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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 571 - Diseased Animals › NRS 571.022 - "Livestock" defined.

"Livestock" means:
1. All cattle or animals of the bovine species.
2. All horses, mules, burros and asses or animals of the equine species.
3. All swine or animals of the porcine species.
4. All goats or animals of the caprine species.
5. All sheep or animals of the ovine species.
6. All poultry or domesticated fowl or birds.
7. All dogs, cats or other animals domesticated or under the restraint or control of humans.
8. All alternative livestock.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2156)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 571 - Diseased Animals › NRS 571.025 - Infestation with or exposure to parasite deemed equivalent to infection with or exposure to disease.

1. For the purposes of this chapter, infestation with internal or external parasites, or exposure to such possible infestation, shall be deemed equivalent to infection with or exposure to infection with an infectious, contagious or parasitic disease.
2. The provisions of this chapter applicable to animals infected with or exposed to infection with any infectious, contagious or parasitic disease, or to any premises, grounds, cars, vehicles or other carriers infected or contaminated with any infectious, contagious or parasitic disease, also apply to any animals, premises, grounds, cars, vehicles, or other carriers infested with or exposed to infestation or contamination with any internal or external parasites.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 507; A 2003, 2157)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 571 - Diseased Animals › NRS 571.045 - State Quarantine Officer’s power to proclaim and enforce quarantine; limitation; quarantine effective until vacated.

1. The State Quarantine Officer may proclaim and enforce quarantine against any state, territory or district, or any portion of any state, territory or district, with respect to the importation into or transportation through the State of Nevada of animals which may be infected with, or which may have been exposed to infection with, any infectious, contagious or parasitic disease.
2. No quarantine may be issued under the provisions of NRS 571.045 to 571.110, inclusive, which will conflict with the provisions of the Constitution of the United States or any Act of the Congress of the United States.
3. A quarantine remains effective until vacated by order of the State Quarantine Officer.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 507; A 2003, 2157)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 571 - Diseased Animals › NRS 571.050 - Embargo against or regulation of importation; amendments.

1. Any quarantine issued under the provisions of NRS 571.045 to 571.110, inclusive, may:
(a) Consist of a complete embargo against the importation into or transportation through the State of any animals so quarantined against; or
(b) Provide for the importation into or transportation through the State of any such animals under such rules and regulations as may be set forth and prescribed in the quarantine at the time the same is issued.
2. Any quarantine issued under the provisions of NRS 571.045 to 571.110, inclusive, remains in force and effect until removed or modified by the State Quarantine Officer, but:
(a) The State Quarantine Officer may amend from time to time any quarantine so issued; and
(b) Any such amendments must be general in their application and must not apply to any individual shipment or importation.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 508; A 2003, 2158)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 571 - Diseased Animals › NRS 571.060 - Certified copies of quarantine to be delivered to certain officers.

If a quarantine is declared as provided in NRS 571.045 to 571.110, inclusive, against the importation into or transportation through this state of any animals from any other state, territory or district or any portion or portions thereof, a certified copy of the quarantine must be personally delivered by the State Quarantine Officer or the State Quarantine Officer’s representative or mailed by certified or registered mail to each of the following:
1. The governor or the proper quarantine official of such state, territory or district.
2. The United States quarantine official having jurisdiction over the same character of quarantine.
3. The state agent or other qualified official of any interstate railroad, express company or other common carrier doing business within this state.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 508; A 2003, 2158)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 571 - Diseased Animals › NRS 571.070 - Administration; cooperation with state and federal officers.

1. The State Quarantine Officer is designated the authority to administer the provisions of NRS 571.045 to 571.110, inclusive.
2. Insofar as practicable, the State Quarantine Officer, in carrying out the provisions of NRS 571.045 to 571.110, inclusive, shall cooperate with the federal authorities and the quarantine officials of the several states, territories and districts.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 508)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 571 - Diseased Animals › NRS 571.080 - Seizure and treatment, destruction or shipment of animals transported in violation of quarantine.

