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Full Statute Name: West's Nevada Revised Statutes Annotated. Title 15. Crimes and Punishments. Title 20. Counties and Townships: Formation, Government and Officers. Title 21. Cities and Towns. Title 45. Wildlife. Title 50. Animals.
These statutes comprise Nevada's dog laws. Among the provisions include a link to proper care requirements for companion animals, animal control ordinance provisions, and the dangerous dog law among others.
Title 15. Crimes and Punishments. Chapter 193. General Provisions.
Title 15. Crimes and Punishments. Chapter 202. Crimes Against Public Health and Safety. Miscellaneous Crimes Concerning Public Safety.
Title 15. Crimes and Punishments. Chapter 206. Malicious Mischief.
Title 20. Counties and Townships: Formation, Government and Officers. Chapter 244. Counties: Government. Health and Safety.
Title 21. Cities and Towns. Chapter 269. Unincorporated Towns. Public Health, Safety and Morals.
Title 45. Wildlife. Chapter 503. Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures. Hunting.
Title 45. Wildlife. Chapter 503. Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures. Miscellaneous Protective Measures.
Title 50. Animals. Chapter 568. Grazing and Ranging. Unlawful Acts and Penalties; Liability for Damages.
568.370 . Permitting dog to chase, worry, injure or kill domestic animals on open range or private property unlawful.
Title 50. Animals. (Chapters 561 - 576). Chapter 574. Cruelty to Animals: Prevention and Penalties. Sterilization of Pets.
Title 50. Animals. Chapter 575. Miscellaneous Provisions; Collection of Taxes. Miscellaneous Provisions.
"Personal property" includes dogs and all domestic animals and birds, water, gas and electricity, all kinds or descriptions of money, chattels and effects, all instruments or writings completed and ready to be delivered or issued by the maker, whether actually delivered or issued or not, by which any claim, privilege, right, obligation or authority, or any right or title to property, real or personal, is or purports to be, or upon the happening of some future event may be evidenced, created, acknowledged, transferred, increased, diminished, encumbered, defeated, discharged or affected, and every right and interest therein.
Amended by Laws 1973, p. 355; Laws 1983, p. 815; Laws 1985, p. 510.
(II) Not confined in a cage, pen or vehicle.
(b) “Provoked” when it is tormented or subjected to pain.
(2) After its owner or keeper had been notified by a law enforcement agency that the dog is dangerous, the dog continued the behavior described in paragraph (a).
2. A dog may be declared dangerous by a law enforcement agency if it is used in the commission of a crime by its owner or keeper.
(b) Because of a defensive act against a person who was committing or attempting to commit a crime or who provoked the dog.
5. If substantial bodily harm results from an attack by a dog known to be vicious, its owner or keeper is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130. In lieu of, or in addition to, a penalty provided in this subsection, the judge may order the vicious dog to be humanely destroyed.
Added by C&P (1911), § 176. NRS amended by Laws 1967, p. 488; Laws 1993, p. 2887; Laws 1995, p. 1209; Laws 2013, c. 121, § 1.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, any person who willfully and maliciously kills, maims or disfigures any animal belonging to another, or exposes any poison or noxious substance with intent that it should be taken by the animal is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 205.220, a person who willfully and maliciously kills an estray or one or more head of livestock, without the authority to do so, is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
3. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to any person who kills a dog pursuant to NRS 575.020.
Added by C&P (1911), § 488 [part]. NRS amended by Laws 1961, p. 402; Laws 1967, p. 513; Laws 1979, p. 1395; Laws 1999, c. 486, § 1; Laws 2001, c. 572, § 8, eff. June 13, 2001. Amended by Laws 2015, c. 372, § 6, eff. Oct. 1, 2015.
