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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 562 - Sheep › NRS 562.210 - State Sheep Inspection Account: Expenditures by Board for encouragement, promotion, advancement and protection of sheep interests.

1. The Board may encourage, promote, advance and protect the sheep interests of the State and may, directly or indirectly, by expenditure or by payment or otherwise to any association formed for any such purposes or objects, pay annually, out of the State Sheep Inspection Account, for any enumerated purposes, not to exceed the equivalent of 50 percent of the levy assessed pursuant to NRS 562.170.
2. The Board is the sole and exclusive judge of the expenditures of all sums directly or by the payment to any association, club or other organization pursuant to this section.
[10a:82:1919; added 1923, 68; A 1949, 458; 1955, 183]—(NRS A 1959, 180; 1963, 21; 1967, 157; 1979, 961; 1991, 1792; 1997, 844; 2015, 3610)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 562 - Sheep › NRS 562.220 - State Sheep Inspection Account: Payment of salaries, compensation and expenses; limitation on payment of administrative expenses.

1. The salaries, compensation and expenses provided for in this chapter must be paid out of the State Sheep Inspection Account.
2. Necessary administrative expenses incurred by the Board in carrying out the provisions of this chapter may be paid from the State Sheep Inspection Account, except that such administrative expenses must not exceed 5 percent of the annual collected tax receipts.
[25:82:1919; A 1945, 81; 1943 NCL § 3896]—(NRS A 1991, 1792; 1997, 844; 2003, 2150)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 562 - Sheep › NRS 562.230 - State Sheep Inspection Account: Payment of vouchers or claims of inspectors; contents of vouchers or claims.

The State Controller shall draw a warrant or check payable out of the State Sheep Inspection Account to any inspector who files proper vouchers or claims, duly approved by the Board, setting forth:
1. The name of the inspector;
2. The kind and nature of service rendered;
3. The particular locality where the work was done;
4. The length of time employed;
5. The number of sheep inspected and the name of the owner or person in charge of the sheep;
6. The disease or diseases treated, and the length of time of the treatment; and
7. The amount claimed for the services.
[16:82:1919; 1919 RL p. 3185; NCL § 3887]—(NRS A 1991, 1792; 1997, 844; 2015, 3610)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 562 - Sheep › NRS 562.250 - General powers of Board concerning sheep industry; powers of and adoption of regulations by State Quarantine Officer concerning diseases of sheep.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Board has exclusive control of all matters pertaining to the sheep industry.
2. The State Quarantine Officer has exclusive authority over matters concerning diseases of sheep and may adopt such regulations as are necessary to carry out the State Quarantine Officer’s duties pursuant to this subsection.
[Part 3:82:1919; A 1945, 81; 1943 NCL § 3873]—(NRS A 2003, 2150)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 562 - Sheep › NRS 562.260 - Division of State into districts.

The Board shall have the power to divide the State into such districts as may be necessary for the enforcement of this chapter, which districts shall be under the supervision of one of the members of the Board.
[Part 3:82:1919; A 1945, 81; 1943 NCL § 3873]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 562 - Sheep › NRS 562.300 - Publication of orders, rules and regulations.

All orders, rules or regulations made by the Board must be published at least twice in some newspaper having a general circulation in the State, which publication shall constitute legal notice of the order, rule or regulation made to all owners of sheep and other persons.
[Part 3:82:1919; A 1945, 81; 1943 NCL § 3873]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 562 - Sheep › NRS 562.310 - Power to subpoena and examine witnesses and administer oaths.

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter each member of the Board, and the Secretary of the Board, is authorized to subpoena and examine witnesses and to administer oaths for the purpose of soliciting information to be used in enforcing the provisions of this chapter, and in the furtherance of the quarantine, sanitary and other regulations.
[Part 26:82:1919; 1919 RL p. 3187; NCL § 3897]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 562 - Sheep › NRS 562.460 - Brand inspection of sheep and issuance of brand inspection clearance certificate; fee.

