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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 550 - State 4-H Camp › NRS 550.050 - Powers and duties of Director.

1. The Director, under the supervision and control of the Board of Regents, is authorized and directed:
(a) To care for, manage and develop all property, lands, buildings and equipment of the State 4-H Camp.
(b) To make uniform regulations for the use and occupancy thereof, not contrary to the provisions of this chapter, giving priority of use first to Nevada 4-H club members and second to other youth groups of the State.
(c) To attend to the entire business and financial affairs of the State 4-H Camp, including submission of a specific budget to the Board of Regents for the development, operation and management of the property.
2. To that end, the Director shall cooperate with the State 4-H Camp Advisory Council, the State 4-H Leaders’ Council, youth organizations, farm organizations, counties and cities in this State, and other private or government organizations or individuals deemed advisable in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
[Part 4:117:1947; 1943 NCL § 363.04]—(NRS A 1965, 259)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 550 - State 4-H Camp › NRS 550.055 - Donations and gifts for development and operation of property of Camp.

The Board of Regents may receive donations or gifts from private or public organizations specifically for the development and operation of the State 4-H Camp property, subject to the overall development plans prescribed by the Director and approved by the Board of Regents and the 4-H Camp Advisory Council.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 261)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 550 - State 4-H Camp › NRS 550.060 - Use of Camp by public and private organizations; disposition of rents and charges.

1. The lands, premises and property of the State 4-H Camp, or any part thereof, may, when not required for immediate use or occupancy by 4-H members or youth organizations, be made available, under regulations prescribed by the Director with the approval of the Board of Regents, for occupancy and use by other public or private organizations, for educational purposes, for conventions or other noncommercial and nonprofit purposes, at such charge or rental as shall be compensatory, but not primarily for profit.
2. All moneys received in payment of such rents or charges shall be credited to the Account of the State 4-H Camp. All disbursements for the State 4-H Camp shall be made on claims against the Account, which shall be established specifically for the State 4-H Camp and its activities.
[Part 4:117:1947; 1943 NCL § 363.04]—(NRS A 1965, 260)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 550 - State 4-H Camp › NRS 550.070 - Lease, exchange or sale of real property of Camp by Board of Regents; conditions; disposition of proceeds.

The Board of Regents, upon the recommendation of the Director and the State 4-H Camp Advisory Council, and with the approval of the Governor, may lease, exchange or sell any parcel or parcels of real property composing the State 4-H Camp when such land can no longer serve the purpose and intent of this chapter. When any such land is so leased or sold, the proceeds shall be credited to the Account of the State 4-H Camp and used, consistently with the purpose and intent of this chapter, only for:
1. Further development and operations of the present State 4-H Camp;
2. Re-establishment and development of the State 4-H Camp on a new site; or
3. Establishment and development of branches.
[Part 4:117:1947; 1943 NCL § 363.04]—(NRS A 1965, 260)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 550 - State 4-H Camp › NRS 550.080 - Acquisition or granting of rights-of-way; utilities; adjustment of boundaries.

1. With the approval of the Board of Regents and the 4-H Camp Advisory Council, the Director is authorized to conduct negotiations with public or private agencies for:
(a) The acquisition or granting of rights-of-way.
(b) The adjustment of boundaries.
(c) Adequate highways and means of ingress and egress to and from the site of the State 4-H Camp.
(d) Adequate fire and other protection.
(e) Necessary water, sewer and utility services.
2. No such negotiations shall bind the Board of Regents or require the conveyance by it of any lands or rights in or to lands, unless or until the same shall be ratified and specifically authorized by the Board of Regents.
[7:117:1947; 1943 NCL § 363.07]—(NRS A 1965, 260)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 550 - State 4-H Camp › NRS 550.090 - Erection of buildings on Camp property by counties.

1. Any county in which is maintained an active 4-H club program as disclosed by the records of the Director may erect a building on the lands occupied by the State 4-H Camp and its branches, subject to uniform regulations prescribed by the Director and approved by the Board of Regents. The building may be reserved and devoted in whole or in part for the use of the county and the benefit of the 4-H clubs of the county, subject to approved occupancy and use regulations. Funds for such a building may be appropriated by the board of county commissioners from the county general fund of the county affected.
2. Any such building previously so erected may be subject to continued use and occupancy, with the right to improve or enlarge the same, consistently with the intent and purpose of this chapter.
[5:117:1947; 1943 NCL § 363.05]—(NRS A 1965, 261)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 550 - State 4-H Camp › NRS 550.100 - Title vested in Board of Regents.

The title to the site of the State 4-H Camp in Douglas County, Nevada, as existing on January 1, 1965, is hereby vested in the Board of Regents, who are hereby authorized and directed to take possession of the State 4-H Camp property.
[3:117:1947; 1943 NCL § 363.03]—(NRS A 1965, 261)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 551 - Fairs and Exhibits › NRS 551.010 - Nevada Mineral Exhibition; authority of agricultural district to collect and disseminate information regarding mineral industries.