2. Any ordinance or ordinances enacted pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection 1 may apply throughout an entire county or govern only a limited area within the county which shall be specified in the ordinance or ordinances.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a board of county commissioners may by ordinance provide that the violation of a particular ordinance enacted pursuant to this section imposes a civil liability to the county in an amount not to exceed $500, instead of a criminal penalty. An ordinance enacted pursuant to this section that creates an offense relating to bites of animals, vicious or dangerous animals, horse tripping or cruelty to animals must impose a criminal penalty for the offense. As used in this subsection, "horse tripping" does not include tripping a horse to provide medical or other health care for the horse.
Added by Laws 1973, p. 558. Amended by Laws 2001, c. 449, § 1, eff. June 6, 2001.
The boards of county commissioners may levy and collect an annual tax on all dogs owned or kept within the limits of any unincorporated town in their respective counties, and provide for the extermination of all dogs for which the tax has not been paid.
Amended by Laws 1985, p. 265.
1. The Department is empowered to authorize, under permit and for such fee as may be provided in NRS 502.240, competitive field trials for hunting dogs or competitive field trials for falconry. The Commission shall prescribe the rules and regulations to be followed by those in charge of such trials insofar as conduct of the field trials has any effect or bearing upon wildlife and the laws of this state respecting closed and open seasons.
2. For the purpose of permitting such field trials, the Department may authorize shooting of legally acquired upland game birds during any closed season on the species of bird or birds to be hunted.
3. All legally acquired upland game birds used in a field trial or for the purpose of training hunting dogs and for falconry training must be banded with legbands by the person in charge of such field trial or training. Such birds may only be released in an area first approved by the Department, after which the Department shall authorize, under permit and under such rules and regulations as the Commission may prescribe, the releasing of such legally acquired upland game birds for the foregoing purposes.
4. All birds killed under the provisions of this section must be accompanied by a receipt, giving the permit number, the date, the name of the person in possession, and signed by the permit holder. Birds killed and accompanied by a receipt under the provisions of this section may be legally possessed.
Amended by Laws 1959, p. 385; Laws 1967, p. 989; Laws 1969, p. 1360; Laws 1993, p. 1672; Laws 2003, c. 292, § 75, eff. July 1, 2003.
1. It is unlawful for any person to permit a dog to chase, worry, injure or kill cattle, sheep or other domestic animals on the open range or on private property.
2. Subsection 1 does not apply to the use of a dog to herd domestic animals at the direction or with the permission of the owner of those animals.
Added by Laws 1983, p. 235.
As used in NRS 574.600 to 574.660, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 574.605 to 574.630, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 541, § 2.
"Agreement for sterilization" means the written contract between a new owner and the releasing agency from which the new owner adopts a pet, in which the new owner agrees to have the pet sterilized.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 541, § 3.
"New owner" means a person who is adopting a pet from a releasing agency.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 541, § 4.
1. "Pet" means an animal that is kept by a person primarily for personal enjoyment.
(e) Use as a service animal or a service animal in training, as those terms are defined in NRS 426.097 and NRS 426.099, respectively.
Added by Laws 1997, p. 2554. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 473, § 11, eff. Oct. 1, 2003.
4. An organization that takes into custody pets which have been abandoned, abused or neglected and places those pets with new owners.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 541, § 6.
"Sterilization" means a procedure performed by a veterinarian on a pet that permanently destroys the capacity of the pet to reproduce.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 541, § 7.
"Veterinarian" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 574.330.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 541, § 8.
(3) Signs an agreement for sterilization that meets the requirements set forth in NRS 574.645.
(2) Cannot be sterilized because it is exotic or for another legitimate reason, as determined by a veterinarian.
(b) A releasing agency that imposes higher or more stringent standards for the adoption of pets.
(c) The temporary transfer of the custody of a pet that requires medical attention from a releasing agency to a veterinarian.
(d) The temporary or permanent transfer of the custody of a pet from one releasing agency to another releasing agency.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 541, § 9.
(3) May be required to return the pet to the releasing agency within 5 days after the new owner receives written notice from the releasing agency of the intent of the releasing agency to enforce the clause set forth in paragraph (j).
