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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks › NRS 564.120 - Rerecording of brands and marks: Application; fee; notice; abandonment; certificates; limitation on recording new brands.

1. Any owner of a brand or brand and mark or marks of record under the provisions of this chapter, including brands or marks transferred pursuant to the provisions of NRS 564.110, desiring legally to continue the use of the brand or brand and mark or marks beyond the prescribed dates shall, within 60 days before January 1, 2023, and at the end of each 5-year period thereafter, apply to the Department for the rerecording of the brand or brand and mark or marks.
2. The application must be:
(a) Submitted electronically through the Internet website of the Department or in writing on a form provided by the Department; and
(b) Accompanied by a rerecording fee of $200. The fee must not be prorated for any unused portion of the period for which the brand, or brand and mark, or marks are rerecorded.
3. The Department shall notify every owner of a brand or brand and mark or marks of legal record in its office, including owners of brands and marks transferred under the provisions of NRS 564.110, at least 60 days before January 1, 2023, and January 1 at the end of each 5-year period thereafter, of the owner’s right to rerecord the brand or brand and mark or marks as provided in this section. At the discretion of the Department unless otherwise requested by an owner, the notice must be sent by electronic mail to each such owner or be sent in writing by mail to each such owner at the owner’s last electronic mail address or address of record, as applicable, provided to the Department by the owner. The notice is complete at the expiration of 60 days after the date of its sending by the Department.
4. The Department may also advertise the approach of any rerecording period in such manner and at such times as it deems advisable.
5. Any brands or brands and marks for the rerecording of which the owners have not applied as provided for in this section by January 1, 2023, or by January 1 of any 5-year period after that date, including all brands and marks of record as transferred as provided in NRS 564.110, shall be deemed abandoned and no longer of legal record as provided for by this chapter. Brands or brands and marks thus abandoned may not be awarded or recorded by the Department to persons other than those persons abandoning the brands or brands and marks until 1 year after the date of the abandonment. The awarding and recording of abandoned brands or brands and marks to any person must be in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
6. The Department shall furnish the legal owners of any brand or brand and mark or marks rerecorded under the provisions of this section with an electronic copy of a certificate setting forth the fact of the rerecordation.
7. No new brands may be recorded during the 60 days of a rerecording period unless, in the opinion of the Director, undue hardship would be caused the applicant.
[13:26:1923; A 1925, 22; NCL § 3802]—(NRS A 1961, 538; 1975, 355; 1993, 1738; 1999, 3675; 2021, 1832)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks › NRS 564.130 - Brand books and supplements: Issuance by Department; costs.

1. The Department may compile and issue books, and supplements thereto, containing transcripts of part or all of its records of brands and marks, so arranged and indexed as to be suitable for use in identifying any brands or marks which may be found in this State on any animals, or the hides thereof, and used in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
2. Copies of the brand books and supplements must be made available to any person at a charge to be fixed by the Department, but the charge must not be less than the cost of compilation, publication and issuance.
3. Copies of the brand books or supplements may be furnished by the Department, without charge, to any public officer or other person whose possession of the book or supplements will, in the opinion of the Department, serve to promote the general welfare.
4. In addition to any other format, the Department shall make any copies of the brand books and supplements available pursuant to this section available in an electronic format. The Department may include, in the amount of any charge fixed by the Department pursuant to subsection 2, any costs incurred by the Department in preparing those copies pursuant to this subsection.
[5:26:1923; NCL § 3794]—(NRS A 1961, 539; 1993, 1738; 1999, 3676; 2011, 686)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks › NRS 564.140 - Unlawful to use brand on position on animal or in area other than those authorized; application for change of position, new position or change in area; unlawful to deface or remove recorded brand.