1. Any animals imported into or being transported through this state in violation of any quarantine issued under the provisions of NRS 571.045 to 571.110, inclusive, must be seized immediately by the State Quarantine Officer or the State Quarantine Officer’s authorized representative and treated in a manner approved by the State Quarantine Officer, or destroyed, or sent out of the State within 48 hours, at the expense of the owner thereof.
2. When the movement of any animals seized by the State Quarantine Officer, as provided in subsection 1, to some point without the State would further endanger any industry of this state, the animals so seized by the State Quarantine Officer must be destroyed at the expense of the owner.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 508; A 2003, 2158)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 571 - Diseased Animals › NRS 571.090 - Unlawful importation, transportation or delivery in violation of quarantine.

It is unlawful for any railroad, express company or other common carrier, or any persons, to import into or transport through the State of Nevada any animals in violation of the provisions of NRS 571.045 to 571.110, inclusive, or to make delivery of any such animals to any persons within the limits of this state.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 509; A 2003, 2158)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 571 - Diseased Animals › NRS 571.100 - Criminal proceedings: Proof of disease or exposure to disease.

In any criminal proceeding arising under the provisions of NRS 571.045 to 571.110, inclusive, proof that any animal, prohibited by proclamation of quarantine from importation into or transportation through this state, was imported into or transported through this state in violation of the quarantine shall be deemed proof within the meaning of NRS 571.045 to 571.110, inclusive, that the animal was diseased, exposed to disease or infected, or exposed to infection.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 509; A 2003, 2158)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 571 - Diseased Animals › NRS 571.120 - Duties of Department; Director to cooperate with Director of Department of Wildlife.

1. The Department shall do all things necessary for the control and eradication of infectious, contagious or parasitic diseases of animals.
2. The Director shall cooperate with the Director of the Department of Wildlife in a program to prevent the spread of communicable diseases in animals in this State.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 509; A 1989, 1086; 1993, 1747; 1999, 3687; 2003, 1582, 2159)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 571 - Diseased Animals › NRS 571.130 - Adoption of rules and regulations of federal Secretary of Agriculture relating to control and suppression of disease in animals.

The State Quarantine Officer may adopt rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States relating to the control and suppression of disease in animals, and may cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Agriculture’s officers in the enforcement of such rules and regulations.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 509; A 2003, 2159)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 571 - Diseased Animals › NRS 571.135 - Regulations for processing of food waste to be fed to livestock, fish or other animals.

1. The State Quarantine Officer, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture, may adopt such regulations requiring the processing of food waste before it is fed to livestock, fish or other animals as are necessary to prevent the introduction or spread of infectious, contagious or parasitic diseases. The regulations may prescribe a procedure by which permits are issued to those persons desiring to process food waste, minimum standards of sanitation are established and periodic inspections of the processing facilities are made. The State Quarantine Officer may collect a reasonable annual fee for each permit issued to recover costs incurred by the Department in the issuance of permits and the inspection of processing facilities.
2. Any regulation adopted pursuant to this section does not apply to a person feeding food waste from the person’s household to livestock, fish or other animals being raised on the premises for the person’s consumption.
3. As used in this section, "food waste" means all waste material derived in whole or in part from the meat of any animal or other animal material, or other refuse associated with any such material, resulting from the handling, preparation and consumption of food.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 617; A 1993, 1748; 1999, 3687)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 571 - Diseased Animals › NRS 571.140 - Inspection, testing, treatment, quarantine and condemnation of animals.

The State Quarantine Officer, or the State Quarantine Officer’s representatives or agents, may inspect, test, treat, quarantine and condemn animals affected with any infectious, contagious or parasitic disease, and any such person may enter upon any ground or premises of this state to enforce the inspection, testing, treatment, quarantine and condemnation laws and all the rules, regulations and orders of the Department.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 509; A 1993, 1748; 1999, 3687; 2003, 2159)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 571 - Diseased Animals › NRS 571.150 - Inspection, testing or quarantine of animal infected with or exposed to disease.

The State Quarantine Officer may inspect, test or quarantine any animal in the State infected with, suspected of being or which have been exposed to an infectious, contagious or parasitic disease, and compel testing or treatment at such times and as often as the State Quarantine Officer deems necessary to insure the suppression of disease.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 509; A 2003, 2159)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 571 - Diseased Animals › NRS 571.160 - Notice to State Quarantine Officer of animal infected with disease; confidentiality of notice.

