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NV Rev Stat § 564.120 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks|NRS 564.120 - Rerecording of brands and marks: Application; fee; notice; abandonment; certificates; limitation on recording new brands.

  1. Any owner of a brand or brand and mark or marks of record under the provisions of this chapter, including brands or marks transferred pursuant to the provisions of NRS 564.110, desiring legally to continue the use of the brand or brand and mark or marks beyond the prescribed dates shall, within 60 days before January 1, 1976, and at the end of each 4-year period thereafter, apply to the Department for the rerecording of the brand or brand and mark or marks.  2. The application must be made in writing and accompanied by any rerecording fee established by the Department in accordance with the provisions of NRS 564.080.  3. The Department shall notify every owner of a brand or brand and mark or marks of legal record in its office, including owners of brands and marks transferred under the provisions of NRS 564.110, at least 60 days before January 1, 1976, and January 1 at the end of each 4-year period thereafter, of the owner’s right to rerecord the brand or brand and mark or marks as provided in this section. The notice must be in writing and sent by mail to each such owner at the owner’s last address of record in the office of the Department. The notice is complete at the expiration of 60 days after the date of its mailing by the Department.  4. The Department may also advertise the approach of any rerecording period in such manner and at such times as it deems advisable.  5. Any brands or brands and marks for the rerecording of which the owners have not applied as provided for in this section by January 1, 1976, or by January 1 of any 4-year period after that date, including all brands and marks of record as transferred as provided in NRS 564.110, shall be deemed abandoned and no longer of legal record as provided for by this chapter. Brands or brands and marks thus abandoned may not be awarded or recorded by the Department to persons other than those persons abandoning the brands or brands and marks until 1 year after the date of the abandonment. The awarding and recording of abandoned brands or brands and marks to any person must be in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.  6. The Department shall furnish the legal owners of any brand or brand and mark or marks rerecorded under the provisions of this section with a certificate setting forth the fact of the rerecordation.  7. No new brands may be recorded during the 60 days of a rerecording period unless, in the opinion of the Director, undue hardship would be caused the applicant.  [13:26:1923; A 1925, 22; NCL § 3802] — (NRS A 1961, 538; 1975, 355; 1993, 1738; 1999, 3675)
NV Rev Stat § 564.130 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks|NRS 564.130 - Brand books and supplements: Issuance by Department; costs.

  1. The Department may compile and issue books, and supplements thereto, containing transcripts of part or all of its records of brands and marks, so arranged and indexed as to be suitable for use in identifying any brands or marks which may be found in this State on any animals, or the hides thereof, and used in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.  2. Copies of the brand books and supplements must be made available to any person at a charge to be fixed by the Department, but the charge must not be less than the cost of compilation, publication and issuance.  3. Copies of the brand books or supplements may be furnished by the Department, without charge, to any public officer or other person whose possession of the book or supplements will, in the opinion of the Department, serve to promote the general welfare.  4. In addition to any other format, the Department shall make any copies of the brand books and supplements available pursuant to this section available in an electronic format. The Department may include, in the amount of any charge fixed by the Department pursuant to subsection 2, any costs incurred by the Department in preparing those copies pursuant to this subsection.  [5:26:1923; NCL § 3794] — (NRS A 1961, 539; 1993, 1738; 1999, 3676; 2011, 686)
NV Rev Stat § 564.140 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks|NRS 564.140 - Unlawful to use brand on position on animal or in area other than those authorized; application for change of position, new position or change in area; unlawful to deface or remove recorded brand.

