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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.020 - "Agricultural minerals" defined.

"Agricultural minerals" means substances, mixtures of mineral substances, and mixtures of mineral and organic substances, containing less than 5 percent in available form of nitrogen, phosphorus pentoxide, or potassium oxide, singly, collectively, or in combination, except sand and soil, unless otherwise authorized by the Director.
[Part 2:203:1951]—(NRS A 1993, 1791; 1999, 3733)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.030 - "Auxiliary plant chemicals" defined.

"Auxiliary plant chemicals" means substances such as hormones, auxins, materials for reducing preharvest drop of fruit, materials for promoting rooting of cuttings, bacterial inoculants, and similar products intended to be used for influencing plantlife.
[Part 2:203:1951]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.050 - "Commercial fertilizers" defined.

"Commercial fertilizers" means substances and mixtures of substances containing 5 percent or more of nitrogen, available phosphoric acid, phosphorus pentoxide, or potassium oxide soluble in distilled water, singly, collectively, or in combination, excepting manures, hays, straws, peat and leaf mold.
[Part 2:203:1951]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.080 - "Grade" defined.

1. As related to fertilizers, "grade" means the minimum percentage of total nitrogen, available phosphorus or phosphoric acid and soluble potassium or soluble potash stated in the order given in this subsection and, when applied to mixed fertilizers, shall be in whole numbers only.
2. As related to agricultural minerals, "grade" means the minimum percentage of guaranteed analysis determined as provided in NRS 588.190.
[Part 2:203:1951]—(NRS A 1963, 36)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.090 - "Manures" defined.

"Manures" means the excreta of domestic animals or domestic fowls when not artificially mixed with any material or materials other than those which have been used for bedding, sanitary or feeding purposes for animals or fowls or for the preservation of manure.
[Part 2:203:1951]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.100 - "Official sample" defined.

"Official sample" means any sample of commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral taken by the Director or his or her agent according to the methods prescribed by the Director.
[Part 2:203:1951]—(NRS A 1993, 1791; 1999, 3733)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.140 - "Soil amendments" defined.

"Soil amendments" means all substances except those included within NRS 588.020, 588.030, 588.050 and 588.090, and includes hays, straws, peat, leaf mold, sand and soil.
[Part 2:203:1951]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.145 - "Substance" defined.

"Substance" means any material or mixture of materials which is intended to be used to promote or stimulate the growth of plants, to increase the productiveness of plants, to improve the quality of crops or to produce any chemical or physical change in the soil.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 359)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.155 - Applicability.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed:
1. To restrict or avoid sales or exchanges of commercial fertilizers or agricultural minerals to each other by importers, manufacturers or manipulators who mix fertilizer materials for sale; or
2. As preventing the free and unrestricted shipment of commercial fertilizers or agricultural minerals to manufacturers or manipulators who have registered their brands as required by the provisions of this chapter.
[18:203:1951]—(Substituted in revision for NRS 588.340)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.164 - Regulations: Application and distribution of injurious and detrimental commercial fertilizers and agricultural minerals; classification of restricted-use commercial fertilizers and agricultural minerals; additional authority to carry out chapter.

1. The Director shall adopt regulations governing the application and distribution of any commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral which the Director finds must necessarily be applied as a commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral but which, unless carefully used, is likely to be:
(a) Injurious to persons, pollinating insects, bees, animals, crops or land; or
(b) Detrimental to:
(1) Vegetation, except weeds;
(2) Wildlife; or
(3) Public health and safety.
2. The Director in classifying commercial fertilizers and agricultural minerals as restricted-use commercial fertilizers or agricultural minerals shall determine whether:
(a) The commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral is highly toxic to humans or other animals, including wildlife;
(b) The regulations governing the application and distribution of the commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral are reasonably calculated to avoid injury and are necessary for the proper use of the commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral;
(c) The benefit from the use of the commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral is of greater value to the public than the detriment to the environment or the public health and safety from the use of the commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral; and
(d) The commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral can be used for harmful purposes other than its registered purposes.
3. The Director may adopt such other regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, including, without limitation, regulations governing:
(a) The collection and examination of commercial fertilizers and agricultural minerals;
(b) The types of containers and packages required to be used for specific commercial fertilizers or agricultural minerals, including, without limitation, requirements concerning the construction, strength and size of the containers and packages to avoid the danger of spillage, breakage or misuse;
(c) The safe handling, transportation, storage, display, distribution and disposal of commercial fertilizers and agricultural minerals and their containers; and
(d) The information required to be recorded and maintained concerning the sale, use and distribution of restricted-use commercial fertilizers and agricultural minerals.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 411)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.168 - Elimination of dangerous, nonbeneficial or misrepresented commercial fertilizers and agricultural minerals; program for evaluation of commercial fertilizers and agricultural minerals.