If any animal becomes infected with any infectious, contagious or parasitic disease as defined by rules and regulations adopted by the State Quarantine Officer, the owner or agent in charge of the infected animal, or any inspector of the Department or any practicing veterinarian who has knowledge of the infected animal, shall immediately notify the State Quarantine Officer. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, a notification of disease received pursuant to this section must be kept confidential unless:
1. The reported disease is:
(a) Specifically regulated pursuant to NRS 571.130 for mandatory control and eradication to protect the public health, other animals or wildlife; or
(b) Trichomonosis in cattle; or
2. The State Quarantine Officer determines that a public health emergency exists.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 509; A 1993, 1748; 1999, 1069, 3687; 2001, 279; 2003, 2159; 2007, 2119; 2009, 461)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 571 - Diseased Animals › NRS 571.170 - Regulations for quarantine of diseased animals; expense of treatment, feeding, care and testing.

1. If an animal is found diseased, the State Quarantine Officer may make regulations for its quarantine at once, and the State Quarantine Officer may define the place and limits within which the animal may be grazed, herded or driven. Such an animal may be held in quarantine until released by the State Quarantine Officer.
2. The expense of treatment, feeding and taking care of animals quarantined under the provisions of NRS 571.120 to 571.250, inclusive, must be paid by the owner or agent in charge of the animals, and such expense is a lien upon the animals until paid.
3. The expense of testing an animal and the expense of handling an animal for the purpose of testing must be paid by the owner or agent in charge of the animal, at the option of the State Quarantine Officer, and such expense is a lien upon the animal until paid.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 509; A 2003, 2159)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 571 - Diseased Animals › NRS 571.180 - Removal of quarantined or infected animal or animal product prohibited without permit.

Quarantined animals, and any animals or animal products which have been, or are suspected to have been, infected with or exposed to infectious, contagious or parasitic diseases, must not be removed from one point to another within any area, or from one area to another, without a written permit from the State Quarantine Officer.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 510; A 2003, 2160)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 571 - Diseased Animals › NRS 571.190 - Destruction of animal infected with or exposed to disease: Determination by State Quarantine Officer; owner’s compensation.

1. The State Quarantine Officer may order and have destroyed any animal infected with or exposed to any infectious, contagious or parasitic disease.
2. If the State Quarantine Officer deems it necessary to destroy any infected or exposed livestock in order to prevent the spread of an infectious, contagious or parasitic disease which, according to the rules, regulations and standards adopted by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, cannot be extirpated by means other than destroying the infected or exposed livestock, the State Quarantine Officer may have the livestock destroyed and burned, buried or otherwise disposed of in any manner specified by the Department.
3. The State Board of Agriculture shall enter into an agreement with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture or take any other action required to determine the amount of compensation owed, if any, to the owner of any livestock destroyed pursuant to subsection 2 and the party responsible for paying such compensation.
4. Any natural person or corporation purchasing any animal which was at the time of purchase under quarantine by any state, county or municipal authorities or any agency of the Federal Government authorized to lay such quarantine, or who purchases any animal which due diligence and caution would have shown to be diseased or which was shipped or transported in violation of the rules and regulations of any agency of the Federal Government or the State of Nevada, is not entitled to receive compensation, and the Department may order the destruction of the animal without making any compensation to the owner.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 510; A 1993, 1748; 1999, 3687; 2003, 2160; 2015, 368)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 571 - Diseased Animals › NRS 571.200 - Disposal of carcass of diseased animal.

