1. The Department shall establish, design and otherwise prepare for issue personalized prestige license plates and shall establish all necessary procedures not inconsistent with this section for the application and issuance of such license plates.

2. The Department shall issue personalized prestige license plates, upon payment of the prescribed fee, to any person who otherwise complies with the laws relating to the registration and licensing of motor vehicles or trailers for use on private passenger cars, motorcycles, trucks or trailers, except that such plates may not be issued for a full trailer or semitrailer that is registered pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 482.483 or a moped registered pursuant to NRS 482.2155.

3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.2065, personalized prestige license plates are valid for 12 months and are renewable upon expiration.

4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, personalized prestige license plates may be transferred from one vehicle or trailer to another if the transfer and registration fees are paid as set out in this chapter.

5. In case of any conflict, the person who first made application for personalized prestige license plates and has continuously renewed them by payment of the required fee has priority.

6. The Department may limit by regulation the number of letters and numbers used, prohibit the use of inappropriate letters or combinations of letters and numbers and prohibit the transfer of personalized prestige license plates from one vehicle or trailer to another if such a transfer would result in an inappropriate use of letters or combination of letters and numbers.

7. The Department shall not assign to any person not holding the relevant office any letters and numbers denoting that the holder holds a public office.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 100; A 1969, 404; 1973, 450, 1701; 1975, 63; 1979, 214; 1985, 681; 1987, 1145; 2003, 3376; 2013, 2833; 2015, 1756, 2819)