The Director shall:
1. Eliminate from use in this state any commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral that the Director finds:
(a) Endangers the agricultural or nonagricultural environment;
(b) Is not beneficial for the purposes for which it is sold; or
(c) Is misrepresented.
2. In carrying out the duties set forth in subsection 1, develop a program for the continual evaluation of all commercial fertilizers and agricultural minerals the brands and grades of which have been registered pursuant to NRS 588.170.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 410)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.170 - Registration required; form for application; fees; expiration; grounds for denial of renewal.

1. Each brand and grade of commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral must be registered with the Department before being offered for sale, sold or distributed in this state.
2. An application for registration must be submitted to the Director on a form furnished by the Director, and, except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, must be accompanied by a nonrefundable registration fee in an amount to be fixed annually by the Director for each combined registration of brand and grade.
3. A person who offers a commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral for sale before registering the brand and grade of the commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral shall pay an amount equal to twice the otherwise applicable registration fee for registering the brand and grade of the commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral.
4. All registrations expire on December 31 of each year.
5. The Director may deny the renewal of a registration if all the required tonnage reports have not been submitted and all fees and penalties have not been paid.
[Part 3:203:1951]—(NRS A 1961, 576; 1963, 36; 1977, 261; 1983, 405; 1993, 1791; 1999, 3601, 3733; 2003, 413; 2015, 3636)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.180 - Application: Contents; analysis of commercial fertilizers.

1. The application must include the following information in the following order:
(a) The name and address of the person guaranteeing the registration.
(b) The brand and grade.
(c) The guaranteed analysis showing the minimum percentage and source of plant food claimed in the following order and form:
Total nitrogen: Percentage ........, source ........
Available phosphoric acid: Percentage ........, source ......
Soluble potash: Percentage ........, source ........
2. Fertilizer materials containing only one plant food element and recognized by their chemical names are not required to be guaranteed for the plant food element contained therein.
3. Unacidulated mineral phosphatic materials and basic slag must be guaranteed as to both total and available phosphoric acid, and the degree of fineness.
4. In the case of bone, tankage and other natural organic phosphate materials, only the total phosphoric acid is required to be guaranteed.
5. Additional plant food elements, determined by chemical methods, may be guaranteed only by permission of the Director. If any of those additional plant foods are claimed, they must be included in the guarantee, and are subject to inspection and analysis in accordance with the methods and regulations that may be prescribed by the Director.
6. The Director may permit or require the potential basicity or acidity, expressed in terms of calcium carbonate equivalent in multiples of 100 pounds per ton, to be registered and guaranteed.
[Part 3:203:1951]—(NRS A 1961, 576; 1963, 37; 1975, 360; 1993, 1791; 1999, 3734)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.190 - Application: Analysis of agricultural minerals.

The guaranteed analysis of agricultural minerals must be stated as follows:
1. Limestone, limerock, chalk, dolomite, dolomitic limestone, marl, oystershell, shells and every other agricultural mineral, the principal constituent of which is calcium carbonate, the percentage of calcium carbonate therein.
2. Burnt lime, quicklime, and every agricultural mineral, the principal constituent of which is calcium oxide, the percentage of calcium oxide therein.
3. Hydrated lime, slacked lime, and every agricultural mineral, the principal constituent of which is calcium hydroxide, the percentage of calcium hydroxide therein.
4. By-products in the manufacture of sugar or acetylene and every other agricultural mineral obtained as a by-product, the principal constituent of which is a compound of calcium, the neutralizing powers expressed as calcium carbonate equivalent.
5. Gypsum, land plaster, plaster, and every agricultural mineral, the principal constituent of which is calcium sulfate, the percentage of calcium sulfate dihydrate (CaSO4-2H2O) therein.
6. Sulfur, brimstone, and every agricultural mineral, the principal ingredient of which is elemental sulfur, the percentage of elemental sulfur therein.
7. In the case of any agricultural mineral not specifically mentioned herein, the percentage of all constituents claimed to be therein in terms or equivalent as prescribed by the Director.
8. In the case of any mixture of two or more agricultural minerals, the percentage of each principal constituent as prescribed in this section.
[Part 3:203:1951]—(NRS A 1961, 577; 1975, 360; 1993, 1792; 1999, 3734)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.192 - Cancellation, denial or suspension of registration: Grounds.