  1. It is unlawful for the owner of any legally recorded brand, recorded under the provisions of this chapter, to use the brand on any position, on any animal, or in any area, other than that authorized in writing at the time the brand was recorded, or subsequent thereto, by the Department. The Department may, on the written application of the owner of any legally recorded brand, authorize in writing a change of position or a new position for the application of the brand, or change or enlarge the area in which it may be used, if, in the opinion of the Department, the change in position or area of use will not jeopardize or injure the rights or property of the owner of any other brand remaining of legal record.  2. Any application for a change in position or a new position or a change in the area of use as provided in subsection 1 must set forth a sufficient reason for the change, and the Department may require such supporting evidence for the change as it deems necessary to establish the facts.  3. It is unlawful for any person to obliterate, disfigure, extend, deface or remove from any animal a brand that is recorded pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.  [14b:26:1923; added 1945, 225; 1943 NCL § 3803.02] — (NRS A 1961, 540; 1993, 1739; 1999, 3676)
NV Rev Stat § 564.150 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks|NRS 564.150 - Penalties.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter:  1. Is guilty of a misdemeanor, except that any person who violates the provisions of subsection 3 of NRS 564.140 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.  2. In addition to any criminal penalty, shall pay to the Department an administrative fine of not more than $1,000 per violation.  If an administrative fine is imposed pursuant to this section, the costs of the proceeding, including investigative costs and attorney’s fees, may be recovered by the Department.  [15:26:1923; NCL § 3804] — (NRS A 1961, 540; 1993, 899; 1995, 548; 1999, 3677; 2007, 906)
NV Rev Stat § 565.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands|NRS 565.010 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:  1. "Animals" means:  (a) All cattle or animals of the bovine species except dairy breed calves under the age of 1 month.  (b) All horses, mules, burros and asses or animals of the equine species.  (c) All swine or animals of the porcine species.  (d) Alternative livestock as defined in NRS 501.003.  2. "Brand inspection" means a careful examination of each animal offered for such inspection and an examination of any brands, marks or other characteristics thereon.  3. "Department" means the State Department of Agriculture.  4. "Director" means the Director of the Department.  [Part 1:145:1929; NCL § 3849] — (NRS A 1961, 540; 1989, 748; 1993, 433, 1739; 1995, 514; 1999, 3677)
NV Rev Stat § 565.030 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands|NRS 565.030 - Administration and enforcement by Department.

The Department is designated as the authority to administer, and carry out and enforce the provisions of, this chapter and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.  [Part 1:145:1929; NCL § 3849] — (NRS A 1961, 540; 1993, 1739; 1999, 3677)
NV Rev Stat § 565.040 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands|NRS 565.040 - Creation of brand inspection districts; animals subject to inspection; adoption and publication of regulations.

  1. The Director may declare any part of this State a brand inspection district.  2. After the creation of any brand inspection district as authorized by this chapter, all animals within any such district are subject to brand inspection in accordance with the provisions of this chapter before:  (a) Consignment for slaughter within any district;  (b) Any transfer of ownership by sale or otherwise; or  (c) Removal from the district if the removal is not authorized pursuant to a livestock movement permit issued by the Department or pursuant to NRS 565.095.  3. If a brand inspection district is created by the Department pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the Director shall adopt regulations defining the boundaries of the district and the fees to be collected for brand inspection and prescribing such other methods of procedure not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter as the Director considers necessary.  4. Any regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of this section must be published at least twice in a newspaper having a general circulation in the brand inspection district created by the regulations, and copies of the regulations must be mailed to all common carriers of record with the Nevada Transportation Authority operating in the brand inspection district. Such publication and notification constitutes legal notice of the creation of the brand inspection district. The expense of advertising and notification must be paid from the Livestock Inspection Account.  [2:145:1929; A 1956, 55] — (NRS A 1961, 540; 1991, 1793; 1993, 1740; 1997, 2013; 1999, 3677; 2011, 687)
NV Rev Stat § 565.070 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands|NRS 565.070 - Fees for brand inspection.

The Department may levy and collect a reasonable fee for brand inspection as required under the provisions of this chapter. Any fee so levied must be collected in the manner prescribed by the Director.  [8:145:1929; NCL § 3856] — (NRS A 1959, 417; 1961, 541; 1969, 138; 1993, 1740; 1999, 3678)
NV Rev Stat § 565.095 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands|NRS 565.095 - Transportation of saddle horse without brand inspection or livestock movement permit.

  1. Any person who resides in a state which does not require the use or inspection of a brand for a horse in that state may transport a saddle horse owned by that person into and from this State without a brand inspection or livestock movement permit issued by the Department. Any saddle horse transported pursuant to this section must not remain in this State for more than 15 days or any shorter period specified by the Department and must not be transported into or from this State more than once during that period. Upon request by the Department, a person who transports a saddle horse pursuant to this section shall present to the Department a certificate of health for the saddle horse and a bill of sale or other proof of ownership of the saddle horse required by the Department.  2. As used in this section, "saddle horse" means any horse which is ridden or otherwise used by a person while competing or participating in a rodeo, horse show or other contest of skill in this State other than a bucking event at that rodeo, horse show or contest of skill.  (Added to NRS by 2011, 687)
NV Rev Stat § 565.100 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands|NRS 565.100 - Unlawful to consign for slaughter, slaughter or transfer ownership within brand inspection district without inspection and issuance of clearance certificate.