1. Each inspector shall:
(a) At the request of the owner of sheep, perform a brand inspection of the sheep for brands or marks; and
(b) Upon the completion of such an inspection, issue a brand inspection clearance certificate in accordance with NRS 565.120.
2. The State Department of Agriculture may levy and collect a reasonable fee for brand inspections as authorized under the provisions of this chapter. Any fee so levied must be collected in the manner prescribed by the Director of the Department and deposited into the Livestock Inspection Account.
[Part 8:82:1919; 1919 RL p. 3181; NCL § 3878]—(NRS A 2003, 2150)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 562 - Sheep › NRS 562.470 - Board and inspectors to keep record of inspection; contents.

1. The Board and each inspector must keep a record to be known as the inspection record, in which they must enter their official acts.
2. Such records shall show:
(a) The name of the owner of every flock of sheep inspected.
(b) The time when and the place where the same was inspected.
[Part 6:82:1919; A 1945, 81; 1943 NCL § 3876]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 562 - Sheep › NRS 562.490 - Inspectors’ right of entry for inspection and examination.

Inspectors shall have the right at all times to enter any premises, farms, fields, pens, slaughterhouses, buildings, cars, trucks or railroad cars where any sheep are quartered, for the purpose of examining them to determine whether they are infected with any infectious or contagious disease.
[Part 6:82:1919; A 1945, 81; 1943 NCL § 3876]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 562 - Sheep › NRS 562.520 - Employees of federal Secretary of Agriculture may come within State for purposes connected with exporting diseased sheep and for suppression and extirpation of sheep disease.

The Board is authorized to give its consent that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary’s employees shall come within the State of Nevada for the purposes connected with the exportation of diseased sheep, and for the suppression and extirpation of pleuropneumonia and other contagious and infectious diseases among sheep.
[23:82:1919; 1919 RL p. 3187; NCL § 3894]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 562 - Sheep › NRS 562.530 - Federal and state inspectors may call upon peace officers for assistance; penalty for refusal to comply with orders of officer or inspector.

1. All federal authorities authorized as provided in NRS 562.520, and the various inspectors of this State, shall, subject to the approval of the Board, have the power to call upon any constable, sheriff or other peace officer in any county in this State to assist them in the discharge of their duties in carrying out the provisions of this chapter and c. 60, 23 Stat. 32, approved May 29, 1884 (21 U.S.C. § 114), and such officers shall assist them when so requested.
2. The federal inspectors shall have the same power to enforce the laws of this State as the various inspectors of the State when authorized as provided in NRS 562.520 and when engaged in the discharge of their official duties.
3. Any person, company or corporation refusing to comply with the orders of such officer or federal inspector shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[24:82:1919; 1919 RL p. 3187; NCL § 3895]—(NRS A 1967, 614)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 562 - Sheep › NRS 562.540 - Importation of infected sheep into state unlawful; penalty.

1. It shall be unlawful for any person, company or corporation, or any agent, servant or employee thereof, to bring into this state any sheep infected with scabies or any infectious or contagious disease, or that have in any manner been exposed to such disease.
2. Any person, company or corporation, or any agent, servant or employee thereof, violating the provisions of this section, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided in NRS 562.560.
[13:82:1919; 1919 RL p. 3184; NCL § 3884]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 562 - Sheep › NRS 562.550 - Penalty for refusal to give information to inspector or giving false information.

Any herder or other person in charge of sheep who shall willfully refuse to give an inspector information as to the condition of sheep in the herder or other person’s charge, or shall willfully give false information as to the condition of such sheep, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[Part 20:82:1919; 1919 RL p. 3186; NCL § 3891]—(NRS A 1967, 615)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 562 - Sheep › NRS 562.555 - Sheep in transit through state by railroad; unloading for feed or water; liens; penalty.

1. Any sheep in transit through this state upon any railroad train shall not be unloaded from such train for any purpose except for feeding or water, and shall be held in the feed yards or in grazing grounds that may be provided by the railroad company carrying the sheep, and shall not be allowed to leave the same.
2. All expenses of enforcing the provisions of this section shall be paid by the owner or owners of such sheep, and the same shall become a lien upon such sheep until paid.
3. Any person, company or corporation, or any agent, servant or employee of such, who is guilty of a violation of the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided in NRS 562.560.
[17:82:1919; 1919 RL p. 3185; NCL § 3888]—(Substituted in revision for NRS 562.440)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 562 - Sheep › NRS 562.560 - Penalty for other violations.

