LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — A new system to report cars with no plates or expired registration has been so successful in Nevada that other states are looking to implement it.
The Nevada DMV’s “Registration Spotter” page has generated more than 38,500 reports from the public since launching in October. All that data is being shared with law enforcement across the state and the DMV, and used every day by DMV compliance officers patrolling the Las Vegas valley.
“People that are paying get upset that other people are getting away with not paying,” said JD Decker, chief of the Compliance Enforcement Division for Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles during a ride along with FOX5 in the fall.
Compliance officers use public tips
Shortly after the program’s launch, Decker found a plate with a tag expired back in 2018 going off a tip submitted by the public. The plate had been expired so long it had been assigned to another vehicle…