487.820 - Salvage title: Procedure for acceptance of application if applicant unable to furnish certificates of title and registration; exception; prohibition on issuance of duplicate certificates of - Nevada Statutes

487.820  Salvage title: Procedure for acceptance of application if applicant unable to furnish certificates of title and registration; exception; prohibition on issuance of duplicate certificates of title or registration.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS 487.800, if the applicant for a salvage title is unable to furnish the certificates of title and registration last issued for the vehicle, the state agency may accept the application, examine the circumstances of the case and require the filing of suitable affidavits or other information or documents. If satisfied that the applicant is entitled to a salvage title, the state agency may issue the salvage title.

      2.  No duplicate certificate of title or registration may be issued when a salvage title is applied for, and no fees are required for the affidavits of any stolen, lost or damaged certificate, or duplicates thereof, unless the vehicle is subsequently registered.

      (Added to NRS by 1963, 839; A 1979, 1230; 1987, 1603; 1999, 1921; 2003, 472, 1915; 2007, 229)