1. A statewide mining, petroleum and industrial exhibition, to be known as the Nevada Mineral Exhibition, may be held under the administration of a district board of agriculture and may, at the discretion of the board, be held in connection with an agricultural district exhibition to include other fields of endeavor.
2. An agricultural district may collect and disseminate information regarding the mineral industries within the State of Nevada, including the petroleum industry.
[1:302:1955]—(NRS A 1979, 794; 2015, 3582)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 551 - Fairs and Exhibits › NRS 551.030 - State and regional fairs.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 547.110, the State Department of Agriculture may operate or authorize the operation of any state fair or regional fair in this State.
2. The Director of the Department must determine the venue and frequency of any state fair or regional fair, except that a state fair or regional fair may not be held more frequently than once each calendar year.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 3582)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 552 - Bees and Apiaries › NRS 552.085 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 552.0851 to 552.0862, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 252, 253; A 1977, 911; 1985, 524; 1987, 564; 1993, 1704; 1999, 1387, 3635; 2001, 89)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 552 - Bees and Apiaries › NRS 552.0853 - "Bees" defined.

"Bees" means honey-producing insects of the genus
Apis
, and includes adults, eggs, larvae, pupae, and all material, excluding honey and rendered beeswax, that is deposited into beehives by the adults.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 564)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 552 - Bees and Apiaries › NRS 552.0858 - "Disease" defined.

"Disease" means any condition adversely affecting bees, or their brood, which may become epidemic, including, without limitation, bacteria, viruses or invertebrate pests and the presence of undesirable genetic characteristics including those associated with
Apis mellifera scutellata
or hybrids of this subspecies.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 564; A 1999, 1387)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 552 - Bees and Apiaries › NRS 552.095 - Control of apiary industry: Authority of Department; adoption of regulations; imposition and use of civil penalty.

1. The Department has control of all matters pertaining to the apiary industry in this State.
2. The Director may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
3. The Director may, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, impose a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each violation of this chapter.
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 2015, 3583)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 552 - Bees and Apiaries › NRS 552.160 - Inspection of apiaries; order for destruction or treatment; quarantine; abatement of certain nuisances.

1. The Department may order the inspection of any or all apiaries and all buildings used in connection with those apiaries in any district or districts of the State annually, or more often if deemed necessary, or upon report to it that there is a reason to believe that any apiary may be infected with any disease, or that any honey, honeycombs or beeswax is exposed to robber bees.
2. If the inspection discloses any disease, the Department may:
(a) Order the owner or any person in possession of the apiary to destroy the diseased bees, hives and appliances in a manner prescribed by the Department and at the expense of the owner;
(b) Order the owner or any person in possession of the apiary to treat the hives and appliances in a manner prescribed by the Department and at the expense of the owner if, in the opinion of the inspector, the nuisance can be abated by treatment rather than destruction; or
(c) Proclaim a quarantine in accordance with the provisions of chapter 554 of NRS.
3. The order for destruction or treatment must require compliance within a reasonable time with reference to the nature of the disease.
4. If the inspection discloses honey, honeycombs or beeswax exposed to robber bees, the Department may order the abatement of the nuisance in a manner appropriate to the circumstances.
5. The order must be served upon the owner or person in possession of the apiary personally or by registered or certified mail, or, if that person cannot be located, by posting the order in a conspicuous place at the apiary.
[11:225:1921; NCL § 470]—(NRS A 1959, 255; 1969, 95; 1987, 566; 1993, 1705; 1999, 1387, 3635; 2001, 89)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 552 - Bees and Apiaries › NRS 552.170 - Abatement of nuisance for failure to comply with order for destruction or treatment.

If the owner or person in possession of an apiary neglects or refuses to comply with an order issued under NRS 552.160, the Department may authorize the inspector or other agent to abate the nuisance by the method prescribed in the order.
[12:225:1921; NCL § 471]—(NRS A 1959, 256; 1993, 1706; 1999, 3636; 2015, 3583)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 552 - Bees and Apiaries › NRS 552.180 - Right of access of inspectors.

For the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, inspectors shall have access to all apiaries, appliances, structures and premises where bees or their products are kept.
[Part 13:225:1921; NCL § 472]—(NRS A 1961, 514)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 552 - Bees and Apiaries › NRS 552.190 - Duties of inspectors after inspections.

After inspecting infected hives or fixtures, or handling diseased bees, the inspector shall, before leaving the premises or proceeding to any other apiary:
1. Thoroughly disinfect any portion of his or her own person and clothing, and any tools or appliances used by him or her which have come in contact with disease-infected material; and
2. See that any other assistant or assistants with the inspector have likewise disinfected their persons and clothing and all tools and appliances used by them.
[Part 13:225:1921; NCL § 472]—(NRS A 1961, 514)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 552 - Bees and Apiaries › NRS 552.205 - Colony strength: Establishment of standards; inspectors; certification; fees.

