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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 576 - Livestock and Farm Products: Dealers, Brokers, Commission Merchants, Cash Buyers and Agents; Alternative Livestock › NRS 576.132 - Free-sale certificate for agricultural product; submission of application; requirements.

The Department may provide a free-sale certificate for an agricultural product if:
1. An application is submitted in the manner prescribed by the Director;
2. The applicant is located in this State; and
3. The agricultural product is grown, produced or processed in this State.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 3614)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 576 - Livestock and Farm Products: Dealers, Brokers, Commission Merchants, Cash Buyers and Agents; Alternative Livestock › NRS 576.133 - Cease and desist orders.

If the Director believes, on the basis of a verified complaint or of an investigation made pursuant to NRS 576.110, that any licensee or person assuming to transact business for which a license is required under this chapter is violating or is about to violate any provision of this chapter, the Director may order the licensee or other person to cease and desist from the unlawful practice. The order ceases to be effective upon the expiration of 10 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and other nonjudicial days, after its date of issuance unless a court has, pursuant to NRS 576.135, issued an order which continues the restraint.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 396; A 1967, 1200; 1993, 1772; 1999, 3713)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 576 - Livestock and Farm Products: Dealers, Brokers, Commission Merchants, Cash Buyers and Agents; Alternative Livestock › NRS 576.135 - Injunctions; restraining orders.

If any licensee or person assuming to transact business for which a license is required under this chapter has engaged or is about to engage in any acts or practices which constitute or will constitute an offense against 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 the 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, 396; A 1993, 1772; 1999, 3713)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 576 - Livestock and Farm Products: Dealers, Brokers, Commission Merchants, Cash Buyers and Agents; Alternative Livestock › NRS 576.137 - Exemption for cash buyer purchasing for own use.

A cash purchaser, purchasing for his or her own use, may be exempted by the Department from the requirements of this chapter upon the purchaser’s filing of an affidavit stating such facts as may be required by the Department.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1200; A 1993, 1772; 1999, 3713)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 576 - Livestock and Farm Products: Dealers, Brokers, Commission Merchants, Cash Buyers and Agents; Alternative Livestock › NRS 576.140 - Inapplicability of chapter.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 576.042, the provisions of this chapter do not apply to:
1. 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, or any other nonprofit organization or association.
2. Any railroad transporting livestock interstate or intrastate.
3. Any farmer or rancher purchasing or receiving livestock for grazing, pasturing or feeding on his or her premises within the State of Nevada and not for immediate resale.
4. Operators of public livestock auctions as defined in NRS 573.010, and all buyers of livestock at those auctions at which the public livestock auction licensee does not control title or ownership to the livestock being sold or purchased at those auctions, and any person buying for interstate shipments only and subject to and operating under a bond required by the United States pursuant to the provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 7 U.S.C. § 204, and the regulations adopted pursuant to those provisions.
5. Persons who conduct annual sales of livestock as defined in NRS 573.010.
6. Any farmer or rancher whose farm or ranch is located in the State of Nevada, who buys or receives farm products or livestock from another farmer or rancher not for immediate resale.
7. Any retail merchant having a fixed and established place of business in this state and who conducts a retail business exclusively.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 559; A 1960, 418; 1961, 560; 1963, 392; 1965, 393; 1989, 337; 1993, 1772; 1999, 3714; 2015, 3619; 2019, 2613)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 576 - Livestock and Farm Products: Dealers, Brokers, Commission Merchants, Cash Buyers and Agents; Alternative Livestock › NRS 576.150 - Civil and criminal penalties; venue; use of money collected.