1. The Director may, after a hearing, cancel the registration of, or refuse to register, the brand and grade of any commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral if the Director finds that:
(a) The commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral has demonstrated serious uncontrollable adverse effects within or outside the agricultural environment;
(b) The use of the commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral is of less value to the public or greater detriment to the environment than the benefit received by its use;
(c) There is a reasonably effective and practicable alternate material which is demonstrably less destructive to the environment;
(d) The commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral, if properly used, is detrimental to:
(1) Vegetation, except weeds;
(2) Domestic animals; or
(3) Public health and safety;
(e) The commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral is of little or no value for the purpose for which it is intended; or
(f) Any false or misleading statement concerning the commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral has been made or implied by the registrant or an agent of the registrant, or by the applicant for registration, orally or in writing, or in the form of any advertising.
2. In making any such determination, the Director may require such practical demonstrations as are necessary to determine the facts.
3. If the Director has reason to believe that any of the findings described in subsection 1 are applicable to any commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral the brand and grade of which is registered and that the use or continued use of the commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral constitutes an immediate substantial danger to any person or the environment, the Director may, after notice to the registrant, suspend the registration of the brand and grade of the commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral pending a hearing and final decision.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 410)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.194 - Cancellation or denial of registration: Fraudulent or deceptive practices to evade chapter.

The Director may cancel the registration of any brand of commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral or refuse to register any brand of commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral, as provided in this chapter, upon satisfactory evidence that the registrant has used fraudulent or deceptive practices in the evasion or attempted evasion of the provisions of this chapter or any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, but no registration may be revoked or refused until the registrant has been given the opportunity to appear at a hearing held by the Director.
[14:203:1951]—(NRS A 1961, 580; 1993, 1795; 1999, 3737)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 588.300)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.200 - Labels or tags: Attachment; statements thereon; bulk distribution.

1. Any commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral offered for sale, sold or distributed in this state in bags, barrels or other containers shall have placed or affixed to the container in written or printed form the net weight and the information required by paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 588.180 or subsection 4 of NRS 588.190 either:
(a) On tags affixed to the end of the package between the ears or on the sewed end; or
(b) Directly on the package, in which case, for bags containing 50 pounds or more, the grade shall appear also on the end of the package in type that is plainly legible.
2. If distributed in bulk, a written or printed statement of the weight and the information required by paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 588.180 or subsection 4 of NRS 588.190 shall accompany delivery and be supplied to the purchaser.
[4:203:1951]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.210 - Fees established by regulation; exemptions; reporting of sales; registrant responsible for reporting and payment of fees unless assigned to another person by contract; penalty.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 588.215:
1. There must be paid to the Department for all commercial fertilizers offered for sale, sold or distributed in this state a fee established by regulation of the State Board of Agriculture for each ton sold, but sales to manufacturers or exchanges between them are exempt.
2. There must be paid to the Department for all agricultural minerals offered for sale, sold or distributed in this state a fee established by regulation of the State Board of Agriculture. The regulations must specify the amount of the fee for each ton of agricultural minerals that is sold in packages and the amount of the fee for each ton of those minerals that is sold in bulk, but sales to manufacturers or exchanges between them are exempt.
3. The Department shall prepare suitable forms for reporting sales and, on request, shall furnish the forms without cost to all persons dealing in registered brands of commercial fertilizers or agricultural minerals. The form must be filed regardless of whether the person sold any commercial fertilizers or agricultural minerals during the reporting period.
4. The registrant of each brand must report the total tonnage sold and pay the appropriate fees unless the responsibility for reporting and payment of fees has been assigned to another person by a contract entered into pursuant to subsection 5.
5. A contract specified in subsection 4 must:
(a) Include the registration number of the brand;
(b) Identify each party by name, address, telephone number and title, if applicable;
(c) Identify the specific product covered by the contract;
(d) Include an effective date and expiration date, not beginning or ending during a reporting period and not exceeding 3 years in duration; and
(e) Be signed by each party or his or her authorized agent.
6. A person who violates any provision of this section is subject to a civil penalty pursuant to NRS 588.350.
[5:203:1951]—(NRS A 1961, 578; 1971, 119; 1977, 261; 1993, 1793; 1999, 3601, 3735; 2015, 3636)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.230 - Sampling and analysis: Powers and duties of Director; methods.