1. The owner or agent in charge of any animal that has died or has been killed as a result of any infectious, contagious or parasitic disease shall immediately bury the carcass thereof at least 3 feet underground or cause the carcass to be consumed by fire, and the carcass must not be sold or given away.
2. In order to carry out the requirements of subsection 1, the carcass may be conveyed on a public highway or public road, or conveyed on land not owned by the owner or agent, in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the State Quarantine Officer.
3. The expense of burying, burning or conveying the carcass must be paid by the owner or agent, and such expense is a lien upon remaining animals or other real or personal property of the owner or agent until paid.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 511; A 2003, 2161)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 571 - Diseased Animals › NRS 571.210 - Bringing animals from another state: Compliance with regulations; notice; health certificate; prohibited importation of certain animals; violation of section.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person, or the person’s agent or employee may bring into this State any animal not under special quarantine by the State of Nevada, the Federal Government, or the state, territory or district of origin in compliance with regulations adopted by the State Quarantine Officer.
2. Notice that an animal is in transit is not required unless the animal remains in this State, or is to be unloaded in this State to feed and rest for longer than 48 hours.
3. A person, or the person’s agent or employee shall not bring any animal into this State unless he or she has obtained a health certificate showing that the animal is free from contagious, infectious or parasitic diseases or exposure thereto. This requirement does not apply to any animal whose accustomed range is on both sides of the Nevada state line and which is being moved from one portion to another of the accustomed range merely for pasturing and grazing thereon. The State Quarantine Officer shall adopt regulations concerning the form of the certificate.
4. A person, or the person’s agent or employee shall not:
(a) Alter a health certificate; or
(b) Divert any animal from the destination described on the health certificate without notifying the State Quarantine Officer within 72 hours after the diversion of the animal.
5. To protect this State from the effects of chronic wasting disease, a person, or the person’s agent or employee shall not knowingly bring into this State any live:
(a) Elk (
Cervus elaphus
);
(b) Mule deer (
Odocoileus hemionus
);
(c) White-tailed deer (
Odocoileus virginianus
);
(d) Moose (
Alces alces
);
(e) Alternative livestock, unless in accordance with a permit obtained pursuant to NRS 576.129; or
(f) Other animal that the State Quarantine Officer has, by regulation, declared to be susceptible to chronic wasting disease and prohibited from importation into this State.
6. Any animal knowingly brought into this State in violation of this section may be seized, destroyed or sent out of this State by the State Quarantine Officer within 48 hours. The expense of seizing, destroying or removing the animal must be paid by the owner or the owner’s agent in charge of the animal and the expense is a lien on the animal, unless it was destroyed, until paid.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 511; A 1983, 1009; 1985, 347; 2003, 2161; 2005, 204; 2019, 404)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 571 - Diseased Animals › NRS 571.220 - Quarantine, cleaning and disinfection of places where animals handled; payment of expenses.

1. The State Quarantine Officer shall quarantine any corrals, pens, slaughterhouses, buildings, places, cars, trucks or vehicles where any animal may have been handled, and compel the cleaning and disinfecting of such places or vehicles when deemed necessary for the purposes of this chapter.
2. Where owners or persons in charge of such places or vehicles refuse to clean and disinfect them, an inspector may take charge of such places or vehicles and cause them to be cleaned and disinfected. The expense of such cleaning and disinfecting must be paid by the owners or persons in charge, and is a lien upon such corrals, pens, slaughterhouses, buildings, places, cars, trucks or vehicles until the expense is paid.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 511; A 2003, 2162)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 571 - Diseased Animals › NRS 571.230 - Right of entry of inspectors.

Inspectors may at all times enter any premises, farms, fields, corrals, pens, slaughterhouses, buildings, places, cars, trucks or vehicles where any animal is quartered for the purpose of examining such places, vehicles or animals to determine whether they are affected with any infectious, contagious or parasitic disease.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 511; A 2003, 2162)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 571 - Diseased Animals › NRS 571.240 - Inspection of animal about to be removed from State.

1. Inspectors may inspect any animal about to be shipped, driven, transported or otherwise removed from the State.
2. Consignors, possessors or persons in charge of such an animal shall, upon demand, fully establish title to the animal or the legal right to so ship, transport, drive or otherwise remove the animal from the State.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 511; A 2003, 2162)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 571 - Diseased Animals › NRS 571.250 - Penalties; use of money collected.

