Nev. Rev. Stat. § 564.070 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 564 / Section 564.070
Recording of brands by Department; procedure; certificate to be transmitted to owner; evidentiary effect of certificate
Status: in_force

1. Upon the awarding of a brand or brands as provided in this chapter, the Department shall immediately proceed to record the brand or brands.

2. The recording must consist of the transcribing upon a suitable and permanent record, which is a public record and prima facie evidence of the facts contained in the record, designed and approved by the Department for that purpose, of: (a) A facsimile, except as to scale, of the brand or brand and mark or marks awarded. (b) The location upon the animal concerned of the brand or brand and mark or marks as awarded. (c) The date of application. (d) The date of award. (e) The district within which the brand or brands and mark or marks are used or will be used. (f) The kind of animals upon which the brand or brands and marks are used or will be used.

3. The Department shall promptly cause to be prepared and sent to the person to whom the award is made a certificate containing the same entries as those set forth upon the permanent record of the Department described in subsection 2 and certified to by the Department or its authorized agent. The certificate has the legal status of similar certificates as set forth in NRS 564.090 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 571.140 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 571 / Section 571.140
Inspection, testing, treatment, quarantine and condemnation of animals
Status: in_force

The State Quarantine Officer, or the State Quarantine Officer’s representatives or agents, may inspect, test, treat, quarantine and condemn animals affected with any infectious, contagious or parasitic disease, and any such person may enter upon any ground or premises of this state to enforce the inspection, testing, treatment, quarantine and condemnation laws and all the rules, regulations and orders of the Department.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 561.075 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 561 / Section 561.075
Compensation of members and employees
Status: in_force

1. While engaged in the business of the Department, each member of the Board is entitled to receive a salary of not more than $80 per day, as fixed by the Board.

2. While engaged in the business of the Department, each member and employee of the Board is entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.

3. The salaries, per diem allowances and travel expenses of the members and employees of the Board must be paid from any money available to the Department.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.040 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 569 / Section 569.040
Unlawful to take up or feed estray or feral livestock; enforcement; penalties
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, NRS 569.040 to 569.130 , inclusive, or pursuant to a cooperative agreement established pursuant to NRS 569.031 for the management, control, placement or disposition of estrays and feral livestock, it is unlawful for any person or the person's employees or agents, other than an authorized agent of the Department, to: (a) Take up any estray or feral livestock and retain possession of it; or (b) Feed any estray or feral livestock.

2. For a first violation of paragraph (b) of subsection 1, a person must not be cited or charged criminally but must be informed that it is unlawful to feed an estray or feral livestock.

3. For a second or subsequent violation of paragraph (b) of subsection 1, a person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 567.160 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 567 / Section 567.160
Assistance to Board by advisers selected by woolgrowers' organizations
Status: in_force

To further the purposes of NRS 567.100 to 567.170 , inclusive, the Board is empowered and directed, in deciding upon the amount of the rate to be levied each year and the terms of cooperative agreements as provided for in NRS 567.130 , to recognize and consider the counsel of any committees of advisers selected by any woolgrower organization which the Board considers to be representative of the State's woolgrowing industry.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 567.140 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 567 / Section 567.140
Reports by United States Department of Agriculture regarding disposition of money and results of expenditures
Status: in_force

In the case of any money made available to the United States Department of Agriculture pursuant to the provisions of NRS 567.100 to 567.170 , inclusive, the United States Department of Agriculture shall furnish to the Board, as soon as practicable after the succeeding date of June 30 of each year concerned, a detailed statement of its disposition of the money and a report of the results accomplished thereby.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 561.435 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 561 / Section 561.435
Agreements with federal Secretary of Agriculture for acceptance, administration, expenditure and use of trust assets to carry out purposes of Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act
Status: in_force

The Department may:

1. Enter into agreements with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States pursuant to section 2(f) of c. 152, 64 Stat. 98, 40 U.S.C . § 440(f), upon such terms and conditions and for such periods as may be mutually agreeable, authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States to accept, administer, expend and use in the State of Nevada all or any part of those trust assets or any other money of the State of Nevada which may be appropriated for such uses for carrying out the purposes of the applicable provisions of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, being 7 U.S.C. §§ 1000 to 1031 , inclusive, as it is now or hereafter may be amended.