1. The Director, who may act through an authorized agent, shall sample, inspect, make analyses of and test commercial fertilizers and agricultural minerals distributed within this state at such time and place and to such an extent as the Director may deem necessary to determine whether those commercial fertilizers and agricultural minerals are in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. The Director or the agent may enter upon any public or private premises during regular business hours in order to have access to commercial fertilizers and agricultural minerals subject to the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
2. The methods of analysis must be those adopted by the Director from sources such as those of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists.
3. The Director, in determining for administrative purposes whether any commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral is deficient in plant food, must be guided solely by the official sample as defined in NRS 588.100, and obtained and analyzed as provided for in subsection 2 of this section.
4. The results of official analysis of any commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral which has been found to be subject to penalty or other legal action must be forwarded by the Director to the registrant at least 10 days before the report is submitted to the purchaser. If during that period no adequate evidence to the contrary is made available to the Director, the report becomes official.
5. Upon request, the Director shall furnish to the registrant a portion of any sample found subject to penalty or other legal action.
[7:203:1951]—(NRS A 1961, 578; 1993, 1793; 1999, 3735)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.260 - Sale or distribution of misbranded commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral unlawful.

1. A commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral is misbranded if it carries any false or misleading statement upon or attached to the container or in any advertising matter accompanying or associated with the commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral.
2. A commercial fertilizer is misbranded if it carries upon or attached to the container any numerical designation or design as part of the grade other than that referring to nitrogen, available phosphorus or phosphoric acid or soluble potassium or soluble potash.
3. It shall be unlawful to sell, offer to sell or distribute a misbranded commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral.
[10:203:1951]—(NRS A 1975, 361)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.270 - Publication of information concerning sales, production and use; report of analyses of samples.

1. The Director may publish, in such form as the Director may deem proper:
(a) Information concerning the sales of commercial fertilizers and agricultural minerals, together with such data on their production and use as the Director may consider advisable.
(b) A report of the results of the analyses based on official samples of commercial fertilizers or agricultural minerals sold within the State as compared with the analyses guaranteed under NRS 588.170 to 588.200, inclusive.
2. The information concerning production and use of commercial fertilizers or agricultural minerals must be shown separately for the periods from July 1 to December 31 and from January 1 to June 30 of each year.
[11:203:1951]—(NRS A 1961, 579; 1993, 1794; 1999, 3737; 2015, 3637)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.290 - Penalty for short weight.

If any commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral in the possession of the consumer is found by the Director to be short in weight, the registrant of the commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral is subject to a civil penalty pursuant to NRS 588.350.
[13:203:1951]—(NRS A 1961, 580; 1993, 1795; 1999, 3737; 2015, 3637)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.297 - Restricted-use commercial fertilizers and agricultural minerals: Denial, suspension or revocation of registration.

The Director may refuse to grant or renew a registration pursuant to NRS 588.295 or may suspend or revoke the registration if, after notice and a hearing, the Director finds that:
1. The person registered has, without reasonable cause, failed to record information as required by NRS 588.295 or a regulation adopted by the Director;
2. The person registered has made a false entry in a required record; or
3. The applicant for registration has made a sale or delivery of a restricted-use commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral without registering with the Director.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 413)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.320 - Seizure of commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral not in compliance with chapter: Complaint to court; methods of disposal.

1. Any lot of commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral not in compliance with the provisions of this chapter is subject to seizure upon the complaint of the Director to a court of competent jurisdiction in the area in which the commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral is located.
2. If the court finds that the commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral does not comply with the provisions of this chapter and orders the condemnation of the commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral, it must be disposed of in any manner consistent with the quality of the commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral and the laws of this state.
3. In no instance may the disposition of the commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral be ordered by the court without giving the claimant an opportunity to apply to the court for release of the commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral, or for permission to process or relabel the commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral, to bring it into compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
[16:203:1951]—(NRS A 1961, 580; 1993, 1795; 1999, 3737)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.330 - Violations: Notice; hearing; prosecution; injunctive relief.