1. It is unlawful for the owner of any legally recorded brand, recorded under the provisions of this chapter, to use the brand on any position, on any animal, or in any area, other than that authorized in writing at the time the brand was recorded, or subsequent thereto, by the Department. The Department may, on the written application of the owner of any legally recorded brand, authorize in writing a change of position or a new position for the application of the brand, or change or enlarge the area in which it may be used, if, in the opinion of the Department, the change in position or area of use will not jeopardize or injure the rights or property of the owner of any other brand remaining of legal record.
2. Any application for a change in position or a new position or a change in the area of use as provided in subsection 1 must set forth a sufficient reason for the change, and the Department may require such supporting evidence for the change as it deems necessary to establish the facts.
3. It is unlawful for any person to obliterate, disfigure, extend, deface or remove from any animal a brand that is recorded pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
[14b:26:1923; added 1945, 225; 1943 NCL § 3803.02]—(NRS A 1961, 540; 1993, 1739; 1999, 3676)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks › NRS 564.150 - Penalties.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter:
1. Is guilty of a misdemeanor, except that any person who violates the provisions of subsection 3 of NRS 564.140 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
2. 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.
[15:26:1923; NCL § 3804]—(NRS A 1961, 540; 1993, 899; 1995, 548; 1999, 3677; 2007, 906)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands › NRS 565.010 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Agricultural police officer" means a person appointed by the Director pursuant to NRS 561.225 who has the powers of a peace officer pursuant to NRS 289.290.
2. "Animals" means:
(a) All cattle or animals of the bovine species except dairy breed calves under the age of 1 month.
(b) All horses, mules, burros and asses or animals of the equine species.
(c) All swine or animals of the porcine species.
(d) Alternative livestock as defined in NRS 501.003.
3. "Brand inspection" means a careful visual examination of each animal offered for such inspection and a visual examination of any brands, marks or other characteristics thereon.
4. "Department" means the State Department of Agriculture.
5. "Director" means the Director of the Department.
[Part 1:145:1929; NCL § 3849]—(NRS A 1961, 540; 1989, 748; 1993, 433, 1739; 1995, 514; 1999, 3677; 2021, 1904)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands › NRS 565.030 - Administration and enforcement by Department.

The Department is designated as the authority to administer, and carry out and enforce the provisions of, this chapter and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
[Part 1:145:1929; NCL § 3849]—(NRS A 1961, 540; 1993, 1739; 1999, 3677)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands › NRS 565.040 - Creation of brand inspection districts; animals subject to inspection; adoption and publication of regulations.

1. The Director may declare any part of this State a brand inspection district.
2. After the creation of any brand inspection district as authorized by this chapter, all animals within any such district are subject to brand inspection in accordance with the provisions of this chapter before:
(a) Consignment for slaughter within any district;
(b) Any transfer of ownership by sale or otherwise; or
(c) Removal from the district if the removal is not authorized pursuant to a livestock movement permit issued by the Department or pursuant to NRS 565.095.
3. If a brand inspection district is created by the Department pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the Director shall adopt regulations defining the boundaries of the district and the fees to be collected for brand inspection and prescribing such other methods of procedure not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter as the Director considers necessary.
4. Any regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of this section must be published at least twice in a newspaper having a general circulation in the brand inspection district created by the regulations, and copies of the regulations must be mailed to all common carriers of record with the Nevada Transportation Authority operating in the brand inspection district. Such publication and notification constitutes legal notice of the creation of the brand inspection district. The expense of advertising and notification must be paid from the Livestock Inspection Account.
[2:145:1929; A 1956, 55]—(NRS A 1961, 540; 1991, 1793; 1993, 1740; 1997, 2013; 1999, 3677; 2011, 687)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands › NRS 565.070 - Fees for brand inspection.

The Department may levy and collect a reasonable fee for brand inspection as required under the provisions of this chapter. Any fee so levied must be collected in the manner prescribed by the Director.
[8:145:1929; NCL § 3856]—(NRS A 1959, 417; 1961, 541; 1969, 138; 1993, 1740; 1999, 3678)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands › NRS 565.095 - Transportation of saddle horse without brand inspection or livestock movement permit.

1. Any person who resides in a state which does not require the use or inspection of a brand for a horse in that state may transport a saddle horse owned by that person into and from this State without a brand inspection or livestock movement permit issued by the Department. Any saddle horse transported pursuant to this section must not remain in this State for more than 15 days or any shorter period specified by the Department and must not be transported into or from this State more than once during that period. Upon request by the Department, a person who transports a saddle horse pursuant to this section shall present to the Department a certificate of health for the saddle horse and a bill of sale or other proof of ownership of the saddle horse required by the Department.
2. As used in this section, "saddle horse" means any horse which is ridden or otherwise used by a person while competing or participating in a rodeo, horse show or other contest of skill in this State other than a bucking event at that rodeo, horse show or contest of skill.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 687)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands › NRS 565.100 - Unlawful to consign for slaughter, slaughter or transfer ownership within brand inspection district without visual inspection and issuance of clearance certificate.

It is unlawful for any person to consign for slaughter, or slaughter at an approved plant, or transfer ownership of any animals by sale or otherwise within any brand inspection district created under the provisions of this chapter, until the animals have been visually inspected by an inspector of the Department and a brand inspection clearance certificate issued covering the animals.
[5.1:145:1929; added 1956, 55]—(NRS A 1961, 543; 1971, 120; 1993, 1741; 1999, 3679; 2021, 1906)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands › NRS 565.110 - Assembly and holding of animals for brand inspection.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 565.090, a person intending to move, drive, ship or transport by common carrier, or otherwise, any animals out of any brand inspection district created under the provisions of this chapter shall assemble and hold them at some convenient and adequate place for such brand inspection as may be required until the animals have been visually inspected and released as provided for in this chapter.
[6:145:1929; NCL § 3854]—(NRS A 1961, 543; 1993, 1741; 1995, 877; 2021, 1906)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands › NRS 565.120 - Brand inspection clearance certificate: Issuance upon completion of inspection; contents; disposition of copies of certificate.