It is unlawful for any person to consign for slaughter, or slaughter at an approved plant, or transfer ownership of any animals by sale or otherwise within any brand inspection district created under the provisions of this chapter, until the animals have been inspected by an inspector of the Department and a brand inspection clearance certificate issued covering the animals.  [5.1:145:1929; added 1956, 55] — (NRS A 1961, 543; 1971, 120; 1993, 1741; 1999, 3679)
NV Rev Stat § 565.110 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands|NRS 565.110 - Assembly of animals for brand inspection.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 565.090, a person intending to move, drive, ship or transport by common carrier, or otherwise, any animals out of any brand inspection district created under the provisions of this chapter shall assemble and hold them at some convenient and adequate place for such brand inspection as may be required until the animals have been inspected and released as provided for in this chapter.  [6:145:1929; NCL § 3854] — (NRS A 1961, 543; 1993, 1741; 1995, 877)
NV Rev Stat § 565.120 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands|NRS 565.120 - Brand inspection clearance certificate: Issuance upon completion of inspection; contents; disposition of copies of certificate.

  1. Upon the completion of brand inspection, the inspector of the Department shall, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, issue a brand inspection clearance certificate on which must be entered:  (a) The name and address of the person claiming to own the animals.  (b) The proposed destination of the animals.  (c) The name and address of the consignee.  (d) A full description of all the animals inspected, including the number, kind, sex, age, color and the brands or brands and marks thereon.  (e) The amount of the inspection fee or fees collected.  (f) The signature of the owner or the owner’s authorized agent.  2. One copy of the brand inspection certificate must be delivered to the common carrier undertaking to transport the animals out of the brand inspection district for attachment to its waybill, or to the person intending to drive, move or otherwise transport the animals out of the brand inspection district other than by common carrier to accompany the animals to destination, and one copy must be immediately forwarded to the office of the Department.  [Part 7:145:1929; NCL § 3855] — (NRS A 1961, 543; 1993, 1741; 1999, 3679)
NV Rev Stat § 565.125 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands|NRS 565.125 - Seizure of privately owned animals by governmental entity: Approval by court; submission of court order to Department; exception.

  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.  (Added to NRS by 2005, 1238)
NV Rev Stat § 565.130 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands|NRS 565.130 - Refusal to issue certificate or permit: Grounds; duty of Department and inspector to prevent unlawful removal of animals.

  1. The Department or its authorized inspector shall refuse to issue brand inspection clearance certificates or permits to remove animals from a brand inspection district without brand inspection as provided in this chapter, subject to brand inspection under the provisions of this chapter, not bearing brands or brands and marks of legal record in the name of the person claiming lawful possession of and applying for inspection of the animals, until satisfactory evidence of the right to legal possession of the animals and shipment or removal from the brand inspection district has been supplied to the Department or its authorized inspector.  2. The Department and its authorized inspector shall use all due vigilance to prevent the unlawful removal by any person of any animals from any brand inspection district created under the provisions of this chapter.  [9:145:1929; NCL § 3857] — (NRS A 1961, 544; 1993, 1742; 1999, 3680)
NV Rev Stat § 565.140 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands|NRS 565.140 - Inspector to give notice to agricultural enforcement officer upon finding animals in possession of person who cannot establish legal ownership; contents of notice; investigation of findings.