Any person, company, corporation or association, or any agent, servant or employee of such, who shall violate or disregard any quarantine provision of this chapter, or any sanitary or quarantine rule, regulation or order of the Board or inspector thereof, or any of the provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[Part 26:82:1919; 1919 RL p. 3187; NCL § 3897]—(NRS A 1967, 615)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock › NRS 563.030 - Qualifications of members.

1. One member of the Board must be a member of the teaching staff of the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources of the University of Nevada, Reno.
2. One member of the Board must be a member of the staff of the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension.
3. One member of the Board must be a secondary agriculture educator nominated by the agriculture education program professional at the Department of Education.
4. One member of the Board must be a member of the Reno Rodeo Association nominated by its President.
5. Four members of the Board must be persons concerned with the raising and improving of livestock in the State of Nevada, not necessarily stock raisers, selected as follows:
(a) Two persons whose interest is in cattle and sheep;
(b) One person whose interest is in general agriculture; and
(c) One person whose interest is in dairying.
6. All members must be residents of the State of Nevada.
[Part 2:239:1945; 1943 NCL § 4041]—(NRS A 1969, 1446; 1975, 170; 1985, 817; 1993, 416; 2005, 1053; 2011, 2572; 2013, 347)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock › NRS 563.070 - Organization of Board; officers; terms of officers.

1. Within 10 days after their appointment, the members of the Board shall qualify as required by the Constitution, and shall meet and organize by the election of one of their number as President, one as Vice President, and one as Secretary-Treasurer.
2. The Board may also, if it deems advisable, appoint a secretary-treasurer, or secretary, or treasurer, not of its number, who shall hold office at the discretion of the Board.
3. The President, Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer (other than the appointive secretary-treasurer) shall hold office for the term of 1 year.
[3:239:1945; 1943 NCL § 4042]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock › NRS 563.080 - General powers and duties of Board.

1. The Board shall have possession and care of all property of the Nevada Junior Livestock Show and the Nevada Youth Livestock and Dairy Show and shall be entrusted with the direction of the entire business and financial affairs of these exhibitions.
2. The Board may:
(a) Appoint employees and define their duties.
(b) Adopt bylaws, rules and regulations for the government of the Nevada Junior Livestock Show Board, the Nevada Junior Livestock Show and the Nevada Youth Livestock and Dairy Show and for all exhibitions of livestock.
(c) Acquire or lease real and personal property, buildings and improvements.
3. The Board shall review:
(a) All uses of the real property leased to Washoe County for use as a fairground; and
(b) Any physical improvements or changes to the facilities at the fairground,
to ensure that the use of the property for purposes related to agriculture and livestock continues to comply with the provisions of the trust relating to the fairground imposed upon the conveyance.
[Part 4:239:1945; 1943 NCL § 4043]—(NRS A 1961, 533; 1975, 170; 2011, 2572; 2013, 348)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock › NRS 563.100 - Exhibitions to be held annually; locations; conditions of entry for persons and animals.

1. The Nevada Junior Livestock Show Board shall each year conduct the Nevada Junior Livestock Show and the Nevada Youth Livestock and Dairy Show at places to be determined by the Board.
2. To enter any exhibition named in subsection 1, a person must:
(a) Be certified by the State 4-H Club Leader or the agriculture education program professional at the Department of Education; and
(b) Be under 19 years of age except that the Board, upon considering the requirements of a specific event involved may allow entry by a person 19 years of age or older who is registered as a regular student in an animal science course under the Nevada System of Higher Education.
3. Entries of animals in any exhibition named in subsection 1 are limited to those owned or controlled according to the requirements of the exhibition.
[Part 4:239:1945; 1943 NCL § 4043]—(NRS A 1961, 472; 1969, 1446; 1975, 171; 1985, 817; 1993, 416; 2011, 2573)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock › NRS 563.110 - Cooperation of Board with farm organizations, livestock associations, counties and cities for exhibitions.

It is proper and lawful for the Nevada Junior Livestock Show Board to cooperate with the farm organizations and livestock associations of the State and the various counties and cities in the exhibitions for which the Board is responsible.
[9:239:1945; A 1951, 304]—(NRS A 1975, 171)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock › NRS 563.120 - Appointment of marshals and police.