2. Do anything necessary to carry out the purposes of those agreements.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 565.150 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 565 / Section 565.150
Seizure and disposal of animals by agricultural police officer when legal ownership cannot be determined by inspector
Status: in_force

1. Whenever, incident to any brand inspection under the provisions of this chapter, any inspector shall find in the possession of any persons offering animals for inspection any animals to which such person or persons cannot establish their legal ownership or right to possession, and the inspector shall be unable to determine by means of the brands or brands and marks on such animals, or otherwise, the actual legal owners of the animals, or, if in the judgment of the inspector such action is necessary to safeguard the legal owners of the animals, if known to the inspector, against their loss, the inspector shall immediately notify an agricultural police officer. The agricultural police officer shall seize and take possession of such animals and proceed to dispose of the same, under the provisions of NRS 569.010 or 569.040 to 569.130 , inclusive.

2. Such seizure and disposal by an agricultural police officer shall in no way relieve the persons in whose possession the animals were found of any civil or criminal liability arising out of the unlawful removal of such animals from the grazing commons or the unlawful possession of the same.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 568.100 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 568 / Section 568.100
Procedure for expenditure of money from range improvement fund
Status: in_force

All moneys in the range improvement fund of a grazing district shall be paid out on claims signed by the chair and secretary of the state grazing board of the district. Claims shall be approved by the board and preaudited by the county auditor of the county concerned before they are paid.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 574.205 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 574 / Section 574.205
Requirement to offer dog or cat for adoption before euthanization; immunity from civil liability
Status: in_force

1. A research facility that intends to euthanize a dog or cat for any purpose other than scientific, medical or educational research shall, before euthanizing the dog or cat, offer the dog or cat for adoption if the dog or cat is appropriate for adoption. A research facility may offer the dog or cat for adoption through a program of the research facility or enter into a collaborative agreement with an animal shelter that performs the work of an animal rescue organization or an animal rescue organization for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this subsection. Any such animal shelter or animal rescue organization must be domiciled in Nevada and exempt from taxation pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) .

2. A research facility and any officer, director, employee or agent of the research facility is immune from civil liability for any act or omission relating to the adoption of a dog or cat pursuant to subsection 1.

3. As used in this section: (a) “ Animal rescue organization ” means a nonprofit organization established for the purpose of rescuing animals in need and finding permanent, adoptive homes for such animals. (b) “ Research facility ” means an organization that is engaged in: (1) Animal research for the purpose of testing the performance, safety or quality of a product; or (2) Scientific research for scientific, medical or educational purposes.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 573.185 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 573 / Section 573.185
Injunctions; restraining orders
Status: in_force

If any operator of a public livestock auction or person who conducts an annual sale of livestock has engaged or is about to engage in any acts or practices which violate or will violate any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations adopted by the Department, the district court of any county, on application of the Director, may issue an injunction or other appropriate order restraining that conduct. Proceedings under this section are governed by Rule 65 of the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure , except that no bond or undertaking is required in any action commenced by the Director.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 571.170 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 571 / Section 571.170
Regulations for quarantine of diseased animals; expense of treatment, feeding, care and testing
Status: in_force

1. If an animal is found diseased, the State Quarantine Officer may make regulations for its quarantine at once, and the State Quarantine Officer may define the place and limits within which the animal may be grazed, herded or driven. Such an animal may be held in quarantine until released by the State Quarantine Officer.

2. The expense of treatment, feeding and taking care of animals quarantined under the provisions of NRS 571.120 to 571.250 , inclusive, must be paid by the owner or agent in charge of the animals, and such expense is a lien upon the animals until paid.