1. Any person violating the provisions of NRS 571.120 to 571.240, inclusive, or failing, refusing or neglecting to perform or observe any conditions, orders, rules or regulations prescribed by the State Quarantine Officer in accordance with the provisions of NRS 571.120 to 571.240, inclusive, is guilty of a 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.
2. 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 must be deposited in the Account for the Control of Weeds established by NRS 555.035.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 512; A 1993, 900; 1995, 548; 1999, 3688; 2015, 369)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock › NRS 573.010 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter:
1. "Annual sale of livestock" means any sale of livestock:
(a) To which any member of the public may consign livestock for sale or exchange through public bidding at the sale of the livestock; and
(b) Which is conducted for not more than 2 consecutive days during a calendar year.
2. "Consignor" means any person consigning, shipping or delivering livestock to a public livestock auction for sale, resale or exchange.
3. "Department" means the State Department of Agriculture.
4. "Director" means the Director of the Department.
5. "Livestock" means:
(a) Cattle, sheep, goats, horses, mules, asses, burros, swine or poultry; and
(b) Alternative livestock as defined in NRS 501.003.
6. "Operator of a public livestock auction" means any person holding, conducting or carrying on a public livestock auction.
7. "Public livestock auction" means any sale or exchange of livestock held by any person at an established place of business or premises where the livestock is assembled for sale or exchange, and is exchanged or sold at auction or upon a commission basis at regular or irregular intervals. The term does not include an annual sale of livestock.
[1:78:1947; 1943 NCL § 3825.01]—(NRS A 1961, 550; 1965, 379; 1985, 527; 1993, 434, 1749; 1995, 514; 1999, 3689; 2019, 2609)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock › NRS 573.015 - Declaration of policy.

Because of the paramount importance of livestock raising to the economy of the State of Nevada and the essential function performed by public auction sales in the livestock industry, it is declared to be an essential part of the public policy of this state to regulate such sales in order to avoid fraud upon consignors or purchasers and misappropriation of the proceeds of livestock sold.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 381)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock › NRS 573.020 - Holding of public livestock auction without license prohibited; procedure for application for license.

1. A person shall not hold, operate, conduct or carry on a public livestock auction in this state without first securing a license therefor from the Department.
2. The application for a license must be on a form prescribed and furnished by the Department and set forth:
(a) The name of the operator of the public livestock auction.
(b) The location of the establishment or premises where the public livestock auction will be conducted.
(c) The type or kinds of livestock to be handled, sold or exchanged.
(d) A description of the facilities that will be used to conduct the public livestock auction.
(e) The weekly or monthly sales day or days on which the applicant proposes to operate the applicant’s public livestock auction.
(f) The name and address of the bank or credit union where the custodial account for consignors’ proceeds will be established and maintained by the operator of the public livestock auction in compliance with the provisions of NRS 573.104.
(g) Such other information as the Department reasonably may require, including, without limitation, proof that at the time of application the applicant has a line of credit established at a bank or credit union in the State of Nevada in the amount of $400,000 or more.
3. The application must be accompanied by a bond or deposit receipt and the required fee as provided in this chapter.
[2:78:1947; 1943 NCL § 3825.02]—(NRS A 1961, 551; 1965, 379; 1993, 1750; 1999, 1513, 3689; 2001, 91; 2015, 3611)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock › NRS 573.025 - Limited license to conduct annual sale of livestock.

1. In lieu of securing a license to hold, operate, conduct or carry on a public livestock auction pursuant to NRS 573.020, a person who wishes to conduct an annual sale of livestock may submit an application to the Department for the issuance of a limited license to conduct such a sale. The application must be submitted on a form furnished or approved by the Department and must include:
(a) The name and address of the applicant who will conduct the annual sale of livestock;
(b) The location of the establishment or premises where the applicant will conduct the annual sale of livestock; and
(c) Any other information required by the Department.
2. As soon as practicable after receiving an application pursuant to subsection 1, the Department shall issue a limited license to conduct an annual sale of livestock to the applicant if the Department finds that the applicant has:
(a) Delivered to the Director a surety bond pursuant to NRS 573.033 or a deposit receipt pursuant to NRS 573.037;
(b) Paid the fee established by regulation of the State Board of Agriculture for the limited license to conduct an annual sale of livestock pursuant to NRS 573.040; and
(c) Otherwise complied with the provisions of this chapter.
3. A limited license to conduct an annual sale of livestock is valid for the period for which it is issued. A person may not obtain more than one limited license to conduct an annual sale of livestock during the same calendar year.
4. The Department shall:
(a) Limit the required duration of any surety bond or deposit receipt submitted pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 2 to the period during which the annual sale of livestock is conducted by the licensee.
(b) Set the amount of the surety bond or deposit receipt at an amount which:
(1) Must be based on the amount of bond coverage calculated for a market agency pursuant to 9 C.F.R. § 201.30(a); and
(2) May be less than the amount otherwise required pursuant to NRS 573.033 or 573.037.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2609)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock › NRS 573.030 - Bond required for issuance of license or limited license; deposit in lieu of bond.

