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NV Rev Stat § 573.107 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock|NRS 573.107 - Actions by consignor creditor or Director on bond.

  1. A consignor creditor claiming to be injured by the fraud of a licensee may bring an action upon the bond against the principal and the surety in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover the damages caused by the fraud.  2. The Director or any consignor creditor may also bring an action upon the bond against the principal and the surety in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover the damages caused by any failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations adopted by the Department.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 383; A 1993, 1754; 1999, 3693)
NV Rev Stat § 573.109 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock|NRS 573.109 - District court’s power to compel attendance of witnesses and production of books and papers; orders.

  1. The district court in and for the county in which any investigation is conducted by the Director pursuant to the provisions of subsections 7 and 8 of NRS 573.108 may compel the attendance of witnesses, the giving of testimony and the production of books and papers as required by any subpoena issued by the Director.  2. In case of the refusal of any witness to attend or testify or produce any papers required by the subpoena, the Director may report to the district court in and for the county in which the investigation is pending by petition, setting forth:  (a) That notice has been given of the time and place of attendance of the witness or the production of the books and papers;  (b) That the witness has been subpoenaed in the manner prescribed in this chapter; and  (c) That the witness has failed and refused to attend or produce the papers required by subpoena before the Director in the investigation named in the subpoena, or has refused to answer questions propounded to the witness in the course of the investigation,  and asking an order of the court compelling the witness to attend and testify or produce the books or papers before the Director.  3. The court, upon petition of the Director, shall enter an order directing the witness to appear before the court at a time and place to be fixed by the court in the order, the time to be not more than 10 days after the date of the order, and then and there show cause why the witness has not attended or testified or produced the books or papers before the Director. A certified copy of the order must be served upon the witness. If it appears to the court that the subpoena was regularly issued by the Director, the court shall enter an order requiring the witness to appear before the Director at the time and place fixed in the order and testify or produce the required books or papers, and upon failure to obey the order the witness must be dealt with as for contempt of court.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 385; A 1993, 1755; 1999, 3695)
NV Rev Stat § 573.110 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock|NRS 573.110 - Records to be maintained by licensee: Contents; location; inspection; retention.

  1. Each operator of a public livestock auction shall keep the following records for each lot of livestock consigned to or sold or exchanged through the public livestock auction:  (a) The name and address of the consignor.  (b) A description of the livestock which must include the number and kind, approximate age, the sex, and any visible brands or other distinguishing or identifying marks.  (c) The name and address of the purchaser of the livestock.  2. The records must be kept by the operator of a public livestock auction at the establishment or premises where the sale is held and conducted, or such other convenient place as may be approved by the Department.  3. The records must be open for inspection by all peace officers of this state at all reasonable times, and must be retained for at least 2 years.  [7:78:1947; A 1949, 550; 1943 NCL § 3825.07] — (NRS A 1961, 553; 1993, 1756; 1999, 3695)
NV Rev Stat § 573.120 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock|NRS 573.120 - Records to be maintained by person buying or receiving livestock for slaughter on consignment or for commission or fee: Contents; inspection; retention.

  1. Any person buying, or receiving on a consignment, commission or fee basis, any livestock for slaughter at a slaughtering establishment or plant, shall keep the following records for each lot of livestock so received:  (a) The name and address of the person from whom the livestock was received.  (b) A description of the livestock, which must include the number and kind, approximate age, the sex, and any visible brands or other distinguishing or identifying marks.  2. If any livestock bought or received as provided in subsection 1 is disposed of other than by slaughter, a record must be kept of the disposal, including the description as provided in subsection 1 and the name and address of the person receiving the livestock.  3. The records provided for in this section must be retained for at least 2 years and must be open for inspection by any peace officer or representative of the Department at all reasonable times.  [8.5:78:1947; added 1949, 550; 1943 NCL § 3825.09] — (NRS A 1961, 554; 1993, 1756; 1999, 3696)
NV Rev Stat § 573.125 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock|NRS 573.125 - Issuance of receipts to purchasers.

