1. Except as otherwise provided in this section or by specific statute, the Director shall order the redesign and preparation of motor vehicle license plates.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the Department may, upon the payment of all applicable fees, issue redesigned motor vehicle license plates.

3. The Department shall not issue redesigned motor vehicle license plates pursuant to this section to a person who was issued motor vehicle license plates before January 1, 1982, or pursuant to NRS 482.2155, 482.3747, 482.3763, 482.3783, 482.379 or 482.37901, without the approval of the person.

4. The Director may determine and vary the size, shape and form and the material of which license plates are made, but each license plate must be of sufficient size to be plainly readable from a distance of 100 feet during daylight. All license plates must be treated to reflect light and to be at least 100 times brighter than conventional painted number plates. When properly mounted on an unlighted vehicle, the license plates, when viewed from a vehicle equipped with standard headlights, must be visible for a distance of not less than 1,500 feet and readable for a distance of not less than 110 feet.

5. Every license plate must have displayed upon it:

(a) The registration number, or combination of letters and numbers, assigned to the vehicle and to the owner thereof;

(b) The name of this State, which may be abbreviated;

(c) If issued for a calendar year, the year; and

(d) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.2085, if issued for a registration period other than a calendar year, the month and year the registration expires.

6. Each special license plate that is designed, prepared and issued pursuant to NRS 482.367002 must be designed and prepared in such a manner that:

(a) The left-hand one-third of the plate is the only part of the plate on which is displayed any design or other insignia that is suggested pursuant to paragraph (g) of subsection 2 of that section; and

(b) The remainder of the plate conforms to the requirements for lettering and design that are set forth in this section.

[Part 12:202:1931; A 1949, 45; 1953, 106; 1955, 582] + [1:131:1943; 1943 NCL § 4443.01] + [1:319:1953] — (NRS A 1960, 128; 1961, 130, 419; 1965, 1337; 1969, 340, 685, 1048; 1971, 51; 1973, 864; 1975, 698; 1977, 356, 1008; 1979, 94; 1981, 1550; 1989, 1151; 1991, 134; 1993, 1345, 1387; 1995, 568, 1659, 1664, 1665, 1668; 1997, 137, 174, 539, 1360, 1502, 1549, 2977, 2997, 3003, 3005, 3053; 1999, 455, 456, 2566; 2003, 3068; 2007, 322; 2013, 1474, 2548; 2015, 255, 996, 2816; 2019, 186, effective January 1, 2021)