3. The expense of testing an animal and the expense of handling an animal for the purpose of testing must be paid by the owner or agent in charge of the animal, at the option of the State Quarantine Officer, and such expense is a lien upon the animal until paid.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 574.130 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 574 / Section 574.130
Selling, offering to sell or exposing diseased animal unlawful; penalty
Status: in_force

A person who willfully sells or offers to sell, uses, exposes, or causes or permits to be sold, offered for sale, used or exposed, any horse or other animal having the disease known as glanders or farcy, or other contagious or infectious disease dangerous to the life or health of human beings or animals, or which is diseased past recovery, or who refuses upon demand to deprive of life an animal affected with any such disease, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 561.185 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 561 / Section 561.185
Designation, powers and duties of deputy
Status: in_force

The Director may designate an employee of the Department to act as the Director’s deputy. In case of the absence of the Director, or the Director’s inability from any cause to discharge the powers and duties of his or her office, those powers and duties devolve upon the Director’s deputy.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.070 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 569 / Section 569.070
Publication of notice of estray required if owner cannot be determined; reimbursement of expenses for publication; sale of injured or debilitated estray
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if the owner or probable owner of an estray cannot with reasonable diligence be determined by the Department or its authorized agent, the Department shall advertise the estray or cause it to be advertised.

2. A notice of the estray, with a full description, giving brands, marks and colors thereon, must be published in a newspaper published at the county seat of the county in which the estray was taken up. If there is no newspaper published at the county seat of the county, the notice must be published in the newspaper published at the nearest point to that county.

3. Expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of subsections 1 and 2 must be deducted from the proceeds of the sale of the estray advertised.

4. The Department may sell an injured, sick or otherwise debilitated estray if, as determined by the Department, the sale of the estray is necessary to facilitate the placement or other disposition of the estray. If an estray is sold pursuant to this subsection, the Department shall give a brand inspection clearance certificate to the purchaser.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 574.120 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 574 / Section 574.120
Failure to provide proper air, food, shelter or water to impounded animal unlawful; penalties
Status: in_force

1. A person who has impounded or confined any animal shall not refuse or neglect to supply to the animal during its confinement a sufficient supply of good and wholesome air, food, shelter and water.

2. A person who violates subsection 1: (a) For the first offense within the immediately preceding 7 years, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced to: (1) Imprisonment in the city or county jail or detention facility for not less than 2 days, but not more than 6 months; and (2) Perform not less than 48 hours, but not more than 120 hours, of community service. The person shall be further punished by a fine of not less than $200, but not more than $1,000. A term of imprisonment imposed pursuant to this paragraph may be served intermittently at the discretion of the judge or justice of the peace, except that each period of confinement must be not less than 4 consecutive hours and must occur at a time when the person is not required to be at the person’s place of employment or on a weekend. (b) For the second offense within the immediately preceding 7 years, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced to: (1) Imprisonment in the city or county jail or detention facility for not less than 10 days, but not more than 6 months; and (2) Perform not less than 100 hours, but not more than 200 hours, of community service. The person shall be further punished by a fine of not less than $500, but not more than $1,000. (c) For the third and any subsequent offense within the immediately preceding 7 years, is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 .

3. In addition to any other fine or penalty provided in subsection 2, a court shall order a person convicted of violating subsection 1 to pay restitution for all costs associated with the care and impoundment of any mistreated animal under subsection 1, including, without limitation, money expended for veterinary treatment, feed and housing.

4. If any animal is at any time impounded as provided in subsection 1, and continues to be without necessary food and water for more than 12 successive hours, any person may, as often as it is necessary, enter into and upon any pound in which the animal is so confined and supply it with necessary food and water, so long as it remains so confined. Such a person is not liable to any action for such entry, and the reasonable cost of such food and water may be collected by the person from the owner of the animal, and the animal is not exempt from levy and sale upon execution issued upon a judgment therefor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 562.540 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 562 / Section 562.540
Importation of infected sheep into state unlawful; penalty
Status: in_force

1. It shall be unlawful for any person, company or corporation, or any agent, servant or employee thereof, to bring into this state any sheep infected with scabies or any infectious or contagious disease, or that have in any manner been exposed to such disease.