1. Upon the completion of brand inspection, the inspector of the Department shall, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, issue a brand inspection clearance certificate on which must be entered:
(a) The name and address of the person claiming to own the animals.
(b) The proposed destination of the animals.
(c) The name and address of the consignee.
(d) A full description of all the animals inspected, including the number, kind, sex, age, color and the brands or brands and marks thereon.
(e) The amount of the inspection fee or fees collected.
(f) The signature of the owner or the owner’s authorized agent.
2. One copy of the brand inspection certificate must be delivered to the common carrier undertaking to transport the animals out of the brand inspection district for attachment to its waybill, or to the person intending to drive, move or otherwise transport the animals out of the brand inspection district other than by common carrier to accompany the animals to destination, and one copy must be immediately forwarded to the office of the Department.
[Part 7:145:1929; NCL § 3855]—(NRS A 1961, 543; 1993, 1741; 1999, 3679)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands › NRS 565.125 - Seizure of privately owned animals by governmental entity: Approval by court; submission of court order to Department; exception.

1. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, if a governmental entity seizes any privately owned animals subject to brand inspection pursuant to this chapter, the Department or its authorized inspector shall not issue brand inspection clearance certificates or permits to remove the animals from a brand inspection district or for the transfer of ownership of the animals by sale or otherwise unless:
(a) Before the seizure, the governmental entity obtains approval for the seizure from a court of competent jurisdiction; and
(b) The governmental entity submits a copy of the order approving the seizure to the Department or its authorized inspector.
2. The provisions of this section do not apply to:
(a) An estray, as defined in NRS 569.0075;
(b) Feral livestock, as defined in NRS 569.008;
(c) A wild horse or burro, as defined in 16 U.S.C. § 1332;
(d) An animal that is impounded or sold by the Department pursuant to NRS 575.060; or
(e) An animal that is seized by a governmental entity to protect the health and safety of the public or to prevent cruelty to animals.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 1238)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands › NRS 565.130 - Refusal to issue certificate or permit: Grounds; duty of Department and inspector to prevent unlawful removal of animals.

1. The Department or its authorized inspector shall refuse to issue brand inspection clearance certificates or permits to remove animals from a brand inspection district without brand inspection as provided in this chapter, subject to brand inspection under the provisions of this chapter, not bearing brands or brands and marks of legal record in the name of the person claiming lawful possession of and applying for inspection of the animals, until satisfactory evidence of the right to legal possession of the animals and shipment or removal from the brand inspection district has been supplied to the Department or its authorized inspector.
2. The Department and its authorized inspector shall use all due vigilance to prevent the unlawful removal by any person of any animals from any brand inspection district created under the provisions of this chapter.
[9:145:1929; NCL § 3857]—(NRS A 1961, 544; 1993, 1742; 1999, 3680)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands › NRS 565.140 - Inspector to give notice to agricultural police officer upon finding animals in possession of person who cannot establish legal ownership; contents of notice; investigation of findings.

1. Whenever, incident to any brand inspection under the provisions of this chapter, any inspector shall find in the possession of any person or persons offering animals for inspection any animals to which such person or persons cannot establish their legal ownership or right of possession and the inspector shall be able to determine by means of the brands or brands and marks on such animal or animals, or upon other reliable evidence, the actual legal owner or owners of such animal or animals, the inspector shall immediately notify an agricultural police officer of the inspector’s findings.
2. The inspector shall include in such notice:
(a) The date and place where such animal or animals were found.
(b) A full description of the same.
(c) The name and address of any person or persons in whose possession they were found.
(d) All other information which may aid the agricultural police officer or the legal owner or owners of such animal or animals in securing the return thereof or compensation therefor, or in any civil suit or criminal prosecution relating thereto.
3. Upon receipt of the notice, the agricultural police officer shall investigate the findings of the inspector and, as soon as practicable, provide notification of those findings to the legal owner or owners of such animal or animals.
[10:145:1929; NCL § 3858]—(NRS A 1961, 544; 2013, 1322; 2021, 1906)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands › NRS 565.150 - Seizure and disposal of animals by agricultural police officer when legal ownership cannot be determined by inspector.

