Registration Cancellation

Cancel your registration before dropping insurance to avoid potential fines.

Use MyDMV to cancel online if you’ve sold your vehicle or won’t be operating it for any period of time.

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How to Cancel Registration

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Online Cancellation

Cancel your registration if you’ve sold your vehicle or won’t be driving it.

24/7 Access No Appointment Needed

Features:

  • Cancel through MyDMV portal
  • Any registration fee credit will appear on your receipt
  • Use your plates on another vehicle or surrender them by mail or at a DMV office.
  • Submit a resale notification to show you no longer own the vehicle and protect yourself from future liability. Complete it during cancellation or file it separately.

Note: You cannot get a movement permit or transfer plates online after completing this cancellation.

Start Cancellation Resale Notification

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Do not use this transaction if you traded in your vehicle while purchasing a new vehicle from a Nevada dealer. See Register a Vehicle for more information on dealer sales.

Mail Cancellation

Mail the following items:

  • License plates, decal, signed letter requesting cancellation
  • Your return address and daytime phone number
  • May send plates and a cancellation letter by certified mail with return signature

Department of Motor Vehicles
Central Services Division
555 Wright Way
Carson City, NV 89711-0700

In-Person Cancellation

Visit any DMV office or County Assessor for rural:

Features:

  • Bring the rear plate for decal removal
  • No appointment necessary
  • Surrender plates at the information desk
  • Do not place in drop box unless marked for plates

Transfer Plates to Another Person

If you wish to allow another person to use an existing set of license plates that you currently own, you should cancel your registration online if the new owner is not using the plates immediately.

Required Form
  • License Plate Release (SP-67) You must complete a License Plate Release (SP-67) form. The new plate owner must submit this form when obtaining an original vehicle registration. The current registration for the plate number will be canceled if it is not already.
Time Limits
  • Home Means Nevada plates: Must be used within 60 days
  • Specialty plates: Must be used within 30 days
  • After these periods, the new owner cannot use them on a vehicle.
Registration Credits

Registration fee credits cannot be transferred to the new owner. Credits remain with the original registrant.

Registration Fee Credits

You will receive a credit for the unused portion of the current registration fees when you cancel your registration.

Key Details
  • The credit expires on the original expiration date of the canceled registration.
  • You can apply the credit to the registration or renewal of another vehicle registered in your name.
  • There is a $6 fee to use the credit on another vehicle.
How to Use Your Credit
  • You may renew another vehicle at any time in person at the DMV — no need to wait until it’s close to expiring.
  • If a smog check is required, it must be less than 90 days old at the time of renewal.
Credits Cannot be Used For:
  • Plate fees
  • Sales tax
  • Sales tax
  • Transfers to another person
Credits Can Be Used For:
  • Registration Fee
  • Governmental Services Taxes
  • Supplemental Governmental Services Taxes

Registration Fee Refunds

You may qualify for a full or partial refund of registration fees under limited circumstances, as outlined in NRS 482.399(9). Refunds are mandated by the State Legislature, not the DMV.

Who Can Qualify:
  • Nevada residents only (refunds are not available to former residents).
  • All of the following must be true:
    • Registration is canceled using the Registration Refund Request Form (VP 210)
    • License plates are surrendered
    • The requester is a Nevada resident
    • No sanctions, parking violations, or bad debts are tied to the registration
What is Refundable:
  • Unused portions of:
    • Registration fees
    • Governmental Services Taxes
    • Supplemental Governmental Services Taxes

Not Refundable: Specialty plate fees, sales tax, late fees, or other DMV-related charges.

Processing Information
  • Complete the VP 210 Refund Request Form
  • Surrender your Nevada license plate (Mail both to the DMV)
  • If approved, receive check within 6–8 weeks from DMV receives plates
  • If denied, you’ll receive a notification

Important: Refunds are not issued at DMV offices.

Additional Requirements (One Must Apply)

You must meet one of the following extenuating circumstances:

  • Relinquished driver’s license and sold/disposed of the vehicle
    • Include buyer’s name and sale date on the VP 210 form
  • Vehicle is inoperable and cannot be transferred
  • Owner is seriously ill or deceased
    • Include a doctor’s note, hospital bill, or death certificate

Quick Reference Documents

Selling a Vehicle Vehicle Storage Guide