1. Except as otherwise provided by a specific statute, a person who acts as a dealer, broker, commission merchant or agent without a license therefor as required by the provisions of this chapter, or who violates any other provision of this chapter, or any of the regulations lawfully adopted pursuant to provisions of this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor. If the violation relates to the failure to make payment for farm products, an intent to defraud must be proven before a misdemeanor or other penalty may be imposed.
2. Any prosecution brought pursuant to this chapter may be brought in any county of this State in which the defendant or any one of the defendants resides, or in which the unlawful act was committed, or in which the defendant or any one of the defendants has his or her principal place of business.
3. In addition to any criminal penalty imposed pursuant to, or any remedy provided by, this chapter, the Director, after notice and a hearing in an administrative proceeding, may issue an order against any person who has violated any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter imposing a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation.
4. Any money collected from the imposition of a civil penalty pursuant to subsection 3 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.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 560; A 1960, 418; 1963, 392; 1965, 394; 1989, 337; 1993, 1773; 1999, 3714; 2005, 484; 2015, 3620)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 577 - Animal Remedies, Veterinary Biologics and Pharmaceuticals › NRS 577.100 - Establishment of program concerning veterinary feed directives; registration of animal remedies, veterinary biologics and pharmaceuticals; application for registration; regulations.

1. The Department may establish, by regulation, a program to implement the requirements of federal regulations concerning veterinary feed directives, as defined in 21 U.S.C. § 354, including, without limitation, requirements for the registration of any animal remedy, veterinary biologic or pharmaceutical, as those terms are defined in those federal regulations.
2. The regulations adopted by the Department pursuant to subsection 1 must provide that:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, no person shall sell, offer or expose for sale, or deliver to a user, an animal remedy, veterinary biologic or pharmaceutical, in package or in bulk, which has not been registered with the Department pursuant to this chapter and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto. Any product registered pursuant to chapter 586 of NRS or under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 136 et seq., is not subject to the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by law, the manufacturer of each brand of animal remedy, veterinary biologic and pharmaceutical to be sold in this State, whether in package or in bulk, shall register such products with the Department annually pursuant to this chapter and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto. The regulations may authorize a manufacturer who sells more than one animal remedy, veterinary biologic or pharmaceutical in this State to register all such products with one application.
(c) An application for registration of an animal remedy, veterinary biologic or pharmaceutical must be made on forms provided by the Department and must be accompanied by a reasonable annual registration fee established by the Department by regulation for each animal remedy, veterinary biologic and pharmaceutical.
(d) An application pursuant to paragraph (c) must:
(1) Be filed on or before July 1 of each year; and
(2) Include a list of all animal remedies, veterinary biologics and pharmaceuticals that the applicant intends to market in this State during the following fiscal year.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2463)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 577 - Animal Remedies, Veterinary Biologics and Pharmaceuticals › NRS 577.120 - Application for and acceptance of gifts and grants.

The Director may apply for and accept any gift, donation, bequest, grant or other source of money to carry out the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2464)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 577 - Animal Remedies, Veterinary Biologics and Pharmaceuticals › NRS 577.200 - Civil penalty; use of money collected.

1. Any person violating the provisions of this chapter is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed:
(a) For a first offense, $250.
(b) For a second offense, $500.
(c) For a third or subsequent offense, $1,000.
2. Of the money collected by the Department from a civil penalty pursuant to subsection 1:
(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 less; and
(b) The remaining 50 percent must be deposited in the Account for the Control of Weeds created by NRS 555.035.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2464)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.001 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 581.002 to 581.022, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 633; A 1981, 335; 1985, 529; 2003, 2319; 2021, 172, 3600)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.0025 - "Commercial weighing and measuring equipment" defined.

"Commercial weighing and measuring equipment" means weights and measures, and weighing and measuring devices, used commercially in:
1. Establishing the size, quantity, extent, area or measurement of quantities, things, produce or articles for distribution or consumption, purchase, offer or submission for sale, hire or award; or
2. Computing any basic charge or payment for services rendered on the basis of weight or measure.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2313)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.0055 - "Field reference standards" defined.

"Field reference standards" means the physical standards that are traceable to the primary standards through comparisons or by using acceptable laboratory procedures, and that are used in the installation, adjustment, repair or calibration of devices for weights and measures, and weighing and measuring devices.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 172)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.007 - "Net mass" and "net weight" defined.