The Department may, if the demand for pollination service is found by the Department to warrant such action:
1. Establish standards of colony strength based upon:
(a) The number of bees per hive;
(b) The number of cells containing brood per hive;
(c) The health of the bees and brood; and
(d) Any other factors which reasonably relate to the ability of the colony to pollinize horticultural and agricultural crops.
2. Appoint qualified inspectors to determine colony strength.
3. Certify hives of bees used in commercial pollinization on the basis of colony strength.
4. Establish reasonable fees to cover the cost of colony strength inspection and certification.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 253; A 1993, 1706; 1999, 3637)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 552 - Bees and Apiaries › NRS 552.212 - Importation of queens or other bees in screened cages without comb: Certificate of inspection; holding and destruction of bees.

1. A person shall not ship or transport into this State any queens or other bees in screened cages without comb unless the shipment is accompanied by a certificate of an authorized officer of the state of origin certifying that all bees intended for shipment:
(a) Were inspected within 60 days before the date of shipment; and
(b) Were found to be free from disease and pests.
2. The Department may hold a shipment which is not accompanied by the certificate of inspection and notify the person who owns or controls the bees that they will be destroyed after 48 hours after the time of the notice unless a proper certificate of inspection is supplied. If the certificate is not supplied within that time, the bees may be destroyed.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 437; A 1985, 346; 1987, 569; 1993, 1708; 1999, 1388, 3639; 2001, 89)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 552 - Bees and Apiaries › NRS 552.215 - Fees for inspections.

If an inspection is requested by any person to determine the presence of disease or colony strength, the person who requests the inspection shall pay a reasonable fee as prescribed by the Department to pay the expenses of the inspection.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 253; A 1973, 284; 1993, 1709; 1999, 1388, 3639; 2001, 89)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 552 - Bees and Apiaries › NRS 552.230 - Bees to be kept in movable frame hives.

1. It shall be unlawful for any person to have in the person’s possession any bees kept in other than movable frame hives.
2. If any such bees are found by an inspector, the inspector shall serve written notice in person or by registered or certified mail on the owner or owners, caretaker, or person in charge of the same, ordering the owner or owners, caretaker or person in charge to correct the condition within a specified time of not less than 3 days.
3. If the owner or owners, caretaker, or person in charge shall neglect, fail or refuse to correct the condition by providing accessible movable frame hives within the time specified in the written notice, the bees, hives and combs shall be condemned and destroyed by the inspector, without compensation.
[Part 17:225:1921; A 1955, 349]—(NRS A 1969, 95)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 552 - Bees and Apiaries › NRS 552.240 - Concealment of disease or exposure of bees to disease unlawful.

It shall be unlawful for any person to conceal the fact that any disease exists among the person’s bees or to expose to bees any infected bees, bee products, hives or appliances.
[Part 17:225:1921; A 1955, 349]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 552 - Bees and Apiaries › NRS 552.250 - Regulation of neglected or abandoned used hives or appliances.

Neglected or abandoned used hives or appliances containing beeswax or bee comb, unless kept in an enclosure so constructed as to prevent access by bees, are hereby declared to be public nuisances, and it shall be unlawful to maintain them. Any such neglected or abandoned hives or appliances shall be subject to seizure and destruction by an inspector, without compensation.
[Part 17:225:1921; A 1955, 349]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 552 - Bees and Apiaries › NRS 552.255 - Public nuisances: Declaration; abatement.

The following may be declared to be public nuisances and are subject to abatement under the provisions of this chapter:
1. Diseased bees and any apiary in which they are found.
2. Honey, honeycombs and beeswax containing honey which are exposed to robber bees.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 253; A 1999, 1388)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 552 - Bees and Apiaries › NRS 552.260 - Extraction of honey.

1. Any and all extracting of honey shall be done in a place to which bees cannot gain access either during or after such extracting process.
2. Any inspector shall prohibit or stop the extraction of honey in any place to which bees have access until such place is made bee-tight.
[Part 17:225:1921; A 1955, 349]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 552 - Bees and Apiaries › NRS 552.280 - Removal or distribution of diseased bees without permission unlawful.

It shall be unlawful for the owner, owners, lessee, lessees, agent or caretaker of any apiary, including appliances, structures, buildings and honey, wherein disease exists, to move or distribute any diseased bees, whether they are queens or workers, colonies, honeycombs, appliances or structures beyond the already established boundaries of such apiary wherein disease exists without written permission from the Director or his or her designee.
[19:225:1921; A 1925, 38; NCL § 478]—(NRS A 2015, 3583)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 552 - Bees and Apiaries › NRS 552.290 - Chapter supplemental to state law governing quarantines.

