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NV Rev Stat § 563.340 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock|NRS 563.340 - Fee for grazing animals; refund. [Expires by limitation on December 31 of the first year during which the Governor proclaims that the amount of the fees refunded by the Rangeland Resources Commission pursuant to NRS 563.340 for the immediately preceding calendar year is more than 50 percent of the fees collected by the Commission pursuant to that section for that calendar year.]

  1. The Commission shall, not later than January 15 of each year, charge and collect from each person who grazed cattle or sheep on grazing lands during the preceding calendar year a fee of 10 cents for each animal unit month that the person was authorized by the United States Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management to use during the immediately preceding year.  2. A person who pays the fee required by this section may, not earlier than January 15 of each year and not later than February 15 of that year, apply to the Commission for a refund of the fee paid for the immediately preceding year. The application must be submitted on a form prescribed by the Commission. Upon receipt of the request and after determining that the fee has been paid by the person requesting the refund, the Commission shall, within 60 days after making that determination, refund to that person an amount equal to the fee paid by the person.  3. As used in this section, "animal unit month" means the amount of forage required to sustain one cow or its equivalent for 1 month.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1678)
NV Rev Stat § 563.350 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock|NRS 563.350 - Deposit and use of money of Commission. [Expires by limitation on December 31 of the first year during which the Governor proclaims that the amount of the fees refunded by the Rangeland Resources Commission pursuant to NRS 563.340 for the immediately preceding calendar year is more than 50 percent of the fees collected by the Commission pursuant to that section for that calendar year.]

  1. Any money the Commission receives pursuant to NRS 563.330 and 563.340:  (a) Must be deposited in the State Treasury and accounted for separately in the State General Fund;  (b) May be used by the Commission only for the costs of carrying out the provisions of NRS 563.250 to 563.380, inclusive; and  (c) Does not revert to the State General Fund at the end of any fiscal year.  2. Any interest or income earned on the money in the account must be credited to the account. Any claims against the account must be paid in the manner that other claims against the State are paid.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1678)
NV Rev Stat § 563.360 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock|NRS 563.360 - Failure to pay fee for grazing animals: Notice to Attorney General or district attorney; penalty. [Expires by limitation on December 31 of the first year during which the Governor proclaims that the amount of the fees refunded by the Rangeland Resources Commission pursuant to NRS 563.340 for the immediately preceding calendar year is more than 50 percent of the fees collected by the Commission pursuant to that section for that calendar year.]

  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.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1678)
NV Rev Stat § 563.370 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock|NRS 563.370 - Financial statement of Commission; annual proclamation by Governor of fees refunded by Commission. [Expires by limitation on December 31 of the first year during which the Governor proclaims that the amount of the fees refunded by the Rangeland Resources Commission pursuant to NRS 563.340 for the immediately preceding calendar year is more than 50 percent of the fees collected by the Commission pursuant to that section for that calendar year.]

  1. On or before June 1 of each year, the Commission shall submit to the Director of the Office of Finance a financial statement setting forth:  (a) The assets and obligations of the Commission; and  (b) The amount of the fees, if any:  (1) Collected by the Commission pursuant to the provisions of NRS 563.340 for the immediately preceding calendar year; and  (2) Refunded by the Commission pursuant to that section for that year.  2. On or before July 1 of each year, the Governor shall proclaim the percentage of the fees collected pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 563.340 for the immediately preceding calendar year that were refunded by the Commission pursuant to the provisions of subsection 2 of NRS 563.340. The Director of the Office of Finance shall transmit a copy of the proclamation to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1679)
NV Rev Stat § 563.380 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock|NRS 563.380 - State Department of Agriculture to provide administrative services to Commission. [Expires by limitation on December 31 of the first year during which the Governor proclaims that the amount of the fees refunded by the Rangeland Resources Commission pursuant to NRS 563.340 for the immediately preceding calendar year is more than 50 percent of the fees collected by the Commission pursuant to that section for that calendar year.]