1. If it appears from the examination of any commercial fertilizer or agricultural mineral that any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto have been violated, the Director shall cause notice of the violations to be given to the registrant, distributor or possessor from whom the sample was taken. Any person so notified must be given an opportunity to be heard under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Director. If it appears after the hearing, in the presence or absence of the person so notified, that any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto have been violated, the Director may certify the facts to the proper district attorney.
2. The provisions of this chapter do not require the Director or a representative of the Director to report for prosecution, or for the institution of seizure proceedings, minor violations of this chapter if he or she believes that the public interest will be best served by a suitable notice of warning in writing.
3. Each district attorney to whom any violation is reported shall cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted and prosecuted in a court of competent jurisdiction without delay.
4. The Director may apply for and the court may grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. The injunction must be issued without bond.
[17:203:1951]—(NRS A 1961, 581; 1993, 1795; 1999, 3738)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 588 - Commercial Fertilizers and Agricultural Minerals › NRS 588.350 - Civil penalties; deposit and use of money.

1. Any person violating any provisions of this chapter is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed:
(a) For the first violation, $250.
(b) For a second violation, $500.
(c) For each subsequent violation, $1,000.
2. Any money collected from the imposition of a civil penalty pursuant to subsection 1 must be accounted for separately and:
(a) Fifty percent of the money must be used to fund a program selected by the Director that provides loans to persons who are engaged in agriculture and who are 21 years of age or younger; and
(b) The remaining 50 percent of the money must be deposited in the Account for the Control of Weeds established by NRS 555.035.
[20:203:1951]—(NRS A 2015, 3638)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 590 - Motor Vehicle Fuel, Petroleum Products and Antifreeze › NRS 590.030 - False branding prohibited.

1. It is unlawful for any person to sell, attempt to sell, offer for sale or assist in the sale of any motor vehicle fuel and willfully and falsely to represent that motor vehicle fuel to be a motor vehicle fuel of any dealer, manufacturer or producer other than the true dealer, manufacturer or producer thereof.
2. It is unlawful for any member of a firm or any officer of a corporation knowingly to permit any employee of the firm or corporation to sell, offer for sale or assist in the sale of any motor vehicle fuel and falsely to represent that motor vehicle fuel to be the motor vehicle fuel of any dealer, manufacturer or producer other than the true dealer, manufacturer or producer thereof.
3. This section does not apply to any person who sells or offers for sale, under the person’s own name or brand name, the product or output of another manufacturer or producer with the written consent of the manufacturer or producer.
[3:157:1955]—(NRS A 1993, 58; 2005, 653)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 590 - Motor Vehicle Fuel, Petroleum Products and Antifreeze › NRS 590.040 - Brand name must be shown; labeling of containers, dispensers, fill pipes for storage tanks and delivery outlets on tank delivery trucks; "no brand" products.

1. It is unlawful for any person to sell or offer to sell any motor vehicle fuel unless a sign or label is firmly attached to or painted at or near the outlet of the container from which or into which the motor vehicle fuel is dispensed or received for sale or delivery. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the sign or label, in letters not less than one-half inch in height, must contain the brand name and the grade designation of the motor vehicle fuel. All containers and dispensers of lubricating and motor oil must also be labeled in the same manner with the oil’s viscosity grade classification and performance rating. If a lubricating or motor oil has more than one viscosity grade classification or performance rating, each viscosity grade classification and performance rating must be included in the label. When the sign or label is attached to the faucet or valve of a tank truck or tank wagon, the letters must be not less than one-half inch in height. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to any oil labeled "prediluted" or intended only for mixture with gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel in a two-cycle engine.
2. The inlet end of the fill pipe to each storage tank of motor vehicle fuel must be labeled with the brand name and the grade of the motor vehicle fuel contained therein or have a product-specific pressure vessel fill connection.
3. Delivery outlets for motor vehicle fuel on tank delivery trucks must be labeled to comply with the requirements of this section before departure from the bulk plants.
4. If any motor vehicle fuel has no brand name, the sign or label required by subsection 1 must consist of words, in letters not less than 3 inches high, that designate the specific type of motor vehicle fuel followed by the words "No Brand," such as "Gasoline, No Brand" or "E-100, No Brand."
5. On any container with a net content of 1 United States gallon or less, the brand name or trademark, the name and address of the distributor or manufacturer, the viscosity grade classification, the performance rating and the words "Motor Oil" or "Lubricating Oil" must be painted, printed, embossed or otherwise firmly affixed on the container in letters and numerals of legible size. Such a designation constitutes compliance with the provisions of this section.
6. Small hand measures used for delivery of petroleum products or motor vehicle fuel that are filled in the presence of the customer need not be labeled in accordance with the provisions of NRS 590.010 to 590.150, inclusive, if the receptacle, container or pump from which petroleum products or motor vehicle fuel is drawn or poured into the hand measures is properly labeled as required by the provisions of NRS 590.010 to 590.150, inclusive.
[4:157:1955]—(NRS A 1960, 484; 1961, 648; 1971, 667; 1975, 184; 1981, 527; 1993, 59; 1995, 349; 2005, 654; 2021, 138)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 590 - Motor Vehicle Fuel, Petroleum Products and Antifreeze › NRS 590.050 - False or misleading advertising prohibited.