The Board may appoint all necessary marshals and police to keep order and preserve peace at the livestock shows and exhibitions that the Board conducts.
[5:239:1945; 1943 NCL § 4044]—(NRS A 1975, 171; 1993, 2540)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock › NRS 563.130 - Dissemination of information; annual report of Board.

The Board shall:
1. Use all suitable means to collect and disseminate information calculated to educate and benefit producers, growers and breeders of livestock within the State of Nevada.
2. On or before February 1 of each year, report to the Governor a full and detailed account of its transactions and a full financial statement of all funds received and disbursed.
[6:239:1945; 1943 NCL § 4045] + [7:239:1945; 1943 NCL § 4046]—(NRS A 1961, 533; 1975, 171)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock › NRS 563.250 - Definitions. [Expires by limitation on December 31 of the first year during which the Governor proclaims that the amount of the fees refunded by the Rangeland Resources Commission pursuant to NRS 563.340 for the immediately preceding calendar year is more than 50 percent of the fees collected by the Commission pursuant to that section for that calendar year.]

As used in NRS 563.250 to 563.380, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 563.260, 563.270 and 563.280 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1676)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock › NRS 563.260 - "Commission" defined. [Expires by limitation on December 31 of the first year during which the Governor proclaims that the amount of the fees refunded by the Rangeland Resources Commission pursuant to NRS 563.340 for the immediately preceding calendar year is more than 50 percent of the fees collected by the Commission pursuant to that section for that calendar year.]

"Commission" means the Rangeland Resources Commission created by NRS 563.290.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1676)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock › NRS 563.270 - "Grazing lands" defined. [Expires by limitation on December 31 of the first year during which the Governor proclaims that the amount of the fees refunded by the Rangeland Resources Commission pursuant to NRS 563.340 for the immediately preceding calendar year is more than 50 percent of the fees collected by the Commission pursuant to that section for that calendar year.]

"Grazing lands" means any public lands in this state:
1. That are managed or controlled by the United States Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management; and
2. Upon which a person herds or grazes cattle or sheep pursuant to a license, lease or permit issued for that purpose by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1676)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock › NRS 563.280 - "State grazing board" defined. [Expires by limitation on December 31 of the first year during which the Governor proclaims that the amount of the fees refunded by the Rangeland Resources Commission pursuant to NRS 563.340 for the immediately preceding calendar year is more than 50 percent of the fees collected by the Commission pursuant to that section for that calendar year.]

"State grazing board" means a state grazing board created by the provisions of NRS 568.040.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1676)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock › NRS 563.290 - Creation; members; officers; terms; vacancies; expenses. [Expires by limitation on December 31 of the first year during which the Governor proclaims that the amount of the fees refunded by the Rangeland Resources Commission pursuant to NRS 563.340 for the immediately preceding calendar year is more than 50 percent of the fees collected by the Commission pursuant to that section for that calendar year.]

1. The Rangeland Resources Commission is hereby created. The Commission consists of:
(a) One member from each state grazing board; and
(b) The president of:
(1) The Nevada Cattlemen’s Association or its successor organization;
(2) The Nevada Woolgrowers’ Association or its successor organization; and
(3) The Nevada Farm Bureau or its successor organization.
Each member specified in this paragraph serves as an ex officio member of the Commission and may designate another person to serve on the member’s behalf.
2. Not less than 30 days before the expiration of the term of a member of the Commission, the state grazing board from which the member was appointed shall submit to the Governor a written list of two persons for appointment to the Commission. A person nominated by a state grazing board must be a member of that board. If such a list is submitted to the Governor by a state grazing board within the period prescribed in this subsection, the Governor shall appoint to the Commission one member from the list. If the list is not submitted to the Governor by a state grazing board within that period, the Governor shall appoint to the Commission one member who is a member of that board.
3. The members of the Commission shall elect a Chair and Vice Chair by a majority vote. After the initial election, the Chair and Vice Chair serve in the office for a term of 1 year beginning on July 1 of each year. If a vacancy occurs in the office of the Chair or Vice Chair, the members of the Commission shall elect a Chair or Vice Chair from among its members to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.
4. After the initial terms, each member of the Commission who is appointed serves for a term of 4 years.
5. A vacancy on the Commission must be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
6. Each member of the Commission:
(a) Serves without compensation; and
(b) While engaged in the business of the Commission, and to the extent that money is available for that purpose from the fees collected pursuant to NRS 563.340, is entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.
7. The per diem allowance and travel expenses of a member of the Commission must be paid from the fees collected pursuant to NRS 563.340.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1676)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock › NRS 563.300 - Meetings; quorum. [Expires by limitation on December 31 of the first year during which the Governor proclaims that the amount of the fees refunded by the Rangeland Resources Commission pursuant to NRS 563.340 for the immediately preceding calendar year is more than 50 percent of the fees collected by the Commission pursuant to that section for that calendar year.]