"Net mass" or "net weight" means the mass or weight of a commodity, excluding any materials, substances or items not considered to be part of the commodity. The terms do not include materials, substances or any other items not considered to be a part of the commodity, including, without limitation, containers, conveyances, bags, wrappers, packaging materials, labels, individual piece coverings, decorative accompaniments and coupons, except that, depending on the service to be rendered, shipping and packaging material may be included in the weight of the package.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2313)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.010 - "Package" defined.

1. "Package" means any commodity, whether in a standard package or random weight package:
(a) Enclosed in a container or wrapped in any manner in advance of wholesale or retail sale; or
(b) Whose weight or measure has been determined in advance of wholesale or retail sale.
2. The term includes an individual item or lot of any commodity on which there is marked a selling price based on an established price per unit of weight or measure.
[Part 27:169:1945; 1943 NCL § 8335.27]—(NRS A 1961, 561; 1969, 634; 2003, 2319)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.018 - "Standard package" defined.

"Standard package" means a package that is one of a lot, shipment or delivery of packages of the same commodity with declarations of identical net contents, including, without limitation, 1-liter bottles or 12-fluid-ounce cans of carbonated soda, 500-gram or 5-pound bags of sugar, or 100-meter or 300-foot packages of rope.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2314)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.019 - "Transfer standards" defined.

"Transfer standards" means a physical artifact, a static or dynamic measurement device or a reference material that is used for a short period of time in limited environmental and operational conditions to check the accuracy of commercial weighing and measuring equipment and that is stable during such a period of time.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 172)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.030 - Director of State Department of Agriculture ex officio State Sealer of Measurement Standards; enforcement of chapter.

The Director of the State Department of Agriculture, as ex officio State Sealer of Measurement Standards, shall enforce the provisions of this chapter.
[Part 19:169:1945; 1943 NCL § 8335.19]—(NRS A 1959, 618; 1961, 561; 1993, 1773; 1999, 3715; 2003, 2319; 2013, 2472)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.050 - General authority to adopt regulations.

1. The State Sealer of Measurement Standards may:
(a) Adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Ensure that those regulations comply, insofar as practicable, with the specifications, tolerances and regulations recommended by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
(c) Adopt regulations for the submission for approval of types and designs of weights and measures, commercial weighing and measuring equipment and cannabis weighing and measuring equipment.
2. The State Sealer of Measurement Standards shall adopt regulations which prescribe the:
(a) Standards for weighing and measuring devices;
(b) Requirements for the issuance of a certificate of registration pursuant to NRS 581.103; and
(c) Standards for the equipment used to repair or adjust weighing or measuring devices.
[26:169:1945; 1943 NCL § 8335.26]—(NRS A 1960, 36; 1995, 243; 2003, 2319; 2013, 2472; 2021, 3600)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.057 - Enforcement of chapter: Entry into commercial premises or cannabis establishment; stop-use, hold and removal orders; seizure of property; inspection of vehicles.

The State Sealer of Measurement Standards may, if necessary for the enforcement of this chapter and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto:
1. Enter any commercial premises or cannabis establishment during normal business hours upon presenting his or her credentials.
2. Issue stop-use, hold and removal orders for any weights and measures commercially used or used in a cannabis establishment, and issue stop-sale, hold and removal orders for any packaged commodities or bulk sale commodities that are kept, offered or exposed for sale.
3. Seize, for use as evidence, without formal warrant, any incorrect or unapproved weight, measure, package or commodity found to be used, retained, offered or exposed for sale, or sold in violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto.
4. Stop any commercial vehicle and, after presentation of his or her credentials, inspect the contents of the vehicle, require the person in charge of the vehicle to produce any documents in the person’s possession concerning the contents of the vehicle, and require that person to proceed with the vehicle to some specified place for inspection.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2316; A 2013, 2473; 2021, 3600)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.059 - Enforcement of chapter: Authority to obtain restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction.