1. It is unlawful for any person, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, engaged in or operating in the business of selling at retail any motor vehicle fuel to display any sign or other designating mark, at or near his or her place of business, which describes or designates a brand name of a motor vehicle fuel not actually sold or offered for sale or delivery at the place of business where the sign or other designating mark is displayed.
2. It is unlawful for any person, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, to make or cause to be made, by means of any advertising medium whatever, any statement concerning the sale of motor vehicle fuel or the performance characteristics thereof which is known to him or her to be untrue or misleading, or which by the exercise of reasonable care and diligence should be known to him or her to be untrue or misleading.
[5:157:1955]—(NRS A 1993, 60; 2005, 655)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 590 - Motor Vehicle Fuel, Petroleum Products and Antifreeze › NRS 590.060 - Adulterated, substituted, used or recycled products.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 590.063 and 590.065, it is unlawful for any person, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, to adulterate any petroleum product or motor vehicle fuel, to sell, attempt to sell, offer for sale or assist in the sale of any product resulting from the adulteration, and to represent the product as the petroleum product or motor vehicle fuel of a brand name in general use by any other marketer or producer of petroleum products or motor vehicle fuel.
2. Whenever the description of any petroleum product or motor vehicle fuel is displayed on any tank, receptacle or other delivery device used for sale to the public, the kind, character and name of the petroleum product or motor vehicle fuel dispensed therefrom must correspond to the representations thereon.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, it is unlawful for any person, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, to deposit or deliver into any tank, receptacle or other container any petroleum product or motor vehicle fuel other than the petroleum product or motor vehicle fuel intended to be stored in the tank, receptacle or container and distributed therefrom, as indicated by the name of the producer, manufacturer or distributor of the product displayed on the container itself, or on the pump, dispenser or other distributing device used in connection therewith. This section does not apply to any person who sells or offers for sale under the person’s name or brand name the product or output of another manufacturer or producer, with the consent of that manufacturer or producer.
4. If used oil or recycled oil, other than rerefined oil, is sold or offered for sale or delivery in this state, the container in which that oil is sold or offered for sale or delivery or, in the case of a bulk delivery, the delivery receipt, must bear a superimposed sign or label containing the clearly legible words "Recycled Oil" or "Used Oil."
[6:157:1955]—(NRS A 1961, 649; 1963, 109; 1971, 668; 1993, 60; 1995, 350; 2005, 655; 2015, 3639)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 590 - Motor Vehicle Fuel, Petroleum Products and Antifreeze › NRS 590.063 - Pumps, dispensers and devices for blending gasoline.

1. The use of pumps, dispensers or other devices which are capable of withdrawing gasoline from each of two tanks containing different qualities of the same petroleum product or motor vehicle fuel and dispensing them as a single combined product must be authorized if the Division of Measurement Standards of the State Department of Agriculture determines that all the following conditions exist:
(a) The device mechanism accurately measures the quantities of the gasoline being simultaneously withdrawn from each of the two tanks and the quantity dispensed.
(b) The device mechanism accurately and visibly records and displays the resulting combined quality, the total quantity, the price per gallon for the particular quality combination being dispensed and the total price of the quantity of gasoline dispensed at the particular sale.
(c) The device has a locking selector mechanism which prevents the changing of the proportion of the two qualities being combined during the dispensing of the desired quantity.
2. The provisions of this section authorize the operation of a blending type of pump or dispenser connected to two tanks containing two different grades of the same product, which, if blended together in different proportions, will produce gasoline of different octane rating, each blend of which meets the specifications for gasoline as required by this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 108; A 1993, 1796; 1999, 3738; 2003, 2327; 2005, 656; 2013, 2484)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 590 - Motor Vehicle Fuel, Petroleum Products and Antifreeze › NRS 590.065 - Pumps, dispensers and devices for blending gasoline and motor oil.