1. The members of the Commission shall meet at least quarterly and at the times and places specified by a call of the Chair or by a majority of the members of the Commission.
2. A majority of the members of the Commission constitute a quorum, and a quorum may exercise all the powers and duties of the Commission.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1677)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock › NRS 563.310 - General authority. [Expires by limitation on December 31 of the first year during which the Governor proclaims that the amount of the fees refunded by the Rangeland Resources Commission pursuant to NRS 563.340 for the immediately preceding calendar year is more than 50 percent of the fees collected by the Commission pursuant to that section for that calendar year.]

The Commission may:
1. Cooperate with any local, state or federal agency, any local, state or national organization or any representatives of an industry whose duties and powers are the same as or similar to the duties and powers of the Commission;
2. Employ such persons or enter into such contracts as it determines are necessary to assist it in carrying out the provisions of NRS 563.250 to 563.380, inclusive;
3. Grant, donate or expend money:
(a) To construct or maintain a range improvement; or
(b) For any other purpose beneficial to the livestock industry on grazing lands; and
4. Purchase, lease or own any real or personal property.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1677)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock › NRS 563.320 - Authority to research, advertise, make determinations and take action to support and stabilize livestock industry on grazing lands. [Expires by limitation on December 31 of the first year during which the Governor proclaims that the amount of the fees refunded by the Rangeland Resources Commission pursuant to NRS 563.340 for the immediately preceding calendar year is more than 50 percent of the fees collected by the Commission pursuant to that section for that calendar year.]

The Commission may:
1. Conduct research and surveys to determine the opinions and knowledge of the residents of this state concerning the livestock industry on grazing lands;
2. Establish programs to provide information to the residents of this state concerning the livestock industry on grazing lands;
3. Conduct advertising campaigns to promote the livestock industry on grazing lands;
4. Support the responsible control, management or use of grazing lands;
5. Compile information concerning the livestock industry on grazing lands and disseminate that information to each state grazing board;
6. Make determinations concerning the availability of forage on grazing lands; and
7. Take any action it determines is necessary to stabilize the livestock industry on grazing lands.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1677)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock › NRS 563.330 - Authority to apply for and accept gifts, grants, donations and contributions. [Expires by limitation on December 31 of the first year during which the Governor proclaims that the amount of the fees refunded by the Rangeland Resources Commission pursuant to NRS 563.340 for the immediately preceding calendar year is more than 50 percent of the fees collected by the Commission pursuant to that section for that calendar year.]

1. The Commission may apply for or accept any gifts, grants, donations or contributions from any source to assist it in carrying out the provisions of NRS 563.250 to 563.380, inclusive.
2. Any money the Commission receives pursuant to subsection 1 must be deposited in the State Treasury pursuant to the provisions of NRS 563.350.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1678)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock › NRS 563.340 - Fee for grazing animals; refund. [Expires by limitation on December 31 of the first year during which the Governor proclaims that the amount of the fees refunded by the Rangeland Resources Commission pursuant to NRS 563.340 for the immediately preceding calendar year is more than 50 percent of the fees collected by the Commission pursuant to that section for that calendar year.]