The State Sealer of Measurement Standards may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a restraining order, temporary or permanent injunction, restraining a person from violating any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2319; A 2013, 2473)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.065 - Duties: Proper use of weights and measures used in commercial services and cannabis establishments; prevention of unfair and deceptive dealing; availability of facilities of Division; promotion of uniformity with laws of other states and federal agencies; ensurance of equity between buyers and sellers.

The State Sealer of Measurement Standards shall:
1. Ensure that weights and measures used in commercial services and cannabis establishments within this state are suitable for their intended use, are properly installed and accurate, and are so maintained by their owner or user.
2. Prevent unfair or deceptive dealing by weight or measure in any commodity or service advertised, packaged, sold or purchased within this state.
3. Make available to all users of field reference standards and transfer standards, or of weighing and measuring equipment, the precision calibration and related metrological certification capabilities of the facilities of the Division.
4. Promote uniformity, to the extent practicable and desirable, between the requirements relating to weights and measures of this state and similar requirements of other states and federal agencies.
5. Adopt regulations establishing such requirements relating to weights and measures as are necessary to ensure equity between buyers and sellers, and thereby encourage desirable economic growth while protecting consumers.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2314; A 2013, 2473; 2021, 172, 3601)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.075 - Fees.

The State Sealer of Measurement Standards may establish:
1. A schedule of fees for any tests of weighing and measuring devices that the State Sealer of Measurement Standards determines to be necessary.
2. An annual fee for the issuance of a certificate of registration pursuant to NRS 581.103.
3. An annual license fee for all commercial weighing and measuring equipment.
4. An annual license fee for all cannabis weighing and measuring equipment that is required to be inspected and tested by the State Sealer of Measurement Standards by NRS 581.067.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 36; A 1983, 1102; 1995, 244; 2003, 2320; 2013, 2475; 2021, 3603)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.103 - Registration required. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.] Registration required. [Effective on the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. Any person who wishes to make any repair or adjustment, for hire, to a weighing or measuring device must submit to the State Sealer of Measurement Standards:
(a) An application for a certificate of registration on a form provided by the State Sealer of Measurement Standards;
(b) The statement required pursuant to NRS 581.1032;
(c) The annual fee prescribed by regulation pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 581.075; and
(d) Such other information required by the State Sealer of Measurement Standards.
2. An application for a certificate of registration must include the social security number of the applicant.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 36; A 1967, 201; 1995, 244; 1997, 2013, 2097; 1999, 520; 2003, 2320; 2013, 2475)
Any person who wishes to make any repair or adjustment, for hire, to a weighing or measuring device must submit to the State Sealer of Measurement Standards:
1. An application for a certificate of registration on a form provided by the State Sealer of Measurement Standards;
2. The annual fee prescribed by regulation pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 581.075; and
3. Such other information required by the State Sealer of Measurement Standards.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 36; A 1967, 201; 1995, 244; 1997, 2013, 2097; 1999, 520; 2003, 2320; 2013, 2475, effective on the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.1032 - Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for certificate of registration; grounds for denial of certificate; duty of State Sealer of Measurement Standards. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. An applicant for the issuance or renewal of a certificate of registration pursuant to NRS 581.103 shall submit to the State Sealer of Measurement Standards the statement prescribed by the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 425.520. The statement must be completed and signed by the applicant.
2. The State Sealer of Measurement Standards shall include the statement required pursuant to subsection 1 in:
(a) The application or any other forms that must be submitted for the issuance or renewal of the certificate of registration; or
(b) A separate form prescribed by the State Sealer of Measurement Standards.
3. A certificate of registration may not be issued or renewed by the State Sealer of Measurement Standards pursuant to NRS 581.103 if the applicant:
(a) Fails to submit the statement required pursuant to subsection 1; or
(b) Indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that he or she is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order.
4. If an applicant indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that he or she is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order, the State Sealer of Measurement Standards shall advise the applicant to contact the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order to determine the actions that the applicant may take to satisfy the arrearage.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2096; A 2013, 2476)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.1034 - Suspension of certificate of registration for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of certificate. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. If the State Sealer of Measurement Standards receives a copy of a court order issued pursuant to NRS 425.540 that provides for the suspension of all professional, occupational and recreational licenses, certificates and permits issued to a person who is the holder of a certificate of registration issued pursuant to NRS 581.103, the State Sealer of Measurement Standards shall deem the certificate of registration issued to that person to be suspended at the end of the 30th day after the date on which the court order was issued unless the State Sealer of Measurement Standards receives a letter issued to the holder of the certificate of registration by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 stating that the holder of the certificate of registration has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560.
2. The State Sealer of Measurement Standards shall reinstate a certificate of registration issued pursuant to NRS 581.103 that has been suspended by a district court pursuant to NRS 425.540 if the State Sealer of Measurement Standards receives a letter issued by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 to the person whose certificate of registration was suspended stating that the person whose certificate of registration was suspended has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2096; A 2013, 2476)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.1036 - Application for renewal of certificate of registration to include information relating to state business registration; renewal of certificate prohibited in certain circumstances.