1. Whenever, incident to any brand inspection under the provisions of this chapter, any inspector shall find in the possession of any persons offering animals for inspection any animals to which such person or persons cannot establish their legal ownership or right to possession, and the inspector shall be unable to determine by means of the brands or brands and marks on such animals, or otherwise, the actual legal owners of the animals, or, if in the judgment of the inspector such action is necessary to safeguard the legal owners of the animals, if known to the inspector, against their loss, the inspector shall immediately notify an agricultural police officer. The agricultural police officer shall seize and take possession of such animals and proceed to dispose of the same, under the provisions of NRS 569.010 or 569.040 to 569.130, inclusive.
2. Such seizure and disposal by an agricultural police officer shall in no way relieve the persons in whose possession the animals were found of any civil or criminal liability arising out of the unlawful removal of such animals from the grazing commons or the unlawful possession of the same.
[11:145:1929; NCL § 3859]—(NRS A 1961, 545; 2021, 1906)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands › NRS 565.155 - Enforcement of chapter.

In addition to enforcing the provisions of this chapter through its agricultural police officers, the Department may:
1. Authorize other peace officers to enforce the provisions of this chapter; and
2. Adopt regulations specifying the procedures for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter by agricultural police officers and other peace officers.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 255; A 1989, 339; 1993, 1742, 2541; 1995, 703; 1999, 3680; 2021, 1907)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands › NRS 565.160 - Right of Department to inspect animals under other laws unaffected.

The provisions of this chapter do not affect the right of the Department conferred by any other law to inspect any animals for the determination of the ownership thereof, or for any other purpose under the provisions of any such other law.
[12:145:1929; NCL § 3860]—(NRS A 1961, 545; 1993, 1742; 1999, 3680)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 565 - Inspection of Brands › NRS 565.170 - Penalties.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter:
1. Is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided by law.
2. 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.
[14:145:1929; A 1956, 55]—(NRS A 1993, 899; 1995, 548; 1999, 3680)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 566 - Inspection and Possession of Hides and Carcasses › NRS 566.025 - Conditions authorizing possession of carcass of bovine animal.

1. It is unlawful for any person to have in his or her possession all or part of the carcass of any bovine animal unless:
(a) The animal was slaughtered at a slaughtering establishment under a United States Government, state, county or municipal inspection system which provides for adequate stamping for identification of all carcasses or parts of carcasses before release; or
(b) The person exhibits to any inspector or agricultural police officer of the Department, on demand:
(1) The hide of the animal from which the carcass was obtained, with ears and brands attached without disfiguration or alteration; or
(2) A certificate of inspection or release of the carcass, or of the carcass and hide, issued by an inspector of the Department.
2. As used in this section, "agricultural police officer" means a person appointed by the Director of the Department pursuant to NRS 561.225 who has the powers of a peace officer pursuant to NRS 289.290.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 406; A 1993, 1743; 1999, 3681; 2013, 1323; 2021, 1907)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 566 - Inspection and Possession of Hides and Carcasses › NRS 566.045 - Penalties.

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a gross 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.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 406; A 1967, 317; 1993, 900; 1995, 548; 1999, 3681)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 567 - Noxious and Predatory Animals; Property-Destroying Birds › NRS 567.010 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 567.010 to 567.090, inclusive:
1. "Committee" means the State Predatory Animal and Rodent Committee.
2. "Property-destroying bird" means starlings, blackbirds, ravens, crows and other birds that damage property, threaten human health or cause a public nuisance.
[Part 1:256:1949; 1943 NCL § 3149.01]—(NRS A 1967, 1025; 1995, 214)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 567 - Noxious and Predatory Animals; Property-Destroying Birds › NRS 567.020 - Creation.

To control predatory animals, property-destroying birds and rodents within the State of Nevada, with money as may be made available to it by contributions from private or public agencies, or otherwise, the State Predatory Animal and Rodent Committee is hereby created within the State Department of Agriculture.
[Part 1:256:1949; 1943 NCL § 3149.01]—(NRS A 1967, 1025; 1991, 334; 1993, 1743; 1995, 214; 1999, 3682)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 567 - Noxious and Predatory Animals; Property-Destroying Birds › NRS 567.030 - Members.