2. Any person, company or corporation, or any agent, servant or employee thereof, violating the provisions of this section, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided in NRS 562.560 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.030 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 576 / Section 576.030
Application for license: Contents; additional requirements for agents; appointment of Director as attorney upon whom process may be served
Status: in_force

<See notes for changes to this section effective under certain conditions.>

1. Every person, before acting as a broker, dealer, commission merchant or agent, shall file an application with the Department for a license to transact such business. Separate applications must be filed for each class of business.

2. The application must be on a form prescribed and furnished by the Department and must set forth: (a) The full name of the person applying for the license. If the applicant is a firm, exchange, association or corporation, the full name of each member of the firm, or the names of the officers of the exchange, association or corporation must be given in the application. (b) If the applicant is a natural person, the social security number of the applicant. (c) The principal business address of the applicant in this State and elsewhere. (d) The name of the person authorized to accept service of summons and legal notice of all kinds for the applicant. (e) The names and addresses of all persons by whom the applicant has been employed for a period of 3 years immediately preceding the making of the application. (f) A complete statement of the applicant's business activity for the 3 years immediately preceding the making of the application which is not covered by paragraph (e). (g) The county or counties in which the applicant proposes to engage in business. (h) The class or classes of farm products the applicant proposes to handle. (i) Such other information as the Department may reasonably require.

3. In addition to the general requirements applicable to all classes of applications as set forth in subsection 2, each application for a license as an agent must be in the same form as an application for a license as a broker, dealer or commission merchant, and must include the name and address of the broker, dealer or commission merchant represented or sought to be represented by the agent, and the written endorsement or nomination of the broker, dealer or commission merchant.

4. The application must be accompanied by an executed instrument whereby the applicant: (a) Appoints and constitutes the Director and the Director's successor or successors in office the true and lawful attorney of the applicant upon whom all lawful process in any action or legal proceeding against the applicant arising in this State from a transaction under the provisions of this chapter may be served; and (b) Agrees that any lawful process against the applicant which may be served upon the applicant's attorney as provided in this subsection is of the same force and validity as if served upon the applicant and that the authority thereof continues in force irrevocably as long as any liability of the applicant in the State remains outstanding.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 561.209 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 561 / Section 561.209
Appointment of Administrator of Division of Animal Industry; unclassified service; duties
Status: in_force

1. The Director shall appoint an Administrator of the Division of Animal Industry. The Administrator is in the unclassified service of the State and serves at the pleasure of the Director.

2. The Administrator shall manage the activities of the Department relating to animal industries, including, without limitation, the administration and enforcement of the provisions of chapters 562, 564 to 573, inclusive, and 576 of NRS.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 574.310 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 574 / Section 574.310
“Primary enclosure” defined
Status: in_force

“ Primary enclosure ” means a structure used to restrict the immediate movement of a dog or cat to a limited amount of space, such as a room, pen, run, cage, compartment or hutch, and in which an animal is regularly so restricted for more than 7 hours during a 24-hour period.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 561.147 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 561 / Section 561.147
Prohibition or restriction of movement of infested article; treatment to devitalize or sterilize infested article
Status: in_force

If any feed, grain, hay, machinery or other article is found to be infested with, or the possible carrier of, the propagating parts of any noxious weed, injurious insect pest or plant disease, and the Director determines that movement of the article into any area of the State will be damaging or will jeopardize the agricultural industry of the area, the Director may prohibit or restrict movement of the infested article or may prescribe treatment to devitalize or sterilize the infested article.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 574A.010 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 574A / Section 574A.010
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 574A.012 to 574A.018 , inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 564.020 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 564 / Section 564.020
Owner may adopt brand or mark; recording; unlawful earmark
Status: in_force

1. Every owner of animals in this State may design and adopt a brand or brands, or brand and mark, or brands and marks, with which to brand or brand and mark his or her animals.

2. It shall be unlawful for any owner of such animals to brand or brand and mark, or cause to be branded or branded and marked, his or her animals with a brand or brand and mark not at the time of legal record as provided in this chapter.