The State Department of Agriculture shall, within the resources available to it, provide administrative services to the Commission to assist the Commission in carrying out the provisions of NRS 563.250 to 563.380, inclusive.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1679)
NV Rev Stat § 564.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks|NRS 564.010 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter:  1. "Animals" means:  (a) All cattle or animals of the bovine species.  (b) All horses, mules, burros and asses or animals of the equine species.  (c) All swine or animals of the porcine species.  (d) All sheep and goats.  (e) Alternative livestock as defined in NRS 501.003.  2. "Department" means the State Department of Agriculture.  3. "Director" means the Director of the Department.  [Part 2:26:1923; NCL § 3791] + [12:26:1923; NCL § 3801] — (NRS A 1961, 534; 1973, 408; 1981, 684; 1993, 433, 1733; 1995, 514; 1999, 3671)
NV Rev Stat § 564.020 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks|NRS 564.020 - Owner may adopt brand or mark; recording; unlawful earmark.

  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.  [1:26:1923; NCL § 3790] — (NRS A 1959, 175; 1961, 534)
NV Rev Stat § 564.025 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks|NRS 564.025 - Branding or marking of all animals grazing on open range required; application for temporary use of brand recorded or registered in another state; exception.

  1. As used in this section, "open range" means all unenclosed lands outside of cities and towns upon which animals by custom, license, lease or permit are grazed or permitted to roam.  2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, every owner of animals in this State, who permits his or her animals to graze upon the open range, shall design, adopt and record a brand or a brand and mark and shall brand or brand and mark his or her animals as provided in this chapter.  3. Every owner of animals who brings such animals from another state into this State, if the animals have a recorded or registered brand of that other state, and who permits those animals to graze upon the open range, shall apply to the Department for a temporary use of the brand. The application must state the period for which the animals will remain in this State. The Department may grant a temporary use of the brand for a designated period, which may not exceed the period stated in the application, or require a new brand or a brand and mark as required by this section.  4. This section does not apply to animals that are less than 6 months of age.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 408; A 1993, 1734; 1999, 3671)
NV Rev Stat § 564.030 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks|NRS 564.030 - Powers and duties of Director.

The Director may carry out the provisions of this chapter and, for that purpose, adopt such regulations not inconsistent therewith, and appoint such agents, under his or her direction, as the Director deems necessary therefor. All expenses in connection therewith must be paid from the Livestock Inspection Account, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.  [Part 2:26:1923; NCL § 3791] — (NRS A 1961, 534; 1991, 1793; 1993, 1734; 1999, 3671)
NV Rev Stat § 564.040 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks|NRS 564.040 - Application for recording of brand or mark.

  1. Any owner of animals in this State desiring to adopt and use thereupon any brand, or brand and mark, or marks, as provided for in this chapter shall, before doing so, forward to the Department an application, on a form approved and provided by the Department for that purpose, for the recording of the brand, or brand and mark or marks, and receive a certificate of recordation as provided in this chapter.  2. The application must:  (a) Include a drawing, exact except as to size, of the brand, together with any earmarks or other marks desired or intended to be used therewith, and the location upon the animal or animals concerned where the brand and earmarks or other marks are desired or intended to be used;  (b) Include a statement of the kinds of animals upon which the brand or brand and mark or marks are used or will be used;  (c) Include a statement of the approximate boundaries of that part of the State within which it is intended to use the brand, brand and mark or marks; and  (d) Include the full name and address of the applicant.  3. For the purpose of this chapter, the post office address included in the application must be considered the legal address of the applicant until the Department receives from the applicant, in writing, a notice of the change of the address, the latest address of record with the Department remaining the legal address.  [6:26:1923; A 1945, 225; 1943 NCL § 3795] — (NRS A 1961, 14, 534; 1993, 1734; 1999, 3672)
NV Rev Stat § 564.050 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks|NRS 564.050 - One brand to be awarded or recorded for each owner; brands for separate livestock units; identical or similar brands; recording of unlawful earmarks prohibited.