The Committee consists of the following seven members:
1. Two members designated by the State Board of Agriculture from among its members, one of which must be the appointee for range or semirange sheep production.
2. One member designated by the Board of Wildlife Commissioners from among its members.
3. One member designated by the State Board of Health from among its members.
4. One member designated by the Nevada Farm Bureau Federation from among its members.
5. One member designated by the Chair of the Committee from among the persons who make application to the Committee who:
(a) Must have been issued a license to hunt, trap or fish in this State in at least 3 of the 5 years immediately preceding the date on which he or she is designated as a member; and
(b) Must not have been convicted of any violation of the provisions of this title or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto or any federal law or regulation or any law or regulation of any other state relating to hunting, trapping or fishing in the year immediately preceding the date on which he or she is designated as a member.
6. One member designated by the Chair of the Committee from among the persons who make application to the Committee who:
(a) Must hold a license as a master guide issued pursuant to NRS 504.390; and
(b) Must not have been convicted of any violation of the provisions of this title or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto or any federal law or regulation or any law or regulation of any other state relating to hunting, trapping or fishing in the year immediately preceding the date on which he or she is designated as a member.
[Part 1:256:1949; 1943 NCL § 3149.01]—(NRS A 1979, 915; 2003, 2150; 2015, 959)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 567 - Noxious and Predatory Animals; Property-Destroying Birds › NRS 567.040 - Chair; Vice Chair; designation of certain members by Chair; Secretary.

1. At the first meeting of each year, the Committee shall select its own Chair and Vice Chair from among its members. A member may not serve as the Chair or Vice Chair for more than two consecutive terms.
2. Upon the selection of the Chair at the first meeting of each year, the Chair shall designate the members described in subsections 5 and 6 of NRS 567.030.
3. The Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture shall serve as Secretary of the Committee.
[Part 1:256:1949; 1943 NCL § 3149.01] + [Part 3:256:1949; 1943 NCL § 3149.03]—(NRS A 2003, 2151; 2015, 960)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 567 - Noxious and Predatory Animals; Property-Destroying Birds › NRS 567.050 - Compensation and expenses of members and Secretary.

1. The members and the Secretary of the Committee shall serve without salary or compensation as such.
2. The travel and subsistence expenses of each member and the Secretary incident to attendance at meetings or conferences of the Committee may be defrayed from the funds of the board of which he or she is the designated member or Secretary.
[Part 1:256:1949; 1943 NCL § 3149.01]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 567 - Noxious and Predatory Animals; Property-Destroying Birds › NRS 567.060 - Location of office of Committee; payment of miscellaneous administrative expenses from State Sheep Inspection Account.

1. The office of the Committee must be located in the office of the State Board of Agriculture.
2. Such miscellaneous administrative expenses as are necessary for the conduct of the Committee’s affairs, aside from travel and subsistence expenses of the members and the Secretary, such as stationery and postage, must be paid from and are a proper charge against the State Sheep Inspection Account of the State Board of Agriculture.
[Part 1:256:1949; 1943 NCL § 3149.01]—(NRS A 1991, 1794; 1997, 845; 2003, 2151)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 567 - Noxious and Predatory Animals; Property-Destroying Birds › NRS 567.070 - Meetings: Call by Secretary.

The Committee’s Secretary shall call the first meeting of the Committee each year following the designation of the members described in subsections 1 to 4, inclusive, of NRS 567.030.
[Part 3:256:1949; 1943 NCL § 3149.03]—(NRS A 2015, 960)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 567 - Noxious and Predatory Animals; Property-Destroying Birds › NRS 567.080 - Agreements with United States Department of Agriculture for control of predatory animals, property-destroying birds and rodents.

The Committee may enter into agreements from time to time with the United States Department of Agriculture covering cooperative control of predatory animals, property-destroying birds and rodents in and by manners and methods whereby a maximum of protection against losses of property, livestock, poultry, game birds, animals and crops on a statewide basis best can be assured with a maximum of returns for the money expended.
[2:256:1949; 1943 NCL § 3149.02]—(NRS A 1967, 1025; 1991, 335; 1995, 214)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 567 - Noxious and Predatory Animals; Property-Destroying Birds › NRS 567.090 - State Predatory Animal and Rodent Account: Deposit of contributions; claims against Account.

1. All contributions of money which the Committee is authorized to accept must be deposited into a special account to be known as the State Predatory Animal and Rodent Account to be held in trust by the State Treasurer for use only in the control of predatory animals, property-destroying birds and rodents, under the provisions of this chapter.
2. All claims against the State Predatory Animal and Rodent Account must be approved by at least one member of the Committee, designated for that purpose by the Committee, the Secretary of the Committee and by the State Board of Examiners.
[4:256:1949; 1943 NCL § 3149.04]—(NRS A 1967, 1025; 1979, 624; 1983, 403; 1995, 214)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 567 - Noxious and Predatory Animals; Property-Destroying Birds › NRS 567.100 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 567.100 to 567.170, inclusive:
1. "Board" means the State Board of Agriculture.
2. "Committee" means the Committee to Control Predatory Animals of the State Board of Agriculture.
[Part 1:259:1949; A 1951, 67] + [6:259:1949; 1943 NCL § 3902.06]—(NRS A 1985, 306, 746; 1993, 1743; 1995, 214; 1997, 845; 2003, 2151)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 567 - Noxious and Predatory Animals; Property-Destroying Birds › NRS 567.110 - Levy of annual special tax; maximum rate; designation as tax for control of predatory animals; notice to State Department of Agriculture.

