1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall not renew the registration of a motor vehicle if a local authority has filed with the Department of Motor Vehicles a notice of nonpayment pursuant to NRS 484B.527, or if the Department of Transportation or a private partner under a public-private partnership has filed a notice of nonpayment pursuant to section 42 of the Boulder City Bypass Toll Road Demonstration Project Act, unless, at the time for renewal of the registration, the registered owner of the motor vehicle provides to the Department of Motor Vehicles a receipt issued by the local authority pursuant to NRS 482.2807, or a receipt issued by the Department of Transportation or a private partner under a public-private partnership.

2. If the registered owner provides a receipt to the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to subsection 1 and complies with the other requirements of this chapter, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall renew the registration of the motor vehicle.

3. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall renew the registration of a motor vehicle owned by a short-term lessor for which the Department of Motor Vehicles has received a notice of nonpayment pursuant to NRS 484B.527 or section 42 of the Boulder City Bypass Toll Road Demonstration Project Act without requiring the short-term lessor to provide a receipt pursuant to subsection 1 if the short-term lessor submits to the Department of Motor Vehicles a certificate issued by a local authority, the Department of Transportation or a private partner under a public-private partnership pursuant to subsection 4.

4. A local authority, the Department of Transportation or a private partner under a public-private partnership shall, upon request, issue to a short-term lessor a certificate which requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to renew the registration of a motor vehicle owned by the short-term lessor without requiring the short-term lessor to provide a receipt pursuant to subsection 1 if the short-term lessor provides the local authority, the Department of Transportation or a private partner under a public-private partnership with the name, address and number of the driver’s license of the short-term lessee who was leasing the vehicle at the time of the violation.

5. Upon the request of the registered owner of a motor vehicle, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall provide a copy of the notice of nonpayment filed with the Department of Motor Vehicles by the local agency pursuant to NRS 484B.527 or the Department of Transportation or a private partner under a public-private partnership pursuant to section 42 of the Boulder City Bypass Toll Road Demonstration Project Act.

6. If the registration of a motor vehicle that is identified in a notice of nonpayment filed with the Department of Motor Vehicles by a local authority pursuant to NRS 484B.527 or the Department of Transportation or a private partner under a public-private partnership pursuant to section 42 of the Boulder City Bypass Toll Road Demonstration Project Act is not renewed for two consecutive periods of registration, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall delete any records maintained by the Department of Motor Vehicles concerning that notice.

7. The Department of Motor Vehicles may require a local authority to pay a fee for the creation, maintenance or revision of a record of the Department of Motor Vehicles concerning a notice of nonpayment filed with the Department of Motor Vehicles by the local authority pursuant to NRS 484B.527. The Department of Motor Vehicles may require the Department of Transportation or a private partner under a public-private partnership to pay a fee for the creation, maintenance or revision of a record of the Department of Motor Vehicles concerning a notice of nonpayment filed with the Department of Motor Vehicles by the Department of Transportation or a private partner under a public-private partnership pursuant to section 42 of the Boulder City Bypass Toll Road Demonstration Project Act. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall, by regulation, establish any fee required by this subsection. Any fees collected by the Department pursuant to this subsection must be:

(a) Deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Motor Vehicle Fund; and

(b) Allocated to the Department to defray the cost of carrying out the provisions of this section.

(Added to NRS by 1995, 2358; A 1997, 463; 2011, 2918)