Each operator of a livestock auction or person who conducts an annual sale of livestock shall issue to each purchaser of livestock a receipt on a form approved by the Department, and the receipt must contain:  1. The name and address of the purchaser of the livestock.  2. A description of the livestock, which must include the number and kind, approximate age, the sex, and any visible brands or other distinguishing or identifying marks.  (Added to NRS by 1959, 207; A 1961, 554; 1977, 159; 1993, 1757; 1999, 3696; 2019, 2611)
NV Rev Stat § 573.130 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock|NRS 573.130 - Regulation of sales of livestock under quarantine or infected or exposed to contagious, infectious or parasitic livestock disease; testing, treating and examination of livestock.

  1. Livestock that is under quarantine because of any contagious, infectious or communicable disease must not be consigned to or sold through any public livestock auction or annual sale of livestock.  2. Livestock that is known to be infected with, or known to have been exposed to, any contagious, infectious or parasitic livestock disease must not be consigned to or sold through any public livestock auction or annual sale of livestock except under rules and regulations governing the consignments and sales adopted by the Department.  3. The Department may require such testing, treating and examining of livestock sold, traded, exchanged or handled at or through public livestock auctions or annual sales of livestock as in its judgment may be necessary to prevent the spread of infectious, contagious or parasitic diseases among the livestock of this state.  4. The Department may require operators of public livestock auctions or persons who conduct annual sales of livestock to reimburse the Department for actual expenses or any part thereof incurred in testing, treating and examining livestock sold, traded, exchanged or handled at or through those auctions.  [Part 8:78:1947; A 1949, 550; 1943 NCL § 3825.08] — (NRS A 1961, 554; 1993, 1757; 1999, 3696; 2019, 2612)
NV Rev Stat § 573.140 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock|NRS 573.140 - Cleaning and maintenance of premises; facilities for feed and water.

  1. The yards, pens and premises where livestock is held or handled must be cleaned and maintained for the purpose of preventing infectious, contagious or parasitic livestock diseases.  2. If livestock is held on the premises for more than 10 hours, then facilities for feeding and watering the livestock so held must be provided.  [Part 8:78:1947; A 1949, 550; 1943 NCL § 3825.08] — (NRS A 1961, 555; 2015, 3613)
NV Rev Stat § 573.150 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock|NRS 573.150 - Inspection and testing of scales.

If any public livestock auction shall sell livestock by weight, the scales upon which such livestock is weighed shall be regularly inspected and tested.  [Part 8:78:1947; A 1949, 550; 1943 NCL § 3825.08]
NV Rev Stat § 573.160 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock|NRS 573.160 - Inspection of premises and records by Department.

To carry out the provisions of this chapter and to conduct inspections pursuant thereto, the Department or any authorized representative thereof may enter the establishment or premises where any public livestock auction or annual sale of livestock is held and inspect the records thereof at all reasonable times.  [Part 9:78:1947; 1943 NCL § 3825.10] — (NRS A 1961, 555; 1993, 1757; 1999, 3697; 2019, 2612)
NV Rev Stat § 573.165 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock|NRS 573.165 - Approved space and facilities to be provided for brand inspection.

Public livestock auction facilities must include space and facilities approved by the Director for brand inspectors to carry out their duties in a safe and expeditious manner.  (Added to NRS by 1961, 512; A 1965, 387; 1993, 1757; 1999, 3697)
NV Rev Stat § 573.170 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock|NRS 573.170 - Change of sale days: Procedure; special sales.

  1. The operator of a public livestock auction may apply to the Department for a change of the weekly or monthly sales day or days specified in the operator’s license. The application is subject to a hearing and approval by the Director.  2. A special sale must not be conducted by the operator of a public livestock auction unless the operator has applied to the Department in writing 15 days before the proposed sale and the date of the sale is approved by the Director.  [Part 9:78:1947; 1943 NCL § 3825.10] — (NRS A 1961, 555; 1965, 387; 1993, 1757; 1999, 3697)
NV Rev Stat § 573.175 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock|NRS 573.175 - Security agreements not impaired.

No provision of this chapter shall impair the validity of any security agreement.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 386; A 1969, 29)
NV Rev Stat § 573.180 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock|NRS 573.180 - Exemption from provisions of chapter for nonprofit organizations and associations.