1. Upon receipt of the reports from the State Department of Agriculture pursuant to NRS 575.180, the Board, acting as the Committee to Control Predatory Animals, may levy an annual special tax of not to exceed the equivalent of 20 cents per head on all sheep and goats.
2. The special tax is designated as the tax for control of predatory animals.
3. Notice of the tax must be sent by the Board to the State Department of Agriculture on or before the first Monday in May of each year.
[Part 1:259:1949; A 1951, 67]—(NRS A 1979, 961; 1985, 306, 746; 1987, 1311; 1999, 2779; 2001, 1566; 2003, 2151)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 567 - Noxious and Predatory Animals; Property-Destroying Birds › NRS 567.120 - Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals: Deposit of tax.

As collected, the money derived from the special levy authorized by NRS 567.110 must be deposited by the proper county officer in the state or county treasury in which the Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals is located for credit to that Account, subject only to the orders of the Board.
[Part 1:259:1949; A 1951, 67]—(NRS A 1983, 403; 1985, 746; 1991, 1794; 1997, 846)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 567 - Noxious and Predatory Animals; Property-Destroying Birds › NRS 567.125 - Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals: Agreement with board of county commissioners for administration; annual statement by county treasurer; reimbursement for administration; termination of agreement.

1. The Board may enter into a cooperative agreement with a board of county commissioners for the administration of the Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals. Upon execution of such an agreement, the State Controller shall transfer all money in the Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals in the State General Fund to the appropriate county treasurer for credit to the Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals in the county treasury of the county that executed the agreement. The agreement must require the county treasurer to prepare an annual statement that includes an accounting of revenues and expenditures and the balance in the Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals. The statement must cover the most recent fiscal year and must be submitted, within 90 days after the end of that fiscal year, to the county treasurer, the Chair of the Board, the Director of the Office of Finance and the Legislative Auditor.
2. The agreement may include a provision for reimbursement of the county by the Board of any reasonable costs of administering the Account.
3. Upon termination of an agreement executed pursuant to subsection 1, the county treasurer shall transfer all money in the Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals in the county treasury to the Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals in the county treasury of another county that executed an agreement pursuant to subsection 1 or, if no such agreement has been executed, to the State Controller for deposit in the Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals in the State General Fund.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 845; A 2009, 1030)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 567 - Noxious and Predatory Animals; Property-Destroying Birds › NRS 567.130 - Cooperative agreements with United States Department of Agriculture for control of predatory animals; contributions by Board from Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals.

1. The Board, acting as the Committee, may:
(a) Enter into cooperative agreements with the United States Department of Agriculture in its program of predatory animal control.
(b) Contribute money to aid the program from the Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals in accordance with the terms of the cooperative agreements and within the limitations of the Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals.
2. The Board may withdraw money from the Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals for this purpose only and the money withdrawn must be made available from the Account by the proper authorities of the State or county in the amounts and for the purposes for which the money is withdrawn.
[2:259:1949; 1943 NCL § 3902.02]—(NRS A 1985, 746; 1991, 335, 1794, 1826; 1997, 846)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 567 - Noxious and Predatory Animals; Property-Destroying Birds › NRS 567.140 - Reports by United States Department of Agriculture regarding disposition of money and results of expenditures.

In the case of any money made available to the United States Department of Agriculture pursuant to the provisions of NRS 567.100 to 567.170, inclusive, the United States Department of Agriculture shall furnish to the Board, as soon as practicable after the succeeding date of June 30 of each year concerned, a detailed statement of its disposition of the money and a report of the results accomplished thereby.
[3:259:1949; 1943 NCL § 3902.03]—(NRS A 1991, 335)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 567 - Noxious and Predatory Animals; Property-Destroying Birds › NRS 567.150 - Deposit of money from sale of furs and other contributions; limitation on expenditure.

Any money from the sale of furs received by the Board from the United States Department of Agriculture or any other contributions which are received by the Board for aiding in control of predatory animals must be deposited by the Board in the state or county treasury in which the Woolgrowers’ State Account for Control of Predatory Animals is located, for credit to that Account, and may only be expended in accordance with the provisions of NRS 567.100 to 567.170, inclusive.
[4:259:1949; 1943 NCL § 3902.04]—(NRS A 1985, 747; 1991, 335, 1794, 1827; 1997, 846)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 567 - Noxious and Predatory Animals; Property-Destroying Birds › NRS 567.160 - Assistance to Board by advisers selected by woolgrowers’ organizations.