  1. Only one brand may be awarded or recorded for each owner of animals, except that the owner or owners of separate and distinct livestock units may, under the provisions of this chapter and within the discretion of the Department, record one brand for use in connection with and for each such distinct and separate livestock unit.  2. No brand may be recorded or used which is identical with or, in the opinion of the Department, so similar to any brand previously recorded and remaining of legal record, or any abandoned brand which has not been abandoned for 1 year, as provided in NRS 564.120, that it may cause confusion as to the identity or ownership of animals, or which may be readily used to obliterate or alter any legally recorded brand that is used in the same area in this State.  3. The provisions of this section do not apply to the rerecording of any brand legally recorded on July 1, 1961, and remaining of legal record in this State under the provisions of this chapter insofar as the legal owners of the brand on July 1, 1961, are concerned, until July 1, 1976, or to brands legally transferred as provided for in NRS 564.110.  4. After July 1, 1959, an earmark may not be recorded which violates the provisions of subsection 3 of NRS 564.020.  [7:26:1923; A 1945, 225; 1943 NCL § 3796] — (NRS A 1959, 175; 1961, 535; 1967, 317; 1993, 1735; 1999, 3672)
NV Rev Stat § 564.055 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks|NRS 564.055 - Recording of cattle brands.

  1. Brands for cattle shall be recorded for use in only two of the following positions:  (a) The hip on the right-hand side;  (b) The hip on the left-hand side;  (c) The shoulder on the right-hand side;  (d) The shoulder on the left-hand side;  (e) The rib cage on the right-hand side; or  (f) The rib cage on the left-hand side.  2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the use of date brands.  (Added to NRS by 1961, 512; A 1967, 314; 1973, 873)
NV Rev Stat § 564.060 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks|NRS 564.060 - Award of brand upon receipt of application; contents of recording certificate; precedence of applications; refusal or inability of Department to award or record brand.

  1. Upon receipt of an application, as set forth in NRS 564.040, the Department shall cause the records of previously recorded brands, remaining of legal record, or not abandoned for more than 1 year as provided in NRS 564.120, to be searched and, if the brand applied for is recordable under the provisions of NRS 564.050, award the brand set forth in the application to the applicant and proceed to record the brand, together with the mark or marks.  2. In the case of any brand awarded after July 1, 1945, the recording certificate issued by the Department must define the area within this State where the brand may be used, and the position on the animal concerned, where it may be applied, and the use of the brand outside that area, or its application to other positions, without the written approval of the Department is unlawful.  3. A brand applied for must not be awarded or recorded until after the lapse of 2 legal business days after the receipt of the application for the brand at the established office of the Department.  4. In all cases where, under the terms of this chapter, the brand or brands and mark or marks applied for cannot legally be awarded by the Department to the applicant, the applicant must promptly be so notified by the Department.  5. Applications for the awarding and recording of brands or brands and marks must take precedence in the chronological order of their receipt at the established office of the Department.  6. The Department may refuse to award or record a brand known to be in use at the time in this State, or in an abutting county of an adjoining state, by a person other than the applicant therefor.  [8:26:1923; A 1945, 225; 1943 NCL § 3797] — (NRS A 1961, 535; 1993, 1735; 1999, 3673)
NV Rev Stat § 564.070 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks|NRS 564.070 - Recording of brands by Department; procedure; certificate to be transmitted to owner; evidentiary effect of certificate.

  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.  [9:26:1923; NCL § 3798] — (NRS A 1961, 536; 1993, 1736; 1999, 3673)
NV Rev Stat § 564.075 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks|NRS 564.075 - Amendment of record of brands and marks; application; form.