1. The Commission shall, not later than January 15 of each year, charge and collect from each person who grazed cattle or sheep on grazing lands during the preceding calendar year a fee of 10 cents for each animal unit month that the person was authorized by the United States Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management to use during the immediately preceding year.
2. A person who pays the fee required by this section may, not earlier than January 15 of each year and not later than February 15 of that year, apply to the Commission for a refund of the fee paid for the immediately preceding year. The application must be submitted on a form prescribed by the Commission. Upon receipt of the request and after determining that the fee has been paid by the person requesting the refund, the Commission shall, within 60 days after making that determination, refund to that person an amount equal to the fee paid by the person.
3. As used in this section, "animal unit month" means the amount of forage required to sustain one cow or its equivalent for 1 month.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1678)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock › NRS 563.350 - Deposit and use of money of Commission. [Expires by limitation on December 31 of the first year during which the Governor proclaims that the amount of the fees refunded by the Rangeland Resources Commission pursuant to NRS 563.340 for the immediately preceding calendar year is more than 50 percent of the fees collected by the Commission pursuant to that section for that calendar year.]

1. Any money the Commission receives pursuant to NRS 563.330 and 563.340:
(a) Must be deposited in the State Treasury and accounted for separately in the State General Fund;
(b) May be used by the Commission only for the costs of carrying out the provisions of NRS 563.250 to 563.380, inclusive; and
(c) Does not revert to the State General Fund at the end of any fiscal year.
2. Any interest or income earned on the money in the account must be credited to the account. Any claims against the account must be paid in the manner that other claims against the State are paid.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1678)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock › NRS 563.360 - Failure to pay fee for grazing animals: Notice to Attorney General or district attorney; penalty. [Expires by limitation on December 31 of the first year during which the Governor proclaims that the amount of the fees refunded by the Rangeland Resources Commission pursuant to NRS 563.340 for the immediately preceding calendar year is more than 50 percent of the fees collected by the Commission pursuant to that section for that calendar year.]

1. If a person fails to pay the fee required by NRS 563.340, the Commission may provide a written notice of that fact to the Attorney General or the district attorney of the county in which the person resides.
2. A person who fails to pay the fee required by NRS 563.340 shall:
(a) For the first violation, pay a civil penalty of not more than $250.
(b) For the second violation, pay a civil penalty of not more than $500.
(c) For the third or subsequent violation, pay a civil penalty of not more than $750.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1678)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock › NRS 563.370 - Financial statement of Commission; annual proclamation by Governor of fees refunded by Commission. [Expires by limitation on December 31 of the first year during which the Governor proclaims that the amount of the fees refunded by the Rangeland Resources Commission pursuant to NRS 563.340 for the immediately preceding calendar year is more than 50 percent of the fees collected by the Commission pursuant to that section for that calendar year.]

1. On or before June 1 of each year, the Commission shall submit to the Director of the Office of Finance a financial statement setting forth:
(a) The assets and obligations of the Commission; and
(b) The amount of the fees, if any:
(1) Collected by the Commission pursuant to the provisions of NRS 563.340 for the immediately preceding calendar year; and
(2) Refunded by the Commission pursuant to that section for that year.
2. On or before July 1 of each year, the Governor shall proclaim the percentage of the fees collected pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 563.340 for the immediately preceding calendar year that were refunded by the Commission pursuant to the provisions of subsection 2 of NRS 563.340. The Director of the Office of Finance shall transmit a copy of the proclamation to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1679)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 563 - Promotion of Livestock › NRS 563.380 - State Department of Agriculture to provide administrative services to Commission. [Expires by limitation on December 31 of the first year during which the Governor proclaims that the amount of the fees refunded by the Rangeland Resources Commission pursuant to NRS 563.340 for the immediately preceding calendar year is more than 50 percent of the fees collected by the Commission pursuant to that section for that calendar year.]

The State Department of Agriculture shall, within the resources available to it, provide administrative services to the Commission to assist the Commission in carrying out the provisions of NRS 563.250 to 563.380, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1679)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks › NRS 564.010 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter:
1. "Animals" means:
(a) All cattle or animals of the bovine species.
(b) All horses, mules, burros and asses or animals of the equine species.
(c) All swine or animals of the porcine species.
(d) All sheep and goats.
(e) Alternative livestock as defined in NRS 501.003.
2. "Department" means the State Department of Agriculture.
3. "Director" means the Director of the Department.
[Part 2:26:1923; NCL § 3791] + [12:26:1923; NCL § 3801]—(NRS A 1961, 534; 1973, 408; 1981, 684; 1993, 433, 1733; 1995, 514; 1999, 3671)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks › NRS 564.020 - Owner may adopt brand or mark; recording; unlawful earmark.