Except as provided in this chapter, nothing in this chapter shall be construed as in any way affecting the provisions of chapter 554 of NRS, but this chapter shall be considered as supplementary to chapter 554 of NRS.
[22:225:1921; NCL § 481]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 553 - Demonstration Farms and Plots › NRS 553.030 - Establishment by counties of agricultural demonstration farms and plots authorized; purposes.

The boards of county commissioners are authorized to establish county agricultural demonstration farms and county agricultural demonstration plots, as provided in this chapter, for:
1. The purpose of demonstrating:
(a) New or improved varieties of agricultural and horticultural crops.
(b) The handling and management of soils.
(c) The adaptability of certain soils to certain crops.
(d) Improved cultural methods in the growing and harvesting of crops.
(e) Improved methods in farm management and in farm accountancy.
2. Any other purpose incident to agricultural development or the reclamation of lands.
[Part 1:198:1917; 1919 RL p. 2629; NCL § 340]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 553 - Demonstration Farms and Plots › NRS 553.040 - Written project agreements.

1. Every agricultural demonstration farm or plot under the provisions of this chapter must be conducted by the owner, lessee or manager thereof under the supervision of the Agricultural Extension Department of the Public Service Division of the Nevada System of Higher Education and in accordance with the terms of a written project agreement entered into with the Agricultural Extension Department of the Public Service Division of the Nevada System of Higher Education and approved by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the agricultural farm or plot is located.
2. The agreement must include the keeping by the owner, lessee or manager of accurate and systematic records and accounts in the form prescribed by the Agricultural Extension Department of the Public Service Division of the Nevada System of Higher Education. The records and accounts must be subject to inspection, use and publication in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter.
[2:198:1917; 1919 RL p. 2629; NCL § 341]—(NRS A 1969, 1445; 1993, 414)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 553 - Demonstration Farms and Plots › NRS 553.050 - Purposes of demonstration farms and plots.

1. The purpose of demonstration farms is to demonstrate the results of improved systems of farm management and accountancy as prescribed by the Agricultural Extension Department of the Public Service Division of the Nevada System of Higher Education and applied to the farm units.
2. The purpose of demonstration plots is to demonstrate the value and importance of new or improved varieties of crops, soil management and soil and climate adaptability to certain crops.
[3:198:1917; 1919 RL p. 2629; NCL § 342]—(NRS A 1969, 1448; 1993, 415)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 553 - Demonstration Farms and Plots › NRS 553.060 - Demonstration farms or plots to be marked and open to public inspection; liability of visitors.

1. Every demonstration farm or plot conducted under the provisions of this chapter shall:
(a) Be legibly marked for the information of visitors.
(b) At all proper hours, be open to public inspection.
2. Visitors shall be held accountable for any injury done to growing crops or to the premises.
[5:198:1917; 1919 RL p. 2630; NCL § 344]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 553 - Demonstration Farms and Plots › NRS 553.070 - Resolution to pay owner, lessee or manager of demonstration farm or plot; amount of payments.

1. Any county desiring to avail itself of the provisions of this chapter shall, by resolution of its board of county commissioners, bind itself to pay to the owner, lessee or manager of the demonstration farm or plot as follows:
(a) For each demonstration farm, the sum of $10 per acre, but not exceeding the sum of $100 for any such demonstration farm unit.
(b) For any demonstration plot, a minimum of $25 if it is less than 3 acres, and $10 per acre if it contains 3 acres or more.
2. The sums must be paid annually for each year the demonstration is to be continued on the certification by the Agricultural Extension Department of the Public Service Division of the Nevada System of Higher Education that the demonstration has been conducted in accordance with the agreement.
3. A county is not obligated under the provisions of this section, except with respect to demonstration farms and plots which have been approved by the board of county commissioners as provided in NRS 553.040.
4. The authority to provide for such expenditure in the county budget and to disburse the money is hereby granted to the board of county commissioners and the other officers of the several counties.
[4:198:1917; 1919 RL p. 2629; NCL § 343]—(NRS A 1969, 1446; 1993, 415)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 553 - Demonstration Farms and Plots › NRS 553.080 - State to pay one-half of subsidy for demonstration farms or plots; legislative appropriations.

Each county availing itself of the provisions of this chapter shall certify to the State Board of Examiners the sum expended by such county in the subsidy of farm demonstration as provided in this chapter. The State Board of Examiners shall approve all such claims to the extent of one-half the amount of money so expended by any county. Funds to carry out the provisions of this chapter shall be provided by direct legislative appropriation from the General Fund.
[7:198:1917; 1919 RL p. 2630; NCL § 346]—(NRS A 1961, 515)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 553 - Demonstration Farms and Plots › NRS 553.090 - Annual report of results of demonstration; distribution free of charge.