3. It shall be unlawful for any owner of such animals to use an earmark which involves the removal of more than one-half of the ear, measuring from the extreme tip of the ear to the head, or which brings the ear to a point by removing both edges of the ear.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 574.280 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 574 / Section 574.280
“Kennel” defined
Status: in_force

“ Kennel ” means a place where at least 10 dogs of not less than 6 months of age are kept, harbored or maintained for:

1. Boarding;

2. Training; or

3. Breeding for sale to a retailer or dealer.

For the purposes of this section, spayed or neutered dogs, dogs used by or being trained for use by the Armed Forces, police officers, search and rescue teams or other similar organizations, dogs used in farming or ranching, and dogs used by or being trained for use by persons with disabilities, including, but not limited to, dogs used to assist persons in wheelchairs, must not be counted when determining the number of dogs that are being kept, harbored or maintained.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 561.035 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 561 / Section 561.035
Creation of Department; composition of Department; administration of chapter by Department
Status: in_force

1. The State Department of Agriculture is hereby created, consisting of: (a) The Division of Administrative Services; (b) The Division of Animal Industry; (c) The Division of Food and Nutrition; (d) The Division of Measurement Standards; and (e) The Division of Plant Health and Compliance.

2. The administration of the provisions of this chapter is vested in the Department.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 563.010 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 563 / Section 563.010
Creation
Status: in_force

The Nevada Junior Livestock Show Board is hereby created within the State Department of Agriculture.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 561.207 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 561 / Section 561.207
Appointment of Administrator of Division of Administrative Services; unclassified service; duties
Status: in_force

1. The Director shall appoint an Administrator of the Division of Administrative Services. The Administrator is in the unclassified service of the State and serves at the pleasure of the Director.

2. The Administrator shall manage the activities of the Department relating to fiscal, accounting and other administrative services.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.048 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 576 / Section 576.048
Revocation for default; publication of notice of revocation
Status: in_force

1. If the Department receives notice from a producer of livestock or farm products or the producer's agent or consignee or produce vendor of the default of a licensed dealer, broker or commission merchant, the Department shall issue an order to the licensee to show cause why his or her license should not be revoked. The notice must be in writing and set forth a time and place for a hearing to be held before the Director.

2. If a license is revoked pursuant to subsection 1, the Director shall, by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the area, notify all known producers of livestock or farm products in the area in which the licensee operated that the license has been revoked.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 574.090 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 574 / Section 574.090
Disposition of animals or implements used in fights among animals
Status: in_force

1. The officer, after taking possession of such animals, or implements or other property, pursuant to NRS 574.080 , shall apply to the magistrate, before whom the complaint is made against the offender violating such provision of law, for the order mentioned in subsection 2, and shall make and file an affidavit with such magistrate, stating therein: (a) The name of the offender charged in such complaint. (b) The time, place and description of the animals, implements or other property so taken, together with the name of the person who claims the same, if known. (c) That the affiant has reason to believe and does believe, stating the grounds of such belief, that the same were used or employed, or were about to be used or employed, in such violation, and will establish the truth thereof upon the trial of such offender.

2. The officer shall then deliver such animals, implements or other property to such magistrate, who shall thereupon, by order in writing, place the same in the custody of an officer or other proper person in such order named and designated, to be kept by him or her until the trial or final discharge of the offender, and shall send a copy of such order, without delay, to the district attorney of the county.

3. The officer or person so named and designated in the order shall immediately thereupon assume custody, and shall retain the same for the purpose of evidence upon the trial, subject to the order of the court before which the offender may be required to appear, until the offender’s final discharge or conviction.

4. Upon the conviction of the offender, the animals, implements or other property shall be adjudged by the court to be forfeited.