1. Every owner of animals in this State may design and adopt a brand or brands, or brand and mark, or brands and marks, with which to brand or brand and mark his or her animals.
2. It shall be unlawful for any owner of such animals to brand or brand and mark, or cause to be branded or branded and marked, his or her animals with a brand or brand and mark not at the time of legal record as provided in this chapter.
3. It shall be unlawful for any owner of such animals to use an earmark which involves the removal of more than one-half of the ear, measuring from the extreme tip of the ear to the head, or which brings the ear to a point by removing both edges of the ear.
[1:26:1923; NCL § 3790]—(NRS A 1959, 175; 1961, 534)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks › NRS 564.025 - Branding or marking of all animals grazing on open range required; application for temporary use of brand recorded or registered in another state; exception.

1. As used in this section, "open range" means all unenclosed lands outside of cities and towns upon which animals by custom, license, lease or permit are grazed or permitted to roam.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, every owner of animals in this State, who permits his or her animals to graze upon the open range, shall design, adopt and record a brand or a brand and mark and shall brand or brand and mark his or her animals as provided in this chapter.
3. Every owner of animals who brings such animals from another state into this State, if the animals have a recorded or registered brand of that other state, and who permits those animals to graze upon the open range, shall apply to the Department for a temporary use of the brand. The application must state the period for which the animals will remain in this State. The Department may grant a temporary use of the brand for a designated period, which may not exceed the period stated in the application, or require a new brand or a brand and mark as required by this section.
4. This section does not apply to animals that are less than 6 months of age.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 408; A 1993, 1734; 1999, 3671)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks › NRS 564.030 - Powers and duties of Director.

The Director may carry out the provisions of this chapter and, for that purpose, adopt such regulations not inconsistent therewith, and appoint such agents, under his or her direction, as the Director deems necessary therefor. All expenses in connection therewith must be paid from the Livestock Inspection Account, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
[Part 2:26:1923; NCL § 3791]—(NRS A 1961, 534; 1991, 1793; 1993, 1734; 1999, 3671)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks › NRS 564.040 - Application for recording of brand or marks.

1. Any owner of animals in this State desiring to adopt and use thereupon any brand, or brand and mark, or marks, as provided for in this chapter shall, before doing so, forward to the Department an application, on a form approved and provided by the Department for that purpose, for the recording of the brand, or brand and mark or marks, and receive a certificate of recordation as provided in this chapter.
2. The application must:
(a) Include a drawing, exact except as to size, of the brand, together with any earmarks or other marks desired or intended to be used therewith, and the location upon the animal or animals concerned where the brand and earmarks or other marks are desired or intended to be used;
(b) Include a statement of the kinds of animals upon which the brand or brand and mark or marks are used or will be used;
(c) Include a statement of the approximate boundaries of that part of the State within which it is intended to use the brand, brand and mark or marks;
(d) Include the full name and address of the applicant; and
(e) Be accompanied by a fee of $200 for the recording of the brand, or brand and mark, or marks. The fee must not be prorated for any unused portion of the period for which the brand, or brand and mark, or marks are recorded.
3. For the purpose of this chapter, the post office address included in the application must be considered the legal address of the applicant until the Department receives from the applicant, in writing, a notice of the change of the address, the latest address of record with the Department remaining the legal address.
[6:26:1923; A 1945, 225; 1943 NCL § 3795]—(NRS A 1961, 14, 534; 1993, 1734; 1999, 3672; 2021, 1832)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks › NRS 564.050 - One brand to be awarded or recorded for each owner; brands for separate and distinct livestock units; identical or similar brands; applicability; recording of unlawful earmarks prohibited.