The Agricultural Extension Department of the Public Service Division of the Nevada System of Higher Education annually shall prepare the information resulting from the demonstration in a form serviceable to aid and advance agricultural welfare of the State. The Agricultural Extension Department shall cause to be printed a number of copies thereof as may be deemed necessary, not exceeding 10,000, and shall distribute the copies without charge.
[6:198:1917; 1919 RL p. 2630; NCL § 345]—(NRS A 1969, 1446; 1973, 1475; 1985, 468; 1993, 415, 1709; 1995, 579; 1997, 22; 2005, 1093)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 554 - Quarantines of Agricultural Commodities › NRS 554.010 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 554.011 to 554.016, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
[Part 2:99:1927; NCL § 427]—(NRS A 1961, 515; 2001, 696)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 554 - Quarantines of Agricultural Commodities › NRS 554.012 - "Exportation" defined.

"Exportation" means the transportation of any agricultural commodity by any railroad, express company or other common carrier, or by any person as baggage or by vehicle or automobile, or the permitting to run at large of the agricultural commodity.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 696)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 554 - Quarantines of Agricultural Commodities › NRS 554.020 - State Quarantine Officer’s power to proclaim and enforce quarantine; quarantine effective until vacation order.

1. The State Quarantine Officer may proclaim and enforce a quarantine against any state, territory or district, or any portion of any state, territory or district, relating to the importation into or transportation through this State of any agricultural commodity, burlap, container or other packing material that:
(a) Is infected with, or which may have been exposed to infection with, any contagious or destructive disease, or infested with or exposed to infestation with a parasite, noxious weed, weed seed, propagating part of a plant, or vertebrate or invertebrate pest, or the eggs or larvae thereof; and
(b) Is dangerous to:
(1) The public health or quality of any water in this State; or
(2) Any wildlife, beneficial use of land in or industry of this State.
2. A quarantine must not be issued pursuant to the provisions of NRS 554.020 to 554.080, inclusive, if the issuance of the quarantine will conflict with the provisions of the Constitution of the United States or any act of the Congress of the United States.
3. The quarantine remains effective until vacated by an order of the State Quarantine Officer.
[1:99:1927; NCL § 426]—(NRS A 1957, 183; 1961, 516; 2001, 696; 2015, 3584)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 554 - Quarantines of Agricultural Commodities › NRS 554.030 - Permissible provisions; amendments.

1. Any quarantine issued under the provisions of NRS 554.020 to 554.080, inclusive, may:
(a) Consist of a complete embargo against the importation into or transportation through the State of any agricultural commodity so quarantined against; or
(b) Provide for the importation into or transportation through the State of such agricultural commodity under such rules and regulations as may be set forth and prescribed in the quarantine at the time the same is issued.
2. Any quarantine issued under the provisions of NRS 554.020 to 554.080, inclusive, shall remain fully in force and effect until dissolved or modified by the State Quarantine Officer, provided:
(a) That the State Quarantine Officer may amend from time to time any quarantine so issued; and
(b) That any such amendments shall be general in their application and shall not apply to any individual shipment or importation.
[3:99:1927; NCL § 428]—(NRS A 1961, 516; 2015, 3584)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 554 - Quarantines of Agricultural Commodities › NRS 554.040 - Certified copies of quarantine to be delivered to certain officers.

When a quarantine is declared as provided in NRS 554.020 to 554.080, inclusive, against the importation into or transportation through this State of any agricultural commodity from any other state, territory or district, or any portion or portions thereof, a certified copy of such quarantine shall be personally delivered by the State Quarantine Officer or the State Quarantine Officer’s representative, or mailed by certified or registered mail, to each of the following:
1. The governor or the proper quarantine official of such state, territory or district.
2. The United States quarantine official having jurisdiction over the same character of quarantine.
3. The state agent or other qualified official of any interstate railroad, express company or other common carrier doing business within this State.
[4:99:1927; NCL § 429]—(NRS A 1961, 516; 2015, 3584)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 554 - Quarantines of Agricultural Commodities › NRS 554.050 - Administration; cooperation with state and federal officers.

1. The State Quarantine Officer is designated the authority to administer NRS 554.020 to 554.080, inclusive.
2. Insofar as practicable, the State Quarantine Officer, in carrying out the provisions of NRS 554.020 to 554.080, inclusive, shall cooperate with the federal authorities and the quarantine officials of the several states, territories and districts.
[5:99:1927; NCL § 430] + [8:99:1927; NCL § 433]—(NRS A 1961, 517; 2015, 3584)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 554 - Quarantines of Agricultural Commodities › NRS 554.060 - Destruction, treatment or shipment out of State of agricultural commodity imported into or transported through State in violation of quarantine.

1. Any agricultural commodity imported into or being transported through this State in violation of any quarantine issued pursuant to the provisions of NRS 554.020 to 554.080, inclusive, must be immediately seized by the State Quarantine Officer or the State Quarantine Officer’s authorized representative and treated in a manner approved by the State Quarantine Officer, or destroyed or sent out of the State within 48 hours, at the option and expense of the owner thereof.
2. If an agricultural commodity is seized by the State Quarantine Officer pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 and the movement of the agricultural commodity to a point outside of the State would further endanger:
(a) The public health or quality of any water in this State; or
(b) Any wildlife, beneficial use of land in or industry of this State,
the agricultural commodity seized by the State Quarantine Officer must be destroyed as provided in subsection 1.
[Part 6:99:1927; NCL § 431]—(NRS A 1961, 517; 2001, 697; 2015, 3585)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 554 - Quarantines of Agricultural Commodities › NRS 554.070 - Unlawful to import into or transport through State in violation of quarantine.

