Over 1,500 claims of expired vehicles were submitted within the first four days of Nevada’s new DMV online spotter program, according to a DMV spokesperson. The Nevada Registration Spotter form, launched on the DMV’s website, allows residents to report vehicles with expired, invalid, or missing registrations. The system aims to help law enforcement by maintaining a log of vehicles with faulty registrations, making them more identifiable.
DMV spokeswoman Hailey Foster emphasized that while law enforcement still needs to catch these vehicles on the road, the additional information helps officers know which vehicles to watch for. Staffing shortages and higher-priority calls have made it difficult for law enforcement to focus on expired registrations, according to DMV chief compliance officer JD Decker.
The issue of unregistered and expired temporary plates escalated after the DMV’s 78-day COVID-19 shutdown in 2020, which caused a backlog and long wait times for appointments. Previously, there was no way to track vehicles with expired temporary plates or no plates at all.
By collecting and sharing this data with law enforcement, the DMV hopes to bring more attention to the problem of unregistered vehicles and make enforcement a higher priority.