To further the purposes of NRS 567.100 to 567.170, inclusive, the Board is empowered and directed, in deciding upon the amount of the rate to be levied each year and the terms of cooperative agreements as provided for in NRS 567.130, to recognize and consider the counsel of any committees of advisers selected by any woolgrower organization which the Board considers to be representative of the State’s woolgrowing industry.
[7:259:1949; 1943 NCL § 3902.07]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 567 - Noxious and Predatory Animals; Property-Destroying Birds › NRS 567.170 - Payment of administrative expenses from State Sheep Inspection Account; limitation on payment of administrative expenses.

Necessary administrative expenses incurred by the Board in carrying out the provisions of NRS 567.100 to 567.170, inclusive, are a proper charge against and payable from the State Sheep Inspection Account, except that such administrative expenses must not exceed 5 percent of the annual collected tax receipts.
[5:259:1949; 1943 NCL § 3902.05]—(NRS A 1991, 1794; 1997, 846; 2003, 2151)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 568 - Grazing and Ranging › NRS 568.010 - "Taylor Grazing Act" defined.

As used in NRS 568.010 to 568.210, inclusive, "Taylor Grazing Act" means the Act of Congress entitled "An act to stop injury to the public grazing lands by preventing overgrazing and soil deterioration, to provide for their orderly use, improvement and development, to stabilize the livestock industry dependent upon the public range, and for other purposes," approved June 28, 1934, being c. 865, 48 Stat. 1269, also designated as 43 U.S.C. §§ 315 to 315r, inclusive, any amendment thereto and any replacement therefor, including provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations adopted and promulgated pursuant to any such act, amendment or replacement, providing for grazing districts or for payment of a portion of the moneys derived from grazing fees or grazing leases to the State of Nevada.
[Part 1:67:1939; 1931 NCL § 5581.14]—(NRS A 1975, 543)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 568 - Grazing and Ranging › NRS 568.020 - Provisions of Taylor Grazing Act; money derived from grazing fees and leases.

1. The Taylor Grazing Act provides for the cooperation of the Secretary of the Interior of the United States with state and other officials and associations, and for the payment to the State by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of certain moneys representing a percentage of:
(a) Grazing fees collected from stock raisers for grazing use of areas within the various grazing districts created under the provisions of the Taylor Grazing Act; and
(b) Lease charges collected from stock raisers leasing certain specific tracts lying outside any such grazing districts.
2. For the purpose of brevity and clarification, the two different sources of the funds described in subsection 1 and paid to the state are referred to in NRS 568.010 to 568.210, inclusive, respectively, as "funds derived from grazing fees" and "funds derived from grazing leases."
[Part 1:67:1939; 1931 NCL § 5581.14]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 568 - Grazing and Ranging › NRS 568.030 - Disposition of money received from Federal Government under Taylor Grazing Act.

All moneys derived from grazing fees and grazing leases received by the State under the provisions of the Taylor Grazing Act shall be deposited in the State Treasury in a special fund designated the Nevada Taylor Grazing Act Range Improvement Fund, to be allocated as follows:
1. That part of the Fund derived from grazing fee collections from each Bureau of Land Management grazing district shall be distributed to each county according to its proportionate acreage of such grazing district, and all such funds received by any county shall be placed in a special fund to be designated as the Range Improvement Fund of Grazing District No. ...... Where more than one grazing district is situated in any one county, separate funds shall be kept by such county for each district. Such funds shall be subject to disposition only by the state grazing board for each grazing district concerned, in the manner provided in NRS 568.010 to 568.210, inclusive.
2. That part of the Fund derived from grazing lease charges from lands situated outside grazing districts shall be distributed to each county according to its proportionate acreage of the lands from which such lease charges were derived, and all such funds received by any county shall be placed in a special fund to be designated as the Range Improvement Fund of ................ County. All such funds shall be subject to disposition by the board of county commissioners of each county concerned for range improvements and related matters directly beneficial to the stock raising and ranching enterprises of the county; but any project involving range improvements undertaken by any board of county commissioners on public lands within a grazing district established under provisions of the Taylor Grazing Act shall be undertaken by such board only in cooperation with the federal officials in charge of such district as provided for in NRS 568.010 to 568.210, inclusive.
[2:67:1939; 1931 NCL § 5581.15]—(NRS A 1975, 544)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 568 - Grazing and Ranging › NRS 568.040 - State grazing boards: Creation.

To direct and guide the disposition of the range improvement fund of each grazing district concerned, in the manner most beneficial to the stock raising payers of the grazing fees from which the funds are derived and to the counties concerned, there is hereby created a state grazing board for each Bureau of Land Management grazing district established and existing in Nevada under the provisions of the Taylor Grazing Act.
[Part 3:67:1939; 1931 NCL § 5581.16]—(NRS A 1975, 544; 1999, 3682; 2009, 1595)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 568 - Grazing and Ranging › NRS 568.060 - State grazing boards: Members; qualifications; election; terms; vacancy.