2. The releasing agency shall determine the date by which each unsterilized pet that it releases for adoption must be sterilized. The date must be the date on which the pet is 4 months old, as estimated by the releasing agency. If the date determined pursuant to this subsection falls on a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, the pet must be sterilized by 5 p.m. on the next following business day.
3. The date by which the new owner must notify the releasing agency that the pet has been sterilized must be the 14th day after the date by which the pet must be sterilized. If that date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, the new owner must notify the releasing agency by 5 p.m. on the next following business day.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 541, § 10.
(b) The veterinarian's medical reason for that determination, the releasing agency may postpone for 30 days the date by which the pet must be sterilized. An additional 30-day postponement may be granted if the new owner presents a letter from a veterinarian stating the medical reason for the postponement. There is no limit on the number of postponements that may be granted pursuant to this subsection.
2. Before the releasing agency may grant a postponement pursuant to subsection 1, the agency and the new owner must modify the agreement for sterilization to provide amended dates by which the pet must be sterilized and the agency must be notified of the sterilization.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 541, § 11.
(2) A bill or receipt from the veterinarian verifying that the pet has been sterilized.
2. A new owner shall be deemed to have complied with the provisions of subsection 1 if he submits to the releasing agency, on or before the date by which notification is required in the agreement for sterilization, a signed affidavit in which he sets forth a compelling reason why he is unable to have the pet sterilized, including, without limitation, that the pet has been lost or stolen. For the purposes of this subsection, financial hardship or the negligent or willful failure of the new owner to have the pet sterilized does not constitute a compelling reason.
3. A releasing agency shall refund to a new owner the deposit paid pursuant to NRS 574.640 within 15 days after receipt of the letter and the bill or receipt required pursuant to subsection 1 or the affidavit required pursuant to subsection 2.
(c) May require the new owner to return the pet to the releasing agency pursuant to the clause included in the agreement for sterilization pursuant to paragraph (j) of subsection 1 of NRS 574.645. The releasing agency must notify the new owner in writing of its intent to enforce the clause included in the agreement pursuant to paragraph (j) of subsection 1 of NRS 574.645.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 541, § 12.
(2) Money collected by the agency pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 574.655.
(c) Carry out and enforce NRS 574.600 to 574.660, inclusive.
3. If a releasing agency is an agency or instrumentality of a local government, money in such an account at the end of the fiscal year does not revert to the general fund of the local government but remains in the account for expenditure pursuant to subsection 2.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 541, § 13.
1. A licensed veterinarian shall post written notice in a conspicuous place in the veterinarian’s office of any sterilization requirements for dogs or cats required by local ordinance.
2. A governmental entity with jurisdiction over a public park in which dogs or cats are allowed shall post written notice in a conspicuous place in the park of any sterilization requirements for dogs or cats required by local ordinance.
3. As used in this section, “licensed veterinarian” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 638.007.
Added by Laws 2009, c. 378, § 1.
Technical corrections were made to conform with Legislative Counsel Bureau revisions (2009).
Laws 2009, c. 378, became law without the Governor's signature on May 30, 2009, pursuant to Article 4, Section 35 of the Nevada Constitution.
1. Every person having the care or custody of any animal known to possess any vicious or dangerous tendencies, who allows it to escape or run at large in any place or manner liable to endanger the safety of any person, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. Any person may lawfully and without liability for damages kill such an animal when reasonably necessary to protect his own safety or the public safety, or if the animal chases, worries, injures or kills his livestock on the land of any person other than that of the owner of the animal.
3. Every person having the care or custody of an animal which chases, worries, injures or kills the livestock of another on land other than his own is liable to the owner of the livestock for damage to it.
4. As used in this section, "livestock" means all animals of the bovine, caprine, equine, ovine and porcine species, and all domesticated fowl and rabbits.
Amended by Laws 1979, p. 1395.
Formerly Criminal Practice Act of 1911, § 326; RL (1912), § 6591; NCL (1929), § 10274.

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