To complete the sale, you must complete a Bill of Sale, transfer the Certificate of Title, cancel your former registration, and get rid of your old license plates. The buyer of your car will then be completely responsible for obtaining liability insurance and registering the car in their own name with the DMV.
Any person willfully failing to return a license, certificate of registration or license plate as required in NRS 485.320 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
As a buyer from a Nevada Dealer you will be required to go back to the dealership to pick up your Electronic Dealers Report of Sale (EDRS) from financing roughly 15 days after taking the vehicle home. Have the EDRS with the correct Vehicles Information, Owners Information and Mailing Address.
Submit a Registration Cancelation and Vehicle Resale Notification through the MyDMV portal. If you're selling a vehicle registered to a family trust, provide a Trustee Appointment and Powers Affidavit (VP 188) to the buyer.
Unfortunately, if the new owner of the vehicle fails to register your old new car in their own name, the original title still stands. Any parking tickets or driving infractions caught on camera will be under the original owner's name.
When selling a vehicle it is important to notify the Nevada DMV that you no longer have possession of the car or truck. You may use the Online Vehicle Resale Notification to notify the DMV. The license plate for the car, truck or motorcycle must not be transferred to the new owner.
Nevada law requires most vehicles to display front and rear license plates at all times, except motorcycles and trailers, which require only a rear plate. You must display both plates if the vehicle is designed for a front plate or if the manufacturer offers an add-on bracket or frame.
When selling a car in Nevada, the license plates stay with the seller. It's the seller's responsibility to remove the plates from the vehicle and retain them. If you don't intend to transfer these plates to a new vehicle, you must surrender your license plates within 30 days of selling your vehicle.