinctive registration number assigned to the vehicle and to the owner thereof, referred to in this chapter as the registration number.

(b) Alphabetically under the name of the owner.

(c) Numerically under the serial or vehicle identification number of the vehicle or a permanent identifying number, as may be determined by the Department.

2.  A registered dealer who registers a vehicle shall assign a registration number for that vehicle according to a list of registration numbers issued by the Department for use by that dealer.

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