Before a license is issued by the Department to an operator of a public livestock auction or a limited license is issued by the Department to conduct an annual sale of livestock, the applicant must deliver to the Director:
1. A surety bond pursuant to the provisions of NRS 573.033; or
2. A deposit receipt pursuant to the provisions of NRS 573.037.
[3:78:1947; A 1951, 574]—(NRS A 1959, 206; 1960, 346; 1961, 551; 1965, 380; 1993, 1750; 1999, 3689; 2019, 1383, 2610)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock › NRS 573.033 - Details and amount of bond; liability of surety.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 573.025, if an applicant delivers a surety bond to the Director pursuant to the provisions of NRS 573.025 or subsection 1 of NRS 573.030, the surety bond must be:
(a) In the amount of $200,000 or the amount of bond coverage calculated for a market agency pursuant to 9 C.F.R. § 201.30(a), whichever is greater.
(b) Executed by the applicant as principal and by a surety company qualified and authorized to do business in this state as surety.
(c) A standard form and approved by the Director as to terms and conditions.
(d) Conditioned that the principal will not commit any fraudulent act and will comply with the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations adopted by the Department.
(e) To the State of Nevada in favor of every consignor creditor whose livestock was handled or sold through or at the licensee’s public livestock auction or annual sale of livestock, as applicable.
2. The total and aggregate liability of the surety for all claims upon the bond must be limited to the face amount of the bond.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 381; A 1993, 1750; 1999, 3690; 2015, 3611; 2019, 1383, 2610)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock › NRS 573.037 - Deposit in lieu of bond: Amount; action for recovery against deposit; retention by Department.

1. As authorized by NRS 573.025 or subsection 2 of NRS 573.030, in lieu of filing the bond described in NRS 573.033, the applicant may deliver to the Director the receipt of a bank, credit union or trust company doing business in this state showing the deposit with that bank, credit union or trust company of cash or of securities endorsed in blank by the owner thereof and, except as otherwise provided in NRS 573.025, of a market value equal at least to the required principal amount of the bond, the cash or securities to be deposited in escrow under an agreement conditioned as in the case of a bond. A receipt must be accompanied by evidence that there are no unsatisfied judgments against the applicant of record in the county where the applicant resides.
2. An action for recovery against any such deposit may be brought in the same manner as in the case of an action for recovery on a bond filed under the provisions of this chapter.
3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 573.025, if any licensed operator of a public livestock auction or holder of a limited license to conduct an annual sale of livestock for any reason ceases to operate the auction or sale, the amount of money or securities deposited in lieu of a bond must be retained by the Department for 1 year. If 1 year after the cessation of the operation, no legal action has been commenced to recover against the money or securities, the amount thereof must be delivered to the owner thereof. If a legal action has been commenced within that period, all such money and securities must be held by the Director subject to the order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 382; A 1993, 1751; 1999, 1514, 3691; 2001, 91; 2019, 1384, 2610)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock › NRS 573.040 - Fee for license or limited license.

The State Board of Agriculture shall establish by regulation the fee for:
1. A license to operate a public livestock auction.
2. A limited license to conduct an annual sale of livestock.
[Part 4:78:1947; 1943 NCL § 3825.04]—(NRS A 1961, 552; 1999, 3597; 2019, 2611)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock › NRS 573.050 - Issuance of license.

Upon receipt of an application for a license to operate a public livestock auction under this chapter, accompanied by the required bond and license fee, the Department shall examine the application, and if it finds the application to be in proper form and that the applicant has otherwise complied with this chapter, the Director or his or her designee shall grant and sign the license as applied for, subject to the provisions of this chapter.
[Part 4:78:1947; 1943 NCL § 3825.04]—(NRS A 1961, 552; 1993, 1752; 1999, 3691; 2015, 3612; 2019, 2611)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock › NRS 573.070 - Form of license.