1. The use of pumps, dispensers or other devices which are capable of withdrawing gasoline from one tank containing gasoline and another tank containing motor oil and dispensing them as a single combined product and of withdrawing gasoline alone from the tank containing gasoline must be authorized if the Division of Measurement Standards of the State Department of Agriculture determines that all the following conditions exist:
(a) The device mechanism accurately measures the quantities being simultaneously withdrawn for dispensing as a combined product from each of the two tanks when the combined product is dispensed, and the quantity being dispensed from the gasoline tank alone when gasoline alone is dispensed.
(b) The device mechanism accurately and visibly records and displays the ratio of gasoline to motor oil, the quantity of each ingredient being dispensed, the price per gallon for gasoline being dispensed and the price per quart for motor oil being dispensed, or accurately and visibly records and displays the ratio of gasoline to motor oil and the total volume of the oil and gasoline mixture delivered, and computes the total cost based upon the price set for the finished blend.
(c) The device mechanism prevents the changing of the ratio of gasoline to motor oil during dispensing.
(d) There is firmly attached to or painted upon the device mechanism panel a sign or label plainly visible consisting of the words "two-cycle motor fuel" together with the brand name or trademark of the product, all of which must be in letters not less than one-half inch in height.
2. The provisions of this section authorize the operation of a blending type of pump or dispenser connected to two tanks, one containing motor oil and the other gasoline, but only if the motor oil in its separate state meets the specifications for lubricating oil as required by NRS 590.080 and the gasoline in its separate state meets the specifications for gasoline as required by NRS 590.070.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 108; A 1993, 1796; 1999, 3739; 2003, 2328; 2005, 656; 2013, 2485)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 590 - Motor Vehicle Fuel, Petroleum Products and Antifreeze › NRS 590.071 - Powers and duties of State Board of Agriculture concerning specifications for motor vehicle fuel, diesel exhaust fluid, aviation fuel and petroleum heating products.

1. The State Board of Agriculture shall:
(a) Enforce the specifications for motor vehicle fuel adopted by regulation pursuant to NRS 590.070.
(b) Enforce the specification standards for diesel exhaust fluid adopted by regulation pursuant to NRS 590.072.
(c) Enforce the specification standards for aviation fuel adopted by regulation pursuant to NRS 590.073.
(d) Enforce the specification standards for petroleum heating products adopted by regulation pursuant to NRS 590.090.
(e) Adopt regulations specifying a schedule of fines that it may impose, upon notice and hearing, for each violation of the provisions of NRS 590.070, 590.072, 590.073 and 590.090. The maximum fine that may be imposed by the Board for each violation must not exceed $5,000 per day. All fines collected by the Board pursuant to the regulations adopted pursuant to this subsection must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the State General Fund.
2. The State Board of Agriculture may:
(a) Adopt regulations approving other types of proof of transfer as described in subsection 9 of NRS 590.100. Such proof of transfer must contain:
(1) The name of the person or business who makes the transfer;
(2) The name of the person or business to whom the petroleum product or motor vehicle fuel is transferred;
(3) The date of the transfer;
(4) If the motor vehicle fuel is gasoline, the octane rating number of the gasoline; and
(5) If the meter readings and physical inventory is taken or caused to be taken pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 590.100, the volume, in gallons, of the petroleum product or motor vehicle fuel that is transferred.
(b) In addition to imposing a fine pursuant to subsection 1, issue an order requiring a violator to take appropriate action to correct the violation.
(c) Request the district attorney of the appropriate county to investigate or file a criminal complaint against any person that the Board suspects may have violated any provision of NRS 590.070, 590.072, 590.073 or 590.090.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1949; A 2001, 852; 2005, 657; 2007, 1987; 2021, 139)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 590 - Motor Vehicle Fuel, Petroleum Products and Antifreeze › NRS 590.072 - Specifications for diesel exhaust fluid: Adoption by State Board of Agriculture; unlawful acts; penalties.

1. The State Board of Agriculture shall adopt by regulation specification standards for diesel exhaust fluid.
2. When adopting the regulations required pursuant to subsection 1, the State Board of Agriculture may follow the specification standards set forth by the International Organization for Standardization or by ASTM International.
3. It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale or assist in the sale of, or permit to be sold or offered for sale, any diesel exhaust fluid unless the diesel exhaust fluid conforms to the specification standards prescribed by regulation of the State Board of Agriculture pursuant to subsection 1.
4. In addition to any criminal penalty that is imposed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 590.150, any person who violates any provision of this section may be further punished as provided in NRS 590.071.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 136)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 590 - Motor Vehicle Fuel, Petroleum Products and Antifreeze › NRS 590.073 - Specifications for aviation fuel: Adoption by State Board of Agriculture; unlawful acts; penalties; exception for military aircraft.

