Do I Need a Vehicle Transfer on Death Designation in Nevada?

Nevada allows a certificate of title in beneficiary form on motor vehicle, trailer, and semitrailerNev. Rev. Stat. 482.247Verified Aug 31, 2026View source. The title may not be issued in beneficiary form to a tenant in common (NRS 482.247(3)), and VP 239 requires an individual owner, not a business. A beneficiary cannot be added while there is a lienholder, a lienholder or lessor added later removes the beneficiary, and leased vehicles are ineligible. Off-highway vehicles use the parallel forms OHV-022 and OHV-023, filed with the DMV Off-Highway Vehicle Section under NAC 490.435.

Add the designation through the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)Nev. Rev. Stat. 482.247View source using Transfer on Death Application (Form VP 239)Nev. Rev. Stat. 482.247View source. Notarization is not requiredNev. Rev. Stat. 482.247View source. You file the completed designation with the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) by mail to Nevada DMV, Title Processing, 555 Wright Way, Carson City, NV 89711 or in person. There is no online path for adding a beneficiary. Submit VP 239, the original title (or VP 012 if the title is lost) and the $20 title fee; the new title arrives in about 8 weeks. The at-death claim is filed by mail or at any DMV office (new title in 4-6 weeks), but re-registering in the beneficiary's name is done in person.

Yes. The designation can be changed or cancelled at any time during the owner's life; in Nevada: Sell the vehicle with proper assignment and delivery of the certificate of title to another person; File an application (VP 239) with, and pay a fee to, the DMV to reissue the certificate of title with no beneficiary or a different beneficiary (mark "Removing beneficiary" or "Change beneficiary" on VP 239). Nevada allows more than one beneficiaryNev. Rev. Stat. 482.247Verified Aug 31, 2026View source.

The beneficiary retitles the vehicle with the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)Nev. Rev. Stat. 482.247View source by submitting: Certified copy of the death certificate for each owner listed on the title; Surrender of the outstanding certificate of title in beneficiary form (if the title cannot be located, submit the notarized Beneficiary's Affidavit VP 241 instead); Application and payment of the title fee (the DMV states $20); Re-registration in the beneficiary's name, in person, before the vehicle is driven: the transfer expires the registration (NRS 482.420(1)); bring proof of ownership, the death certificate(s), insurance in the beneficiary's name, the odometer reading, a smog check if required, and the decedent's plates and license or ID. The designation covers that vehicle alone; a revocable trust set up with SimplyTrust keeps the home, the accounts and everything else out of probate in one document.