5. In the event of the acquittal or final discharge, without conviction, of the offender, the court shall, on demand, direct the delivery of the property so held in custody to the owner thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 571.018 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 571 / Section 571.018
“Department” defined
Status: in_force

“ Department ” means the State Department of Agriculture.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 565.125 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 565 / Section 565.125
Seizure of privately owned animals by governmental entity: Approval by court; submission of court order to Department; exception
Status: in_force

1. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, if a governmental entity seizes any privately owned animals subject to brand inspection pursuant to this chapter, the Department or its authorized inspector shall not issue brand inspection clearance certificates or permits to remove the animals from a brand inspection district or for the transfer of ownership of the animals by sale or otherwise unless: (a) Before the seizure, the governmental entity obtains approval for the seizure from a court of competent jurisdiction; and (b) The governmental entity submits a copy of the order approving the seizure to the Department or its authorized inspector.

2. The provisions of this section do not apply to: (a) An estray, as defined in NRS 569.0075 ; (b) Feral livestock, as defined in NRS 569.008 ; (c) A wild horse or burro, as defined in 16 U.S.C. § 1332 ; (d) An animal that is impounded or sold by the Department pursuant to NRS 575.060 ; or (e) An animal that is seized by a governmental entity to protect the health and safety of the public or to prevent cruelty to animals.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 562.560 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 562 / Section 562.560
Penalty for other violations
Status: in_force

Any person, company, corporation or association, or any agent, servant or employee of such, who shall violate or disregard any quarantine provision of this chapter, or any sanitary or quarantine rule, regulation or order of the Board or inspector thereof, or any of the provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 574.353 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 574 / Section 574.353
Annual permits: Application; fees; suspension, revocation or denial
Status: in_force

1. In addition to any ordinance adopted pursuant to NRS 244.189 , 244.335 or 244.359 , the board of county commissioners of each county, if its jurisdiction to enact and enforce ordinances relating to animals is not limited by an interlocal agreement, shall adopt an ordinance requiring each breeder in an unincorporated area of the county to obtain an annual permit to act as a breeder issued by the board or by the animal control agency of the county, if any. Each such board of county commissioners may impose a fee for the issuance of the annual permit which does not exceed the approximate cost of providing the services associated with the issuance of the annual permits.

2. In addition to any ordinance adopted pursuant to NRS 266.325 or 266.355 , the city council or other governing body of each incorporated city, whether organized under general law or special charter, if its jurisdiction to enact and enforce ordinances relating to animals is not limited by an interlocal agreement, shall adopt an ordinance requiring each breeder in the incorporated area of the city to obtain an annual permit to act as a breeder issued by the city council or other governing body or by the animal control agency, if any. Each such city council or other governing body of an incorporated city may impose a fee for the issuance of the annual permit which does not exceed the approximate cost of providing the services associated with the issuance of the annual permits.

3. After a board of county commissioners or a city council or other governing body of an incorporated city adopts an ordinance pursuant to subsection 1 or 2, as applicable, the board or governing body shall issue a permit and assign a permit number to each breeder who: (a) Submits an application on a form and in the manner prescribed by the ordinance; (b) Pays a fee, if any, prescribed by the ordinance; and (c) Complies with any other requirements prescribed by the ordinance.

4. Each permit issued pursuant to subsection 3 must specify the address of the premises at which the person may act as a breeder.

5. The number of the permit assigned to a breeder pursuant to subsection 3 must be displayed in all advertising in which the breeder offers a dog or cat for sale and on any receipt of sale of a dog or cat sold by the breeder.

6. For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of NRS 574.360 to 574.440 , inclusive, as those provisions apply to breeders, any animal control agent of the issuing authority may enter and inspect the premises specified on the permit at any reasonable hour.

7. An ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 or 2 may provide for the suspension, revocation or denial of a permit for a violation of the provisions of NRS 574.360 to 574.440 , inclusive, as those provisions apply to breeders.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 574.040 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 574 / Section 574.040
Arrests by members, agents and officers of certain societies: Application; submission of fingerprints; exhibition of badge; resistance to officers unlawful
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and NRS 574.350 , a member, agent or local or district officer of a society so incorporating, if authorized in writing by the trustees of the society, approved by the district judge of the county, and sworn in the same manner as peace officers are sworn, may make arrests for a violation of the provisions of this chapter in the same manner as is provided for other officers. The provisions of this subsection apply only to a society that, on the date the society submits an application to the district judge for approval for a member, agent or local or district officer of the society to make arrests pursuant to this subsection: (a) Has at least 25 members; and (b) Has been incorporated in accordance with NRS 574.010 for not less than 5 years immediately preceding the submission of the application.