It shall be unlawful for any railroad, express company or other common carrier, or any person or persons, to import into or transport through the State of Nevada any agricultural commodity in violation of the provisions of NRS 554.020 to 554.080, inclusive, or to make delivery of any such commodity to any person or persons within the limits of this State.
[Part 6:99:1927; NCL § 431]—(NRS A 2015, 3585)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 554 - Quarantines of Agricultural Commodities › NRS 554.080 - Criminal proceedings: Proof of disease or exposure to disease.

In any criminal proceeding arising under NRS 554.020 to 554.080, inclusive, proof that any commodity, prohibited by proclamation of quarantine from importation into or transportation through this State, was imported into or transported through this State in violation of such quarantine shall be deemed proof within the meaning of NRS 554.020 to 554.080, inclusive, that the same was diseased, exposed to disease or infested, or exposed to infestation.
[Part 2:99:1927; NCL § 427]—(NRS A 2015, 3585)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 554 - Quarantines of Agricultural Commodities › NRS 554.110 - State Quarantine Officer’s power to proclaim and enforce quarantine.

The State Quarantine Officer may proclaim and enforce a quarantine against any county or portion of any county, farm, nursery or apiary within this State, relating to the exportation from the county, farm, nursery or apiary to any other portion of the State, of any agricultural commodity that:
1. Is infected with, or which may have been exposed to, an infectious, contagious or destructive disease or infested with a parasite, noxious weed, weed seed, propagating part of a plant, or vertebrate or invertebrate pest, or the eggs or larvae thereof; and
2. Is dangerous to:
(a) The public health or quality of any water in this State; or
(b) Any wildlife, beneficial use of land in or industry of this State.
[Part 1:280:1913; 1919 RL p. 2625; NCL § 436]—(NRS A 1961, 517; 2001, 697)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 554 - Quarantines of Agricultural Commodities › NRS 554.120 - Investigation; proclamation; effective until vacated.

1. If it appears to the State Quarantine Officer that:
(a) The public health or quality of any water in this State; or
(b) Any wildlife, beneficial use of land in or industry of this State,
is endangered by exportations of any agricultural commodity to any portion of the State from any county, portion of any county, farm, nursery or apiary within the State, the State Quarantine Officer shall immediately take steps to ascertain the facts thereof.
2. If in the opinion of the State Quarantine Officer the facts so warrant, the State Quarantine Officer shall by proclamation declare that county, or portion of that county, farm, nursery or apiary quarantined from exportations of any such agricultural commodity to any other portion of the State.
3. The quarantine remains effective until vacated by an order of the State Quarantine Officer.
[Part 2:280:1913; A 1915, 332; 1919 RL p. 2626; NCL § 437]—(NRS A 1961, 518; 2001, 698)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 554 - Quarantines of Agricultural Commodities › NRS 554.130 - Certified copies of quarantine to be delivered to certain persons; publication of proclamation.

1. When quarantine is declared against any county, or portion of any county, farm, nursery or apiary within the state, forbidding exportations therefrom of any commodity, a certified copy of the proclamation shall be mailed by registered mail to each of the following:
(a) The sheriff.
(b) The chair of the board of county commissioners.
(c) The county clerk.
2. If a single farm, nursery or apiary is quarantined, a certified copy of the proclamation shall be mailed by registered or certified mail to the owner or resident manager thereof.
3. The State Quarantine Officer may, in his or her discretion, as notice to all concerned, cause a copy of such proclamation to be published in some newspaper of general circulation published within the county, once a week for 4 consecutive weeks, unless the quarantine is sooner raised.
[5:280:1913; 1919 RL p. 2626; NCL § 439]—(NRS A 1961, 518; 1969, 95)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 554 - Quarantines of Agricultural Commodities › NRS 554.140 - Administration by State Quarantine Officer; enforcement by peace officers.

1. The State Quarantine Officer is responsible for carrying out the provisions of NRS 554.110 to 554.240, inclusive.
2. The sheriff and all peace officers of any county, if called upon by the State Quarantine Officer, shall aid and assist the State Quarantine Officer in the enforcement of a quarantine and in the arrest of any person accused of violating the quarantine. The district attorney of any county in which any person is charged with a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor pursuant to the provisions of NRS 554.110 to 554.240, inclusive, shall prosecute the misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor, as applicable.
[9:280:1913; 1919 RL p. 2628; NCL § 443] + [Part 15:280:1913; added 1915, 332; A 1927, 216; NCL § 445]—(NRS A 1961, 518; 1967, 178; 2001, 698)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 554 - Quarantines of Agricultural Commodities › NRS 554.150 - Cooperation with federal authorities.

