I'm pretty sure if you talk to 5 different people at the dmv you're probably going to get 6-8 different stories. If Nevada is anything like MN that is. I'll tell you my understanding of MN laws. I've been a cop in St. Paul for 25 years and know just a tiny bit about licensing and trucks and such. Forget about what any of those license people tells you about modding the frame or removing drive axles. They have nothing to do with that. You need the advice of truck mechanics and engineers for that info. Now, about licensing. Let's just say you own a truck and have a title for it. If it's already licensed in NV as a commercial truck it'll probably have a "apportioned" plate. This will allow it to be used in interstate commerce. It's an expensive registration. You want to license it as a recreational vehicle? In MN there are criteria (equipment items such as potable water supply, refridgerator, cooking, a/c, etc...) that a vehicle must have to qualify as an r.v. I searched around a bunch on NV dmv sites and couldn't find anything like that. I did find this: Registration and Title Guide
MOTOR HOMES
Motor homes are vehicles described as permanently attached to a chassis and are
designed for use as temporary living quarters. Nevada Revised Statutes define three
types of motor homes.
Note: The legal maximum width of a recreational vehicle is 102 inches excluding
mirrors, lights and other devices required for safety; and an awning and any hardware
used to attach the awning, but it cannot extend beyond any mirror.
Mini motor home (NRS 482.066): A vehicular-type unit designed for temporary living
quarters for travel, camping or recreational use, which is:
1. A structure attached permanently on a self-propelled chassis; or
2. A portable unit designed to be affixed permanently to a truck chassis with cab,
which is designated as a mini motor home by the manufacturer.
Motor home (NRS 482.071): A structure:
1. Attached permanently to a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis;
2. Designed as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational or camping use; and
3. When assembled for the road, having a maximum body width of 102 inches.
Chassis-mount camper (NRS 482.0151):
A portable unit designed to be permanently affixed to a truck chassis and cab, and so
constructed as to provide temporary living quarters for travel, camping or recreational
use.
In all cases, the chassis/frame number is used as the vehicle identification number
(VIN). The make of the vehicle is the motor home name, not the chassis/frame
manufacturer.
Example: Winnebago makes the Itasca and Fleetwood makes the Tioga. The
makes are therefore Itasca and Tioga; Winnebago and Fleetwood are not
used.
The vehicle year is established by the manufacturer on the vehicle’s original
documentation.
In all cases, the vehicle length must be included on the registration and title documents
as part of the vehicle description.
Recreational park trailer (NRS 482.1005) means a vehicle, which is primarily designed
to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or seasonal use and
which:
1. Is built on a single chassis mounted on wheels;
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Registration and Title Guide
2. Has a gross trailer area not exceeding 400 square feet in the set-up mode; and
3. Is certified by the manufacturer as complying with Standard No. A119.5 of the
American National Standards Institute.
Note: The Department will only issue a title to a Recreational Park Trailer over 102
inches. Moving a Recreational Park Trailer requires a special movement permit issued
by the Department of Transportation.
Revised
Here's the link for that:
http://www.dmvnv.com/pdfforms/regtitle.pdf
Hard to believe that that is the only requirement to make it an r.v.? Maybe I just can't find it on their web site. If that's all it takes It looks pretty easy to just tell them it's your camper and you want camper plates for it.
Now, I did also find this:
http://www.dmvnv.com/nvdl.htm
Scroll down a couple inches and see the part about campers over 26k lbs you need a special driver's license to operate. They make you take another test to get that endorsement it looks like. If you're already class A truck driver licensed I don't suppose you need that tho.
Posting this now, more to follow.