None of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to apply to the Nevada Mineral Exhibition, 4-H clubs, the Future Farmers of America, the Nevada Junior Livestock Show, the Nevada State Livestock Show, the Nevada Hereford Association, and any other organization or association which is entirely nonprofit in character.  [13:78:1947; added 1949, 11; 1943 NCL § 3825.14] — (NRS A 2015, 3613)
NV Rev Stat § 573.183 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock|NRS 573.183 - Cease and desist orders.

If the Director determines, on the basis of any verified complaint or of any inspection or investigation made by him or her pursuant to this chapter, that any operator of a public livestock auction or person who conducts an annual sale of livestock is violating or is about to violate any provision of this chapter for the protection of consignor creditors, the Director may order:  1. The operator or person to cease and desist from:  (a) Receiving or selling any livestock;  (b) Receiving or disbursing any money; or  (c) Any practice which violates any provision of this chapter or any other law or any rule, order or regulation issued pursuant to law.  2. Any bank or credit union which holds the custodial account of the operator, as required by NRS 573.104, to refrain from paying out any money from the account.  The order ceases to be effective upon the expiration of 3 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and other nonjudicial days, after its date of issuance unless a court has, pursuant to NRS 573.185, issued an order which continues the restraint.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 384; A 1993, 1758; 1999, 1515, 3697; 2001, 91; 2019, 2612)
NV Rev Stat § 573.185 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock|NRS 573.185 - Injunctions; restraining orders.

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.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 385; A 1993, 1758; 1999, 3697; 2019, 2612)
NV Rev Stat § 573.190 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock|NRS 573.190 - Penalties; use of money collected.

  1. Any person who:  (a) Operates a public livestock auction without a license required by this chapter;  (b) Conducts an annual sale of livestock without a limited license issued pursuant to NRS 573.025; or  (c) Violates any of the provisions of this chapter or of any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto,  is guilty of a misdemeanor and, in addition to any criminal penalty, shall pay to the Department an administrative fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $5,000 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.  2. Each day’s operation in which livestock is sold or exchanged at any unlicensed public livestock auction or annual sale of livestock constitutes a separate offense.  3. Any money collected from the imposition of an administrative fine pursuant to subsection 1 must be accounted for separately and:  (a) Fifty percent of the money must be used to fund a program selected by the Director that provides loans to persons who are engaged in agriculture and who are 21 years of age or younger; and  (b) The remaining 50 percent of the money must be deposited in the Account for the Control of Weeds established by NRS 555.035.  [10:78:1947; 1943 NCL § 3825.11] — (NRS A 1961, 555; 1965, 387; 1993, 900; 1995, 548; 1999, 3698; 2015, 3613; 2019, 2613)
NV Rev Stat § 574.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 574 - Cruelty to Animals: Prevention and Penalties|NRS 574.010 - Incorporation.

Any three or more citizens of the State of Nevada who incorporate as a body corporate under the general laws for corporations in this state set forth in chapter 78 of NRS for the purpose of preventing cruelty to animals may, except as otherwise provided in NRS 574.040, avail themselves of the privileges and benefits of NRS 574.010 to 574.040, inclusive.  [1:75:1873; B § 2482; BH § 4776; C § 4868; RL § 1373; NCL § 3231] — (NRS A 1973, 984; 2001, 1913)
NV Rev Stat § 574.020 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 574 - Cruelty to Animals: Prevention and Penalties|NRS 574.020 - Bylaws.

  1. Such societies may make and adopt bylaws:  (a) Governing the admission of associates and members.  (b) Providing for meetings and assistant and district or local officers.  (c) Providing for means and systems for the effectual attainments of the objects contemplated by this chapter, for the regulation and management of its business affairs, and for the effectual working of the societies.  (d) Prescribing the duties of their officers, for the outlay of moneys, and the auditing of accounts.  2. Such bylaws shall not conflict with the laws of the State of Nevada or of the United States, or any provision of NRS 574.010 to 574.040, inclusive.  [2:75:1873; B § 2483; BH § 4777; C § 4869; RL § 1374; NCL § 3232]
NV Rev Stat § 574.030 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 574 - Cruelty to Animals: Prevention and Penalties|NRS 574.030 - Elections; reports.