1. Each state grazing board must consist of not less than five nor more than 12 persons who graze livestock upon the public lands within the grazing district for which such state grazing board is created. Officers and directors of corporations and partners of partnerships which conduct such grazing are qualified to be elected to serve on such boards on behalf of such corporation or partnership. The term of each member is 3 years, beginning on January 1 next after the member’s election.
2. In November of each third year, each state grazing board shall specify the number of members to serve on that state grazing board for the following term. Thereafter, the board shall conduct an election of the members to serve for that term.
3. If a new grazing district is established, the Central Committee of Nevada State Grazing Boards shall, within 90 days after the order establishing the district appears in the Federal Register, specify the number of members to serve on the state grazing board for the new district. Thereafter the Central Committee of the Nevada State Grazing Boards shall conduct an election of the board members to serve for the balance of the current 3-year term.
4. If any vacancy occurs on a state grazing board for any reason, the remaining board members shall elect a qualified successor to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term.
5. A duly qualified person elected to serve as a member of a state grazing board shall assume office after taking the oath of office contained in NRS 282.020.
6. The persons, partnerships, associations or corporations holding licenses or permits to graze livestock on the public lands within the grazing district served by a state grazing board shall elect the members to serve on that state grazing board, except as otherwise provided in this section, and each such permittee is entitled to one vote. The particular state grazing board shall supply the names of eligible persons to be elected to serve on the board to each permittee within the district so that each permittee may cast his or her vote for a candidate of the permittee’s choice. The secretary of the state grazing board for such grazing district shall certify the results of the election.
[Part 3:67:1939; 1931 NCL § 5581.16]—(NRS A 1975, 545; 2015, 367)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 568 - Grazing and Ranging › NRS 568.070 - State grazing boards: Selection of chair, attorney and secretary; remuneration as administrative expense.

Each state grazing board may select its own chair, attorney and secretary and may determine the secretary’s and attorney’s remuneration, and such remuneration shall be considered as administrative expenses of each board concerned, to be paid as provided for in NRS 568.010 to 568.210, inclusive.
[Part 3:67:1939; 1931 NCL § 5581.16]—(NRS A 1975, 546)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 568 - Grazing and Ranging › NRS 568.080 - State grazing boards: Members serve without salary.

The members of the state grazing boards shall serve without salary while performing their duties as prescribed in NRS 568.010 to 568.210, inclusive.
[Part 3:67:1939; 1931 NCL § 5581.16]—(NRS A 1975, 546; 1985, 439)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 568 - Grazing and Ranging › NRS 568.090 - State grazing boards: Meetings; quorum.

1. Meetings of a state grazing board may be called at any time by the chair or a majority of the members of the board.
2. Each board may adopt its own rules and regulations for the calling and holding of meetings. A majority of each board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business by the board, and action by each board must be determined by a majority vote of the members present.
3. State grazing boards shall comply with the provisions of chapter 241 of NRS.
[7:67:1939; 1931 NCL § 5581.20]—(NRS A 1995, 183)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 568 - Grazing and Ranging › NRS 568.100 - Procedure for expenditure of money from range improvement fund.

All moneys in the range improvement fund of a grazing district shall be paid out on claims signed by the chair and secretary of the state grazing board of the district. Claims shall be approved by the board and preaudited by the county auditor of the county concerned before they are paid.
[Part 3:67:1939; 1931 NCL § 5581.16]—(NRS A 1967, 985)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 568 - Grazing and Ranging › NRS 568.120 - Authorized uses of range improvement fund.

Each state grazing board may pay moneys out of the range improvement fund of its grazing district:
1. For the construction and maintenance of range improvements or any other purpose beneficial to the stock raising and ranching industries and, in turn, the counties situated within the grazing district concerned. None of the funds shall be used for projects involving construction or maintenance, or both, of range improvements on public or state lands unless some legally constituted and authorized federal, state, county or city department, division, bureau, service, board or commission is available for and authorized and willing to undertake direct management and supervision of the project concerned.
2. For the payment of proper administrative costs of the board, including travel expenses and subsistence allowances of its members, and for the payment of the services of its secretary and its secretary’s necessary office expenses and for the services of its attorney.
3. For contributions to defray costs and expenses for activities and projects incurred under its written authorization by the Central Committee of Nevada State Grazing Boards as provided for under NRS 568.170 to 568.200, inclusive.
[Part 4:67:1939; A 1941, 406; 1943, 36; 1943 NCL § 5581.17]—(NRS A 1967, 985; 1975, 546)