NV Rev Stat § 590.100 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 590 - Motor Vehicle Fuel, Petroleum Products and Antifreeze|NRS 590.100 - Powers and duties of State Sealer of Consumer Equitability and Nevada Highway Patrol.

The State Sealer of Consumer Equitability is charged with the proper enforcement of NRS 590.010 to 590.150, inclusive, and has the following powers and duties:  1. The State Sealer of Consumer Equitability may publish reports relating to petroleum products and motor vehicle fuel in such form and at such times as he or she deems necessary.  2. The State Sealer of Consumer Equitability, or the appointees thereof, shall inspect and check the accuracy of all measuring devices for petroleum products and motor vehicle fuel maintained in this State, and shall seal all such devices whose tolerances are found to be within those prescribed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.  3. The State Sealer of Consumer Equitability, or the appointees thereof, or any member of the Nevada Highway Patrol, may take such samples as he or she deems necessary of any petroleum product or motor vehicle fuel that is kept, transported or stored within the State of Nevada. It is unlawful for any person, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, to refuse to permit the State Sealer of Consumer Equitability, or the appointees thereof, or any member of the Nevada Highway Patrol, in the State of Nevada, to take such samples, or to prevent or to attempt to prevent the State Sealer of Consumer Equitability, or the appointees thereof, or any member of the Nevada Highway Patrol, from taking them. If the person, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, from which a sample is taken at the time of taking demands payment, then the person taking the sample shall pay the reasonable market price for the quantity taken.  4. The State Sealer of Consumer Equitability, or the appointees thereof, may close and seal the outlets of any unlabeled or mislabeled containers, pumps, dispensers or storage tanks connected thereto or which contain any petroleum product or motor vehicle fuel which, if sold, would violate any of the provisions of NRS 590.010 to 590.150, inclusive, and shall post, in a conspicuous place on the premises where those containers, pumps, dispensers or storage tanks have been sealed, a notice stating that the action of sealing has been taken in accordance with the provisions of NRS 590.010 to 590.150, inclusive, and giving warning that it is unlawful to break, mutilate or destroy the seal or seals thereof under penalty as provided in NRS 590.110.  5. The State Sealer of Consumer Equitability, or the appointees thereof, shall, upon at least 24 hours’ notice to the owner, manager, operator or attendant of the premises where a container, pump, dispenser or storage tank has been sealed, and at the time specified in the notice, break the seal for the purpose of permitting the removal of the contents of the container, pump, dispenser or storage tank. If the contents are not immediately and completely removed, the container, pump, dispenser or storage tank must be again sealed.  6. The State Sealer of Consumer Equitability shall adopt regulations which are necessary for the enforcement of NRS 590.010 to 590.150, inclusive, including standard procedures for testing petroleum products or motor vehicle fuel which are based on sources such as those approved by ASTM International, and may adopt specifications for any fuel for use in internal combustion engines which is sold or offered for sale and contains any alcohol or other combustible chemical that is not a petroleum product or motor vehicle fuel.  [10:157:1955] — (NRS A 1959, 619; 1961, 581, 651; 1981, 529; 2005, 658; 2013, 2487)