1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in this chapter, an applicant for the renewal of a certificate of registration pursuant to NRS 581.103 must indicate in the application submitted to the State Sealer of Measurement Standards whether the applicant has a state business registration. If the applicant has a state business registration, the applicant must include in the application the business identification number assigned by the Secretary of State upon compliance with the provisions of chapter 76 of NRS.
2. A certificate of registration may not be renewed by the State Sealer of Measurement Standards if:
(a) The applicant fails to submit the information required by subsection 1; or
(b) The State Controller has informed the State Sealer of Measurement Standards pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 353C.1965 that the applicant owes a debt to an agency that has been assigned to the State Controller for collection and the applicant has not:
(1) Satisfied the debt;
(2) Entered into an agreement for the payment of the debt pursuant to NRS 353C.130; or
(3) Demonstrated that the debt is not valid.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Agency" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 353C.020.
(b) "Debt" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 353C.040.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 2739)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.205 - Authority to use transfer standards as temporary measurement references; applicability.

Transfer standards may be used as temporary measurement references to check the accuracy of commercial weighing and measuring equipment. A transfer standard used in such a manner does not satisfy the standards expressed in Appendix A: Fundamental Considerations to the
National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44: Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices
, as adopted by reference by regulation of the State Sealer of Measurement Standards.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 172)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.225 - Rebuttable presumption that field reference standard is regularly used in installation, adjustment, repair or calibration of commercial weighing and measuring equipment.

The presence of a field reference standard in the possession of any person who is paid to install, make adjustments to, repair or calibrate commercial weighing and measuring equipment creates a rebuttable presumption that the field reference standard is regularly used by that person in the installation, adjustment, repair or calibration of commercial weighing and measuring equipment.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 172)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.304 - Requirements for random weight packages and standard packages; exemptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any random weight package or standard package kept, offered or exposed for sale, must bear on the outside of the package a definite, plain and conspicuous declaration of:
(a) The identity of the commodity in the package, unless the commodity is a food, other than meat or poultry, that was repackaged in a retail establishment and displayed to the purchaser where:
(1) The interstate labeling for the repackaged food is clearly in view or the food has a counter card, sign or other appropriate device bearing prominently and conspicuously the common or usual name of the food; or
(2) The common or usual name of the food is clearly revealed by its appearance;
(b) The quantity of contents of the package, in terms of weight, measure or count; and
(c) If the package is kept, offered or exposed for sale, or sold, in any place other than on the premises where packed, the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer or distributor.
2. The State Sealer of Measurement Standards may exempt any type of random weight package or standard package, or commodity from the provisions of this section by regulation.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2317; A 2013, 2477)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.306 - Additional requirements for random weight packages of same commodity.

In addition to the declarations required by NRS 581.304, each random weight package of the same commodity must, at the time such packages are offered or exposed for sale at retail, bear on the outside of the package a plain and conspicuous declaration of the price per kilogram or pound and the total selling price of the package.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2317)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.315 - Requirements for packaged commodity that is advertised with retail price stated.