  1. The owner of a brand or brand and mark or marks whose ownership is recorded by the Department pursuant to NRS 564.070 may apply to the Department to amend the record:  (a) By changing his or her name as it appears in the record if:  (1) The owner’s name is changed by court order pursuant to an adoption, a divorce, an adjudication of paternity, a petition for a change of name or other legal proceeding;   (2) The owner changes his or her name upon marriage;  (3) The owner transfers the ownership of the brand or brand and mark or marks to or from a revocable trust of which the owner is a beneficiary;  (4) The record shows that the brand or brand and mark or marks is owned by joint tenants with the right of survivorship and the owner is the surviving joint tenant;  (5) The owner is a partnership, corporation or other business entity and the change in the name of the owner is the result of a change in the identity or form of the business entity or a transfer of the ownership of the brand, brand and mark or marks to a business entity that has identical common ownership; or  (6) The owner applies on the basis of a comparable event, transaction or other occurrence.  (b) By removing the name of a person who is included in the record in the capacity of a parent or guardian of the owner if the owner was a minor at the time his or her ownership was recorded by the Department and the owner is 18 years of age or older.  2. An application to amend the record pursuant to this section must be:  (a) On a form provided by the Department; and  (b) Accompanied by written proof of the event, transaction or other occurrence that is the basis for the application.  3. If the Department determines that the requested amendment to the record does not affect the ownership of a brand or brand and mark or marks or create confusion concerning its ownership, the Department shall:  (a) Amend the record by changing the name of the owner or removing the name of the parent or guardian of the owner; and  (b) Provide the owner with an amended certificate of recordation.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 904)
NV Rev Stat § 564.080 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks|NRS 564.080 - Fees.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Department may establish and collect reasonable fees for:  1. The recording of brands or brands and marks;  2. The rerecording of brands or brands and marks;  3. The recording of instruments transferring ownership of brands or brands and marks;  4. Certificates of recordation or rerecordation of brands or brands and marks;  5. Amending the record of ownership of brands or brands and marks and furnishing amended certificates of recordation; or  6. The processing and continuing administration of a security agreement, provisional assignment or legal lien relating to a brand or brand and mark or marks of record for purposes of NRS 564.110.  [14:26:1923; NCL § 3803] — (NRS A 1961, 537; 1993, 1736; 1999, 3674; 2003, 1430; 2007, 905)
NV Rev Stat § 564.090 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks|NRS 564.090 - Evidentiary effect of certificates of recordation.

All certificates of recordation of brands or brands and marks furnished by the Department under the provisions of this chapter are prima facie evidence of the ownership of all animals of the kind or kinds and bearing the brand or brands and mark or marks specified and as set forth therein, and those certificates must be taken as evidence of that ownership in all suits of law or in equity, or in any criminal proceedings, if the title to animals in this State is involved or proper to be proved.  [10:26:1923; A 1923, 316; NCL § 3799] — (NRS A 1961, 537; 1993, 1736; 1999, 3674)
NV Rev Stat § 564.100 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks|NRS 564.100 - Legal status of certificates of rerecordation issued pursuant to 1923 law.

Certificates of rerecordation furnished to the legal owners of brands and marks pursuant to the provisions of section 4 of chapter 26, Statutes of Nevada 1923, shall have the legal status of brand certificates as set forth in NRS 564.090.  [Part 4:26:1923; NCL § 3793]
NV Rev Stat § 564.115 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks|NRS 564.115 - Transfer of brands and marks upon death of owner.

  1. Upon the death of the owner of a brand or brand and mark or marks, the personal representative of the deceased owner, or any other person with the legal authority to act on behalf of the deceased owner, may execute any written instrument and perform any other act required by the Department to transfer the ownership of the brand or brand and mark or marks.  2. A person who wishes to act on behalf of a deceased owner pursuant to this section must provide the Department with written proof of the person’s legal authority to act on behalf of the deceased owner.  3. As used in this section, "personal representative" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 132.265.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 905)