Selling one car and buying another? You don’t have to turn in your old plates and buy new ones. Nevada lets you transfer your existing license plates from one vehicle to another. Walk into any of our 32 Smog Busters huts with the registration for both vehicles, we file the paperwork in about 15 minutes, and your plates move to the new car. The updated registration and plates come back to the hut for pickup.
A plate transfer moves your current Nevada license plates from one vehicle to another. Instead of surrendering your old plates when you sell a car and buying brand-new plates for the replacement vehicle, you keep the same plate number and move it to the new one.
This is common when you trade in a vehicle at a dealership, sell a car privately and buy another, or add a new vehicle and retire an old one. Nevada allows the transfer as long as both vehicles are registered in your name (or will be) and the plates are in good condition.
Smog Busters is an authorized Nevada DMV agent. We file the same plate transfer paperwork the DMV does, through the same state system, but you walk in and out in about 15 minutes instead of spending a morning at a DMV office.
Have these ready before you head to the hut:
Pull up to any Smog Busters hut during business hours. Here’s the flow:
Not sure whether to transfer your plates or just get new ones? Here’s the difference:
The Nevada DMV processes plate transfers at their offices. You book an appointment, drive to the office, wait your turn, and hand the same paperwork to a state worker.
We handle the same filing in about 15 minutes. No line, no ticket, no wait. 32 locations across the valley.
Walk in any day we’re open. No appointment needed. Monday through Friday 8am to 6pm, Saturday 8am to 4pm.
Family-owned since 1988. We have handled thousands of plate transfers for Las Vegas, Henderson, and North Las Vegas drivers.
If you are transferring plates, you probably have other paperwork to handle too. We can do most of it the same visit:
We handle plate transfers at every Smog Busters hut. 32 locations across the valley.
Las Vegas: Summerlin, Spring Valley, Centennial Hills, Sunrise Manor, downtown along Las Vegas Blvd, the southwest corridor, Tropicana and the airport area, and the northwest off Fort Apache and Hualapai.
Henderson: Green Valley, Anthem, Silverado Ranch, Horizon Ridge, Boulder Highway, and the Volunteer Blvd area near the Raiders practice facility.
North Las Vegas: Cheyenne and Rainbow, Las Vegas Blvd North near Craig, and Rancho and Craig.
To transfer plates in Las Vegas, bring the registration tied to the plates, your photo ID, the plates, and proof you own or are buying the receiving vehicle. Your packet can also need Nevada insurance, an odometer reading, smog, EDRS, a signed title, or VIN records. Read our Las Vegas plate transfer document checklist before you head to a hut.
Yes. In Las Vegas, you can usually move qualifying old Nevada plates to a new car when the same person or business will register it and the plate type fits. The transfer is part of the new vehicle registration, so do not attach the plates first. See our guide to transferring old plates to a new car in Las Vegas for the steps, fee credit, and common mistakes.
Walk into any of our 32 Smog Busters huts with the registration for both vehicles. We file the paperwork in about 15 minutes and your plates come back to the hut for pickup.
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