If a packaged commodity is advertised in any manner with the retail price stated, a declaration of quantity as required by this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto must appear on the package in such a manner as to be closely and conspicuously associated with the retail price of the packaged commodity.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2318)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.320 - Fluid dairy products: Packages for retail sale; marking of containers; exemption.

1. All fluid dairy products must be packaged for retail sale in:
(a) Units of 1 gill or less, one-half liquid pint, 10 fluid ounces, 1 liquid pint, 1 liquid quart, one-half gallon, 3 liquid quarts, 1 gallon, 1 1/2 gallons, 2 gallons, 2 1/2 gallons or multiples of 1 gallon; or
(b) Such other amounts as are approved by the State Sealer of Measurement Standards.
2. Each container used for the sale of such products must:
(a) Be marked with its capacity;
(b) Be marked with the name, initial or trademark of the manufacturer;
(c) Be marked with such other information as required by the State Sealer of Measurement Standards; and
(d) If the fluid dairy product is packaged for retail sale in an amount other than a unit of measure listed in paragraph (a) of subsection 1, be marked with its capacity in fluid ounces and a comparison of that quantity with the unit of measure that is closest in volume in sufficient size and prominence to inform the public of the difference in volume.
3. This section does not apply to eating establishments serving milk in glasses with meals.
[10:169:1945; 1943 NCL § 8335.09]—(NRS A 1960, 36; 1969, 636; 1971, 365; 1975, 362; 1999, 3168; 2013, 2477; 2017, 147)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.365 - Standards for determining quantity of commodities in liquid form and commodities not in liquid form; provision of information necessary to make price and quantity comparisons.

1. Except as otherwise provided by regulation or order of the State Sealer of Measurement Standards or by established trade custom and practice recognized by regulation or order of the State Sealer of Measurement Standards:
(a) Commodities in liquid form must be sold by liquid measure or by weight; and
(b) Commodities not in liquid form must be sold by weight, by measure or by count.
2. The method of sale of a commodity must provide such accurate and adequate information concerning quantity as will enable the buyer to make price and quantity comparisons.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2317; A 2013, 2478)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.375 - Misrepresentation of quantity prohibited.

A person shall not:
1. Sell or offer or expose for sale a quantity less than the quantity represented;
2. Take more than the quantity represented when, as a buyer, the person furnishes the weight or measure by which the quantity is determined; or
3. Represent the quantity in any manner calculated or tending to mislead, or in any way to deceive, another person.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2316)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.377 - Misrepresentation of price prohibited.

A person shall not:
1. Misrepresent the price of any commodity or service sold, or offered, exposed or advertised for sale, by weight, measure or count; or
2. Misrepresent the price of such a commodity or service in any manner calculated or tending to mislead or in any way to deceive a person.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2316)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.385 - Delivery ticket required for certain bulk sales and bulk deliveries; contents of delivery ticket.

All bulk sales in which the buyer and seller are not both present to witness the measurement, all bulk deliveries of heating fuel and all other bulk sales specified by regulation of the State Sealer of Measurement Standards must be accompanied by a delivery ticket containing:
1. The name and address of the buyer and seller;
2. The date delivered;
3. The quantity delivered and the quantity upon which the price is based, if the quantity upon which the price is based differs from the quantity delivered;
4. The unit price, unless otherwise agreed upon by both the buyer and seller;
5. The identity of the commodity, in the most descriptive terms commercially practicable, including any representation about the quality of the commodity made in connection with the sale; and
6. Where commodities are bought from bulk but delivered in packages, the count of individually wrapped packages if more than one individually wrapped package is being sold.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2317; A 2013, 2478)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.395 - Rebuttable presumption that weight or measure or weighing or measuring device is regularly used for commercial business purposes.