Such societies shall:  1. Elect officers and fill vacancies according to the provisions of their bylaws.  2. Make such reports of elections as are required of all corporations by law.  [3:75:1873; B § 2484; BH § 4778; C § 4870; RL § 1375; NCL § 3233] — (NRS A 2019, 1013)
NV Rev Stat § 574.040 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 574 - Cruelty to Animals: Prevention and Penalties|NRS 574.040 - Arrests by members, agents and officers of certain societies: Application; submission of fingerprints; exhibition of badge; resistance to officers unlawful.

  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.  [5:75:1873; B § 2486; BH § 4780; C § 4872; RL § 1377; NCL § 3235] — (NRS A 1993, 2152; 2001, 1914; 2003, 2858)
NV Rev Stat § 574.050 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 574 - Cruelty to Animals: Prevention and Penalties|NRS 574.050 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 574.050 to 574.200, inclusive:  1. "Animal" does not include the human race, but includes every other living creature.  2. "First responder" means a person who has successfully completed the national standard course for first responders.  3. "Police animal" means an animal which is owned or used by a state or local governmental agency and which is used by a peace officer in performing his or her duties as a peace officer.  4. "Torture" or "cruelty" includes every act, omission or neglect, whereby unjustifiable physical pain, suffering or death is caused or permitted.  [1:178:1919; 1919 RL p. 3393; NCL § 10569] — (NRS A 1999, 2517; 2001, 997; 2007, 1926; 2011, 1604; 2015, 1732; 2019, 1777)
NV Rev Stat § 574.053 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 574 - Cruelty to Animals: Prevention and Penalties|NRS 574.053 - Reporting acts of cruelty; penalty for releasing identity of person making report.

  1. Any person who knows or has reasonable cause to believe that an animal has been subjected to an act of cruelty in violation of NRS 574.100 may report the act of cruelty to any:  (a) Peace officer;  (b) Officer of a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals who is authorized to make arrests pursuant to NRS 574.040; or  (c) Animal control officer.  2. Any person, law enforcement agency, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals or animal control agency that willfully releases data or information concerning the identity of a person who made a report pursuant to subsection 1, except for the purposes of a criminal investigation or prosecution, is guilty of a misdemeanor.  (Added to NRS by 2011, 1604; A 2013, 901)
NV Rev Stat § 574.060 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 574 - Cruelty to Animals: Prevention and Penalties|NRS 574.060 - Commission of certain acts concerning place kept or used for baiting or fighting birds or other animals unlawful; penalties.

  1. A person shall not knowingly keep or use, or in any manner be connected with, or be interested in the management of, or receive money for the admission of any person to, a house, apartment, pit or place kept or used for baiting or fighting any bird or animal, or be an owner or occupant of a house, apartment, pit or place who willfully procures or permits the same to be used or occupied for such baiting or fighting.  2. A person who violates any provision of subsection 1 is guilty of:  (a) For a first offense, a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.  (b) For a second or subsequent offense, a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.  3. Upon complaint under oath or affirmation to any magistrate authorized to issue warrants in criminal cases that the complainant has just and reasonable cause to suspect that any provision of law relating to or in any way affecting animals is being or is about to be violated in any particular building or place, the magistrate shall immediately issue and deliver a warrant to any person authorized by law to make arrests for such offenses, authorizing the person to enter and search the building or place, to arrest any person there present found violating any such law and to bring the person before the nearest magistrate of competent jurisdiction to be dealt with according to law.  [2:178:1919; 1919 RL p. 3393; NCL § 10570] — (NRS A 1981, 772; 2001, 2887; 2013, 2112)
NV Rev Stat § 574.080 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 574 - Cruelty to Animals: Prevention and Penalties|NRS 574.080 - Peace officer or animal control officer may take possession of animals and implements used in fights among animals.

  1. Any peace officer or animal control officer authorized by law to make arrests may lawfully take possession of any animals, or implements, or other property used or employed, or about to be used or employed, in the violation of any provision of law relating to fights among animals.  2. The officer shall state to the person in charge thereof, at the time of such taking, his or her name and residence, and also the time and place at which the application provided for by NRS 574.090 will be made.  [4:178:1919; 1919 RL p. 3394; NCL § 10572] — (NRS A 2017, 2253)