Insofar as practicable, the State Quarantine Officer, in directing the enforcement of quarantine, shall cooperate with federal authorities.
[Part 7:280:1913; A 1915, 332; 1919 RL p. 2627; NCL § 441]—(NRS A 1961, 518)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 554 - Quarantines of Agricultural Commodities › NRS 554.160 - Powers of State Quarantine Officer.

1. The State Quarantine Officer may:
(a) Exercise all necessary authority required for the proper and efficient enforcement of a quarantine.
(b) Make arrests of persons violating a quarantine, or suspected of such a violation.
(c) Examine any premises or any shipment or consignment suspected of containing a quarantined agricultural commodity within the meaning of NRS 554.110 to 554.240, inclusive, and may open any container thereof and inspect the contents of the container.
2. If such a shipment or consignment proves to be a quarantined agricultural commodity, the State Quarantine Officer may require any railroad, express company or other common carrier immediately to reship the consignment back to the point of origin, if the consignment has not yet been delivered to the consignee. The failure or refusal of any railroad company, express company or other common carrier promptly to do so renders the company or carrier so offending liable for a fine of not more than $5,000, which fine may be collected by proceedings instituted by the State and prosecuted by the Attorney General in any court of competent jurisdiction. Any property of the defendant within the State may be levied on and sold in satisfaction of the judgment.
[Part 7:280:1913; A 1915, 332; 1919 RL p. 2627; NCL § 441]—(NRS A 1961, 518; 1967, 612; 2001, 698)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 554 - Quarantines of Agricultural Commodities › NRS 554.170 - Fumigation, disinfection, treatment or destruction of quarantined agricultural commodity.

If, in the opinion of the State Quarantine Officer, any agricultural commodity forbidden to be exported by any proclamation of a quarantine is endangering:
1. The public health or quality of any water in this State; or
2. Any wildlife, beneficial use of land in or industry of this State,
the agricultural commodity may be fumigated, disinfected, treated or destroyed by the State Quarantine Officer.
[Part 8:280:1913; 1919 RL p. 2627; NCL § 442]—(NRS A 1961, 519; 2001, 699)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 554 - Quarantines of Agricultural Commodities › NRS 554.190 - Fumigation, disinfection or treatment of quarantined agricultural commodity: Costs; responsibilities of owner; penalty and authorized action if owner refuses or neglects to perform; lien on owner’s property.

1. All costs of fumigation, disinfection or treatment ordered to be performed by the State Quarantine Officer shall be borne by the owner of the agricultural commodity.
2. The owner or, in the owner’s absence, the owner’s agent, manager or foreman, shall perform the fumigation, disinfection or treatment promptly and exactly as instructed and not otherwise. The refusal or neglect so to do shall be a misdemeanor.
3. In the case of refusal or neglect by the owner, agent, manager or foreman to perform the fumigation, disinfection or treatment as instructed, the State Quarantine Officer or any person deputized by the State Quarantine Officer may enter upon the premises and perform the fumigation, disinfection or treatment. All the costs thereof shall attach as a lien against any property of the owner within the State. On the neglect or refusal of the owner promptly to pay the same on presentation of an itemized bill certified to by the State Quarantine Officer or the State Quarantine Officer’s deputy, the district attorney of the county shall forthwith proceed to levy an attachment against any property of the owner within the State for the amount due plus the costs of legal proceedings, and shall proceed to collect the same by foreclosure proceedings.
[Part 8:280:1913; 1919 RL p. 2627; NCL § 442]—(NRS A 1961, 520; 1967, 612)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 554 - Quarantines of Agricultural Commodities › NRS 554.200 - Appointment of deputy state quarantine officers; attachments against inspected agricultural commodities.

1. Whenever the exportation of any agricultural commodities is restricted by any quarantine proclamation or regulation of the State of Nevada, or of any other state or territory, or of the United States Government or any other authority empowered to issue such quarantine or regulation, the State Quarantine Officer may appoint such properly qualified deputies as may be necessary to inspect such commodities.
2. If exportation is not prohibited by law or quarantine regulation, the deputy state quarantine officers may issue certificates permitting the exportation of agricultural commodities.
3. If any such inspection is requested by the owner, shipper or person in charge of any such agricultural commodity and discontinued for any reason before its completion, an equitable proportion of the total cost therefor, had the same been completed, shall immediately be payable and collectible as provided in subsection 4.
4. On the neglect or refusal of the owner, shipper or person in charge of any inspected agricultural commodity to pay the charges prescribed in this section, on presentation of an itemized bill covering the same, the district attorney of the county shall forthwith proceed to levy an attachment against the agricultural commodity so inspected for the amount due plus the costs of legal proceedings, and shall collect the same by legal proceedings.
[16:280:1913; added 1923, 177; NCL § 446]—(NRS A 1961, 520)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 554 - Quarantines of Agricultural Commodities › NRS 554.210 - Employment of deputy state quarantine officers by counties.