The presence of a weight or measure or weighing or measuring device in or about any place in which or from which buying or selling is commonly carried on creates a rebuttable presumption that the weight or measure or weighing or measuring device is regularly used for the commercial business purposes of that place.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2319; A 2021, 175)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.415 - Prohibited acts; civil penalty.

1. A person shall not:
(a) Use in commerce, or have in his or her possession for use in commerce or in a cannabis establishment, any incorrect weight or measure;
(b) Sell or offer for sale for use in commerce or for use in a cannabis establishment any incorrect weight or measure;
(c) Remove any tag, seal or mark from any weight or measure without specific written authorization from the proper authority;
(d) Hinder or obstruct any inspector of the Division in the performance of the inspector’s duties; or
(e) Violate any provisions of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto.
2. A person who violates any provision of this section is, in addition to any criminal penalty that may be imposed, subject to a civil penalty in accordance with the schedule of civil penalties established by the State Sealer of Measurement Standards pursuant to subsection 9 of NRS 581.067.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2318; A 2013, 2478; 2021, 3603)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.417 - Civil penalties: Administrative appeal; judicial review; payment; civil action for recovery; deposit and use of money.

1. A person subject to a civil penalty may request an administrative hearing within 10 days after receipt of the notice of the civil penalty. The State Sealer of Measurement Standards or a designee shall conduct the hearing after giving appropriate notice to the respondent. The decision of the State Sealer of Measurement Standards or the designee is subject to appropriate judicial review.
2. If the respondent has exhausted all administrative appeals and the civil penalty has been upheld, the respondent shall pay the civil penalty:
(a) If no petition for judicial review is filed pursuant to NRS 233B.130, within 40 days after the final decision of the State Sealer of Measurement Standards or designee; or
(b) If a petition for judicial review is filed pursuant to NRS 233B.130 and the civil penalty is upheld, within 10 days after the effective date of the final decision of the court.
3. If the respondent fails to pay the penalty, a civil action may be brought by the State Sealer of Measurement Standards in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover the civil penalty.
4. Any money collected from the recovery of a civil penalty pursuant to subsection 3 must be accounted for separately and:
(a) Fifty percent of the money must be used to fund a program selected by the Director of the State Department of Agriculture 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.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2318; A 2013, 2478; 2015, 3622)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 581 - Weights and Measures › NRS 581.445 - Criminal penalties.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, who willfully violates any provision of NRS 581.415:
(a) For the first offense, shall be given a warning.
(b) For the second offense, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1,000 or more than $5,000.
(c) For the third or subsequent offense, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
2. A person, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, who:
(a) Is convicted pursuant to subsection 1 more than three times in a 2-year period; or
(b) Knowingly uses or has in his or her possession any weighing or measuring device which has been altered to facilitate fraud,
is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2318; A 2013, 989; 2021, 1011)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 582 - Public Weighmasters › NRS 582.011 - "Public weighing" defined.

"Public weighing" means the weighing, measuring or counting, upon request, of vehicles, property, produce, commodities or articles other than those that the weigher or the employer of the weigher, if any, is either buying or selling.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2321)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 582 - Public Weighmasters › NRS 582.021 - Duties of State Sealer of Measurement Standards.

The State Sealer of Measurement Standards shall:
1. Enforce the provisions of this chapter;
2. Adopt regulations establishing a schedule of civil penalties for any violation of this chapter;
3. Adopt reasonable regulations for the enforcement of this chapter; and
4. Adopt regulations relating to public weighing that include, without limitation:
(a) The qualifications of an applicant for a license as a public weighmaster;
(b) Requirements for the renewal of a license as a public weighmaster;
(c) The period of validity of a license as a public weighmaster;
(d) Measurement practices that must be followed, including the measurement or recording of tare weight;
(e) The required information to be submitted with or as part of a certificate of weights and measures; and
(f) The period for which records must be kept.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2321; A 2013, 2479)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 582 - Public Weighmasters › NRS 582.025 - General authority to adopt regulations.