  1. Whenever, incident to any brand inspection under the provisions of this chapter, any inspector shall find in the possession of any person or persons offering animals for inspection any animals to which such person or persons cannot establish their legal ownership or right of possession and the inspector shall be able to determine by means of the brands or brands and marks on such animal or animals, or upon other reliable evidence, the actual legal owner or owners of such animal or animals, the inspector shall immediately notify an agricultural enforcement officer of the inspector’s findings.  2. The inspector shall include in such notice:  (a) The date and place where such animal or animals were found.  (b) A full description of the same.  (c) The name and address of any person or persons in whose possession they were found.  (d) All other information which may aid the agricultural enforcement officer or the legal owner or owners of such animal or animals in securing the return thereof or compensation therefor, or in any civil suit or criminal prosecution relating thereto.  3. Upon receipt of the notice, the agricultural enforcement officer shall investigate the findings of the inspector and, as soon as practicable, provide notification of those findings to the legal owner or owners of such animal or animals.  4. As used in this section, "agricultural enforcement officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in regulations adopted by the Department.  [10:145:1929; NCL § 3858] — (NRS A 1961, 544; 2013, 1322)
NV Rev Stat § 565.150 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands|NRS 565.150 - Seizure and disposal of animals by inspector when legal ownership cannot be determined.

  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 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 inspector 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.  [11:145:1929; NCL § 3859] — (NRS A 1961, 545)
NV Rev Stat § 565.155 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands|NRS 565.155 - Enforcement of chapter.

In addition to enforcing the provisions of this chapter through its inspectors, the Department may:  1. Authorize other peace officers to enforce the provisions of this chapter; and  2. Adopt regulations specifying the procedures for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter by the inspectors of the Department and other peace officers.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 255; A 1989, 339; 1993, 1742, 2541; 1995, 703; 1999, 3680)
NV Rev Stat § 565.160 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands|NRS 565.160 - Right of Department to inspect animals under other laws unaffected.

The provisions of this chapter do not affect the right of the Department conferred by any other law to inspect any animals for the determination of the ownership thereof, or for any other purpose under the provisions of any such other law.  [12:145:1929; NCL § 3860] — (NRS A 1961, 545; 1993, 1742; 1999, 3680)
NV Rev Stat § 565.170 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands|NRS 565.170 - Penalties.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter:  1. Is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided by law.  2. In addition to any criminal penalty, shall pay to the Department an administrative fine of not more than $1,000 per violation.  If an administrative fine is imposed pursuant to this section, the costs of the proceeding, including investigative costs and attorney’s fees, may be recovered by the Department.  [14:145:1929; A 1956, 55] — (NRS A 1993, 899; 1995, 548; 1999, 3680)
NV Rev Stat § 566.015 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 566 - Inspection and Possession of Hides and Carcasses|NRS 566.015 - "Department" defined.

As used in this chapter, "Department" means the State Department of Agriculture.  (Added to NRS by 1959, 406; A 1993, 1743; 1999, 3681)
NV Rev Stat § 566.025 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 566 - Inspection and Possession of Hides and Carcasses|NRS 566.025 - Conditions authorizing possession of carcass of bovine animal.

  1. It is unlawful for any person to have in his or her possession all or part of the carcass of any bovine animal unless:  (a) The animal was slaughtered at a slaughtering establishment under a United States Government, state, county or municipal inspection system which provides for adequate stamping for identification of all carcasses or parts of carcasses before release; or  (b) The person exhibits to any inspector or agricultural enforcement officer of the Department, on demand:  (1) The hide of the animal from which the carcass was obtained, with ears and brands attached without disfiguration or alteration; or  (2) A certificate of inspection or release of the carcass, or of the carcass and hide, issued by an inspector of the Department.  2. As used in this section, "agricultural enforcement officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in regulations adopted by the Department.  (Added to NRS by 1959, 406; A 1993, 1743; 1999, 3681; 2013, 1323)
NV Rev Stat § 566.045 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 566 - Inspection and Possession of Hides and Carcasses|NRS 566.045 - Penalties.

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and, in addition to any criminal penalty, shall pay to the Department an administrative fine of not more than $1,000 per violation. If an administrative fine is imposed pursuant to this section, the costs of the proceeding, including investigative costs and attorney’s fees, may be recovered by the Department.  (Added to NRS by 1959, 406; A 1967, 317; 1993, 900; 1995, 548; 1999, 3681)
NV Rev Stat § 567.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 567 - Noxious and Predatory Animals; Property-Destroying Birds|NRS 567.010 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 567.010 to 567.090, inclusive:  1. "Committee" means the State Predatory Animal and Rodent Committee.  2. "Property-destroying bird" means starlings, blackbirds, ravens, crows and other birds that damage property, threaten human health or cause a public nuisance.  [Part 1:256:1949; 1943 NCL § 3149.01] — (NRS A 1967, 1025; 1995, 214)