A license to operate a public livestock auction must be in such form as the Department may prescribe, and set forth:
1. The name and address of the operator of the public livestock auction.
2. The location of the establishment or premises licensed.
3. The kinds of livestock to be sold, exchanged or handled.
4. The period of the license.
5. The weekly or monthly sales day or days.
6. Such other information as the Department may determine.
[Part 5:78:1947; 1943 NCL § 3825.05]—(NRS A 1961, 553; 1993, 1752; 1999, 3691; 2019, 2611)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock › NRS 573.080 - Renewal of license.

A license to operate a public livestock auction must be renewed annually upon like application and procedure as in the case of an original license to operate a public livestock auction. An application for the renewal of the license must be accompanied by the name and address of the bank or credit union where the custodial account for consignors’ proceeds will be established and maintained by the operator of the public livestock auction in compliance with the provisions of NRS 573.104.
[Part 5:78:1947; 1943 NCL § 3825.05]—(NRS A 2015, 3612; 2019, 1384, 2611)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock › NRS 573.103 - Audits of accounts; filing copies of audits.

Every operator of a public livestock auction whose accounts are audited under the provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 7 U.S.C. § 204, as amended, shall file a copy of each such audit with the Director.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 386; A 1993, 1753; 1999, 3692; 2015, 3612)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock › NRS 573.104 - Custodial accounts for consignors’ proceeds; annual audits.

1. Each licensee shall deposit the gross proceeds received by him or her from the sale of livestock handled on a commission or agency basis in a separate account established and maintained by the licensee in the bank or credit union at which the licensee’s line of credit, as required by paragraph (g) of subsection 2 of NRS 573.020, is established. The separate account must be designated a "custodial account for consignors’ proceeds."
2. The custodial account for consignors’ proceeds may be drawn on only:
(a) For the payment of net proceeds to the consignor, or any other person or persons of whom the licensee has knowledge who is entitled to those proceeds;
(b) To obtain the sums due the licensee as compensation for his or her services; and
(c) For such sums as are necessary to pay all legal charges against the consignment of livestock which the licensee in his or her capacity as agent is required to pay for and on behalf of the consignor.
3. The licensee shall:
(a) In each case keep such accounts and records that will at all times disclose the names of the consignors and the amount due to each from the money in the custodial account for consignors’ proceeds.
(b) Maintain the custodial account for consignors’ proceeds in a manner that will expedite examination by the Director and indicate compliance with the requirements of this section.
(c) On or before January 15 of each year, submit to the Director an annual audit of the licensee’s custodial account for consignors’ proceeds for the immediately preceding year, which must be performed by a certified public accountant. The certified public accountant:
(1) Must hold a permit issued pursuant to NRS 628.380; and
(2) May be provided by the Packers and Stockyards Division of the United States Department of Agriculture if he or she meets the requirements of subparagraph (1).
(Added to NRS by 1965, 382; A 1993, 1753; 1999, 1514, 3693; 2001, 91; 2019, 1385)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock › NRS 573.105 - Line of credit: Duty to notify Department of change in amount or replacement; suspension of license for failure to maintain.

An operator of a public livestock auction shall notify the Department within 30 days after any change in the amount of the line of credit shown pursuant to paragraph (g) of subsection 2 of NRS 573.020, or its replacement by a line of credit at another bank or credit union in the State of Nevada and the amount of the replacement. If the line of credit is replaced, the custodial account must be transferred to the bank or credit union issuing the new line of credit. If a line of credit in the amount required is not maintained, the Director shall suspend the operator’s license.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 383; A 1993, 1754; 1999, 1515, 3693; 2001, 91; 2015, 3613)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 573 - Public Sales of Livestock › NRS 573.106 - Payment of net proceeds of sales to consignors.

Within 24 hours after a sale of livestock by an operator of a public livestock auction, the operator of the public livestock auction shall pay to the consignor of such livestock the net proceeds of the sale due such consignor.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 383)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)