The State Sealer of Measurement Standards may adopt such regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Any such regulations shall comply, insofar as practicable, with specifications, tolerances and regulations recommended by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 345; A 1977, 614; 2003, 2326; 2013, 2479)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 582 - Public Weighmasters › NRS 582.026 - Enforcement of chapter: Authority to obtain restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction.

The State Sealer of Measurement Standards may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for a restraining order, or a temporary or permanent injunction, restraining a person from violating any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2326; A 2013, 2479)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 582 - Public Weighmasters › NRS 582.028 - License required; qualifications.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 582.029, to act as a public weighmaster, a person must receive a license from the State Sealer of Measurement Standards. To qualify for a license, a person must:
1. Be able to weigh and measure accurately;
2. Be able to generate correct certificates of weights and measures; and
3. Possess such other qualifications as required by the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2322; A 2013, 2480)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 582 - Public Weighmasters › NRS 582.029 - Exemption from licensure; issuance of certificate of weights and measures prohibited without license.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the following persons may, but are not required to, obtain licenses as public weighmasters to engage in public weighing:
(a) A law enforcement or weights and measures officer or other qualified employee of the State, a city or a county agency or institution when acting within the scope of official duties.
(b) A person weighing property, produce, commodities or articles:
(1) That the person or the person’s employer is buying or selling; or
(2) In conformity with the requirements of federal statutes or the statutes of this state relating to warehousemen or processors.
2. A person described in subsection 1 shall not issue a certificate of weights and measures unless the person holds a license as a public weighmaster.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2324)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 582 - Public Weighmasters › NRS 582.030 - Application; test of weighing apparatus; inspection of premises.

1. Any person may apply to the State Sealer of Measurement Standards for licensure as a public weighmaster with authority to issue state certificates of weights and measures upon which the purchase or sale of commodities or charge for services or equipment will be based.
2. Before issuing a license as a public weighmaster, the State Sealer of Measurement Standards or a deputy thereof must:
(a) Test all weighing apparatus to be used.
(b) Inspect the premises intended for such use.
(c) Be satisfied that the applicant is in every way equipped, qualified, competent and of such character that the person should be issued a license as a public weighmaster.
[Part 1:92:1923; NCL § 8307] + [Part 9:92:1923; A 1955, 295]—(NRS A 1977, 614; 2003, 2326; 2013, 2480)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 582 - Public Weighmasters › NRS 582.031 - Evidence of qualifications.

An applicant for a license as a public weighmaster must furnish evidence on a form provided by the State Sealer of Measurement Standards that the applicant has the qualifications required by NRS 582.028.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2322; A 2013, 2480)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 582 - Public Weighmasters › NRS 582.0311 - Determination of qualifications; examination.

The State Sealer of Measurement Standards shall determine the qualifications of an applicant for a license as a public weighmaster based on:
1. The information provided on the application and any supplementary information determined appropriate by the State Sealer of Measurement Standards; and
2. The results of an examination of the knowledge of the applicant.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2322; A 2013, 2480)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 582 - Public Weighmasters › NRS 582.032 - Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license; grounds for denial of license; duty of State Sealer of Measurement Standards. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. An applicant for the issuance or renewal of a license as a public weighmaster shall submit to the State Sealer of Measurement Standards the statement prescribed by the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 425.520. The statement must be completed and signed by the applicant.
2. The State Sealer of Measurement Standards shall include the statement required pursuant to subsection 1 in:
(a) The application or any other forms that must be submitted for the issuance or renewal of a license as a public weighmaster; or
(b) A separate form prescribed by the State Sealer of Measurement Standards.
3. A license as a public weighmaster may not be issued or renewed by the State Sealer of Measurement Standards pursuant to NRS 581.103 if the applicant:
(a) Fails to submit the statement required pursuant to subsection 1; or
(b) Indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that he or she is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order.
4. If an applicant indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that he or she is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order, the State Sealer of Measurement Standards shall advise the applicant to contact the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order to determine the actions that the applicant may take to satisfy the arrearage.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2098; A 2003, 2326; 2013, 2480)