1. The State Board of Agriculture shall adopt by regulation specification standards for aviation fuel.
2. When adopting the regulations required pursuant to subsection 1, the State Board of Agriculture may follow the specification standards set forth by ASTM International.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, it is unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale or assist in the sale of, or permit to be sold or offered for sale, any aviation fuel unless such fuel conforms to the specification standards prescribed by regulation of the State Board of Agriculture pursuant to subsection 1.
4. In addition to any criminal penalty that is imposed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 590.150, any person who violates any provision of this section may be further punished as provided in NRS 590.071.
5. This section does not apply to aviation fuel for use by military aircraft.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 151; A 2005, 657; 2013, 2486; 2021, 140)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 590 - Motor Vehicle Fuel, Petroleum Products and Antifreeze › NRS 590.080 - Specifications for motor or lubricating oil; exception for oil labeled "prediluted" or intended for two-cycle engine.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, crankcase drainings, lube-distillate, or any other petroleum product may not be sold, offered for sale, delivered, offered for delivery or stored as a motor oil or lubricating oil for use in the crankcase of an internal combustion engine unless it conforms to the performance rating set forth on its container or, in the case of a bulk delivery, on the delivery receipt, and the following specifications:
(a) It must meet the specifications for engine oil performance and engine service classification set by SAE International.
(b) It must be free from water and suspended matter when tested in accordance with the procedures approved by the State Sealer of Measurement Standards.
(c) The flash points for the various viscosity grade classifications must not be less than the most recent viscosity grade classifications determined by SAE International when tested by the Pensky-Martens Closed Cup method. The viscosity grade classification number of motor or lubricating oils must conform to the latest viscosity grade classification determined by SAE International.
2. The provisions of this section do not apply to any oil labeled "prediluted" or intended only for mixture with gasoline or other motor fuel in a two-cycle engine.
[8:157:1955]—(NRS A 1961, 650; 1963, 110; 1971, 669; 1975, 185; 1981, 529; 1995, 351; 2013, 2486; 2015, 3639)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 590 - Motor Vehicle Fuel, Petroleum Products and Antifreeze › NRS 590.090 - Specifications for petroleum heating products: Adoption by State Board of Agriculture; unlawful acts; designation of brand and grade of heating fuel contained in storage tanks, dispensers and petroleum tank trucks; designations of numerical grade; penalties.

1. The State Board of Agriculture shall adopt by regulation specification standards for petroleum heating products, not including liquefied petroleum gas and natural gas. Such regulations must conform to the specification standards set forth by ASTM International.
2. It is unlawful for any person, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, to sell, offer for sale, or assist in the sale of or permit to be sold or offered for sale any petroleum heating product, not including liquefied petroleum gas and natural gas, unless the petroleum heating product conforms to the specification standards prescribed by regulation of the State Board of Agriculture pursuant to subsection 1.
3. All bulk storage tanks, dispensers and petroleum tank truck compartment outlets containing or dispensing heating fuel must be labeled with the brand name and the grade designation of the heating fuel.
4. A person shall not use the numerical grade designation for heating fuels adopted by ASTM International unless the designation conforms to that designation. Persons using a designation other than the numerical grade designation adopted by ASTM International must file with the Division of Measurement Standards of the State Department of Agriculture the designation to be used together with its corresponding grade designation of ASTM International.
5. In addition to any criminal penalty that is imposed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 590.150, any person who violates any provision of this section may be further punished as provided in NRS 590.071.
[9:157:1955]—(NRS A 1960, 485; 1961, 651; 1963, 110; 1993, 1797; 1999, 3739; 2003, 2328; 2013, 2486; 2021, 140)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 590 - Motor Vehicle Fuel, Petroleum Products and Antifreeze › NRS 590.105 - Certain measurement tables to be used in testing petroleum products or motor vehicle fuel.

For the purpose of testing petroleum products or motor vehicle fuel as provided in NRS 590.010 to 590.150, inclusive, the ASTM Petroleum Measurement Tables must be used for gravity and volume conversion and temperature correction of 60°F.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 647; A 1963, 111; 2005, 658; 2021, 143)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 590 - Motor Vehicle Fuel, Petroleum Products and Antifreeze › NRS 590.110 - Breaking, mutilating or destroying seal or covering, defacing or removing notice of sealing unlawful.

It is unlawful for any person other than the State Sealer of Measurement Standards or his or her appointees to break, mutilate or destroy any seal placed on any container, pump, dispenser or storage tank by the State Sealer of Measurement Standards or his or her appointees, or to cover, deface or remove, or attempt to cover, deface or remove, any notice of sealing posted by the State Sealer of Measurement Standards or his or her appointees.
[11:157:1955]—(NRS A 2005, 659; 2013, 2488)