1. Whenever any county or portion of any county is under quarantine by the State of Nevada, or any other state or territory, or the United States Government, or any other authority empowered to issue such quarantine, the board of county commissioners may employ for such period as the board deems necessary upon a salary basis one or more deputy state quarantine officers provided for in NRS 554.200. No person shall be employed by any county in such a capacity who has not been appointed a deputy state quarantine officer by the State Quarantine Officer. The State Quarantine Officer shall have the authority to cancel the appointment at any time, which cancellation shall automatically terminate such employment by the county.
2. Whenever a deputy state quarantine officer is employed by any county as provided in subsection 1, any inspection fees set as provided in NRS 554.200 shall be collected as therein provided and turned into the county treasury of the county employing such deputy state quarantine officer.
[17:280:1913; added 1923, 177; NCL § 447]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 554 - Quarantines of Agricultural Commodities › NRS 554.220 - Civil liability of carriers transporting quarantined agricultural commodities; limitation of actions.

1. Any railroad company, express company or other common carrier which shall carry, haul or transport from any county, portion of any county, farm, nursery or apiary within the state, under quarantine, to any other part of the state, any agricultural commodity forbidden to be so exported shall be liable for any damages occurring by reason of such exportation.
2. Such damages may be recovered by an action against the railroad company, express company or common carrier brought in any court of competent jurisdiction within 2 years after the date of such offense or offenses, if more than one. Such action shall be instituted in the name of the State, for and on behalf of the person, firm or corporation suffering injury, and the Attorney General shall prosecute the same.
[Part 6:280:1913; 1919 RL p. 2626; NCL § 440]—(NRS A 1961, 521)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 554 - Quarantines of Agricultural Commodities › NRS 554.230 - Criminal proceedings: Proof of disease, exposure to disease or infestation.

In any criminal proceeding arising under NRS 554.110 to 554.240, inclusive, proof that any agricultural commodity, forbidden by a proclamation of a quarantine from export, was exported in violation of the quarantine shall be deemed proof, within the meaning of NRS 554.110 to 554.240, inclusive, that the agricultural commodity was diseased, exposed to disease or infested.
[Part 1:280:1913; 1919 RL p. 2625; NCL § 436]—(NRS A 1961, 521; 2001, 699)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 554 - Quarantines of Agricultural Commodities › NRS 554.235 - Civil penalty.

1. In addition to any criminal penalty imposed pursuant to this chapter, any person violating any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed:
(a) For the first violation, $1,500;
(b) For a second violation, $3,000; and
(c) For each subsequent violation, $5,000.
2. If a defendant is convicted of violating any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, the court shall order the defendant to pay a civil penalty pursuant to subsection 1. The court shall fix the manner and time of payment.
3. Any money collected from the imposition of a civil penalty pursuant to this section 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 2015, 3583)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 554 - Quarantines of Agricultural Commodities › NRS 554.240 - Criminal penalty.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 554.190, any person who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 364 days, or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by both fine and imprisonment. The prosecuting attorney and the State Department of Agriculture may recover the costs of the proceeding, including investigative costs, against a person convicted of a gross misdemeanor pursuant to this section.
[Part 6:280:1913; 1919 RL p. 2626; NCL § 440]—(NRS A 1961, 521; 1967, 612; 2015, 3585)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › NRS 555.005 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
1. "Control" means to cut, destroy or eradicate established noxious weed populations in order to prevent:
(a) The spread, maturation and dispersal of any propagative part of the noxious weed; and
(b) The reproduction and spread of the noxious weed.
2. "Department" means the State Department of Agriculture.
3. "Director" means the Director of the Department.
4. "Noxious weed" means any species of plant which is, or is likely to be, a public nuisance, detrimental or destructive and difficult to control.
5. "Pest" means any form of animal or vegetable life detrimental to the crops, horticulture, livestock, public health, wildlife, quality of water and beneficial uses of land in this State, including, without limitation, any insect, snail, nematode, fungus, virus, bacterium, microorganism, mycoplasma, weed, parasitic plant or any other plant that is normally considered to be a pest of cultivated plants, uncultivated plants, agricultural commodities, horticultural products or nursery stock, or that the Director declares to be a pest.
6. "Propagative part" means any seed, cutting or other plant part from which a noxious weed can grow.
7. "Vertebrate pest" means any animal of the subphylum Vertebrata, except predatory animals, which is normally considered to be a pest, including a gopher, ground squirrel, rat, mouse, starling, blackbird and any other animal which the Director may declare to be a pest.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 512; A 1975, 555; 1993, 1709; 1997, 479; 1999, 3640; 2015, 3585; 2021, 150)