Existing law requires the owner of a trailer that is to be operated on the highways of this State to register the trailer for a period of either 1 year or 3 years with the Department of Motor Vehicles and pay to the Department certain fees and a governmental services tax, the amount of which is based on the value of the trailer. (NRS 371.030, 371.040, 482.205, 482.206, 482.2065) Alternatively, existing law authorizes the owners of certain commercial full trailers and semitrailers to obtain a permanent registration for the trailer by paying a flat registration fee of $24 and a governmental services tax in the amount of $86 for a nontransferable registration that remains valid for as long as the person owns the trailer or until the person cancels the registration of the trailer and surrenders the license plates to the Department. (NRS 371.040, 482.206, 482.260, 482.483) Section 8 of this bill expands the types of trailers that are eligible for the permanent registration option to include any trailer or semitrailer used for business, commercial or farm purposes, other than a recreational vehicle or travel trailer. Section 8 provides that a trailer or semitrailer may be registered in this manner whether or not it is part of a fleet. Sections 1-7 and 9 of this bill, in conformity with the change made by section 8, replaces the term “full trailer” with “trailer” in existing provisions which reference the permanent registration of trailers. Section 10 of this bill repeals the definition of “full trailer” for the purposes of provisions governing motor vehicle registration to reflect that this term is no longer used in any applicable provision of existing law.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 482.206, 482.2065, 482.260, 482.274, 482.3667, 482.375, 482.3824, 482.483, 371.040, 482.0435
BDR: 482.206, 482.2065, 482.260, 482.274, 482.3667, 482.375, 482.3824, 482.483, 371.040, 482.0435