2. Before submitting an application specified in subsection 1, the society shall require that each member, agent or local or district officer of the society to whom the application relates submit to the society a complete set of his or her fingerprints which the society shall submit to the sheriff of the county.

3. The sheriff shall: (a) Upon receipt of the fingerprints, forward the fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a report concerning the criminal history of the member, agent or local or district officer of the society. (b) Upon receipt of the report, forward the report to the society. The society shall include the report in the application submitted pursuant to subsection 1.

4. A member, agent or local or district officer who is authorized to make arrests pursuant to subsection 1 shall, when making those arrests, exhibit and expose a suitable badge, to be adopted by the society.

5. A person who resists such a specially appointed officer shall be punished for that resistance in the same manner as is provided for the punishment of resistance to other officers.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 571.160 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 571 / Section 571.160
Notice to State Quarantine Officer of animal infected with disease; confidentiality of notice
Status: in_force

If any animal becomes infected with any infectious, contagious or parasitic disease as defined by rules and regulations adopted by the State Quarantine Officer, the owner or agent in charge of the infected animal, or any inspector of the Department or any practicing veterinarian who has knowledge of the infected animal, shall immediately notify the State Quarantine Officer. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115 , a notification of disease received pursuant to this section must be kept confidential unless:

1. The reported disease is: (a) Specifically regulated pursuant to NRS 571.130 for mandatory control and eradication to protect the public health, other animals or wildlife; or (b) Trichomonosis in cattle; or

2. The State Quarantine Officer determines that a public health emergency exists.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 574.230 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 574 / Section 574.230
“Animal” defined
Status: in_force

“Animal” includes every living creature that is not a human being.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 563.360 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 563 / Section 563.360
Failure to pay fee for grazing animals: Notice to Attorney General or district attorney; penalty
Status: in_force

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1. If a person fails to pay the fee required by NRS 563.340 , the Commission may provide a written notice of that fact to the Attorney General or the district attorney of the county in which the person resides.

2. A person who fails to pay the fee required by NRS 563.340 shall: (a) For the first violation, pay a civil penalty of not more than $250. (b) For the second violation, pay a civil penalty of not more than $500. (c) For the third or subsequent violation, pay a civil penalty of not more than $750.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 568.030 — NV Code / Title 50 / Chapter 568 / Section 568.030
Disposition of money received from Federal Government under Taylor Grazing Act
Status: in_force

All moneys derived from grazing fees and grazing leases received by the State under the provisions of the Taylor Grazing Act shall be deposited in the State Treasury in a special fund designated the Nevada Taylor Grazing Act Range Improvement Fund, to be allocated as follows:

1. That part of the Fund derived from grazing fee collections from each Bureau of Land Management grazing district shall be distributed to each county according to its proportionate acreage of such grazing district, and all such funds received by any county shall be placed in a special fund to be designated as the Range Improvement Fund of Grazing District No.______ Where more than one grazing district is situated in any one county, separate funds shall be kept by such county for each district. Such funds shall be subject to disposition only by the state grazing board for each grazing district concerned, in the manner provided in NRS 568.010 to 568.210 , inclusive.

2. That part of the Fund derived from grazing lease charges from lands situated outside grazing districts shall be distributed to each county according to its proportionate acreage of the lands from which such lease charges were derived, and all such funds received by any county shall be placed in a special fund to be designated as the Range Improvement Fund of ________________ County. All such funds shall be subject to disposition by the board of county commissioners of each county concerned for range improvements and related matters directly beneficial to the stock raising and ranching enterprises of the county; but any project involving range improvements undertaken by any board of county commissioners on public lands within a grazing district established under provisions of the Taylor Grazing Act shall be undertaken by such board only in cooperation with the federal officials in charge of such district as provided for in NRS 568.010 to 568.210 , inclusive.