1. Only one brand may be awarded or recorded for each owner of animals, except that the owner or owners of separate and distinct livestock units may, under the provisions of this chapter and within the discretion of the Department, record one brand for use in connection with and for each such distinct and separate livestock unit.
2. No brand may be recorded or used which is identical with or, in the opinion of the Department, so similar to any brand previously recorded and remaining of legal record, or any abandoned brand which has not been abandoned for 1 year, as provided in NRS 564.120, that it may cause confusion as to the identity or ownership of animals, or which may be readily used to obliterate or alter any legally recorded brand that is used in the same area in this State.
3. The provisions of this section do not apply to the rerecording of any brand legally recorded on July 1, 1961, and remaining of legal record in this State under the provisions of this chapter insofar as the legal owners of the brand on July 1, 1961, are concerned, until July 1, 1976, or to brands legally transferred as provided for in NRS 564.110.
4. After July 1, 1959, an earmark may not be recorded which violates the provisions of subsection 3 of NRS 564.020.
[7:26:1923; A 1945, 225; 1943 NCL § 3796]—(NRS A 1959, 175; 1961, 535; 1967, 317; 1993, 1735; 1999, 3672)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks › NRS 564.055 - Recording of cattle brands.

1. Brands for cattle shall be recorded for use in only two of the following positions:
(a) The hip on the right-hand side;
(b) The hip on the left-hand side;
(c) The shoulder on the right-hand side;
(d) The shoulder on the left-hand side;
(e) The rib cage on the right-hand side; or
(f) The rib cage on the left-hand side.
2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the use of date brands.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 512; A 1967, 314; 1973, 873)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks › NRS 564.060 - Award of brand upon receipt of application; contents of recording certificate; precedence of applications; refusal or inability of Department to award or record brand.

1. Upon receipt of an application, as set forth in NRS 564.040, the Department shall cause the records of previously recorded brands, remaining of legal record, or not abandoned for more than 1 year as provided in NRS 564.120, to be searched and, if the brand applied for is recordable under the provisions of NRS 564.050, award the brand set forth in the application to the applicant and proceed to record the brand, together with the mark or marks.
2. In the case of any brand awarded after July 1, 1945, the recording certificate issued by the Department must define the area within this State where the brand may be used, and the position on the animal concerned, where it may be applied, and the use of the brand outside that area, or its application to other positions, without the written approval of the Department is unlawful.
3. A brand applied for must not be awarded or recorded until after the lapse of 2 legal business days after the receipt of the application for the brand at the established office of the Department.
4. In all cases where, under the terms of this chapter, the brand or brands and mark or marks applied for cannot legally be awarded by the Department to the applicant, the applicant must promptly be so notified by the Department.
5. Applications for the awarding and recording of brands or brands and marks must take precedence in the chronological order of their receipt at the established office of the Department.
6. The Department may refuse to award or record a brand known to be in use at the time in this State, or in an abutting county of an adjoining state, by a person other than the applicant therefor.
[8:26:1923; A 1945, 225; 1943 NCL § 3797]—(NRS A 1961, 535; 1993, 1735; 1999, 3673)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks › NRS 564.070 - Recording of brands by Department; procedure; certificate to be transmitted to owner; evidentiary effect of certificate.

1. Upon the awarding of a brand or brands as provided in this chapter, the Department shall immediately proceed to record the brand or brands.
2. The recording must consist of the transcribing upon a suitable and permanent record, which is a public record and prima facie evidence of the facts contained in the record, designed and approved by the Department for that purpose, of:
(a) A facsimile, except as to scale, of the brand or brand and mark or marks awarded.
(b) The location upon the animal concerned of the brand or brand and mark or marks as awarded.
(c) The date of application.
(d) The date of award.
(e) The district within which the brand or brands and mark or marks are used or will be used.
(f) The kind of animals upon which the brand or brands and marks are used or will be used.
3. The Department shall promptly cause to be prepared and sent to the person to whom the award is made a certificate containing the same entries as those set forth upon the permanent record of the Department described in subsection 2 and certified to by the Department or its authorized agent. The certificate has the legal status of similar certificates as set forth in NRS 564.090.
[9:26:1923; NCL § 3798]—(NRS A 1961, 536; 1993, 1736; 1999, 3673)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks › NRS 564.075 - Amendment of record of brands and marks; application; form.

1. The owner of a brand or brand and mark or marks whose ownership is recorded by the Department pursuant to NRS 564.070 may apply to the Department to amend the record:
(a) By changing his or her name as it appears in the record if:
(1) The owner’s name is changed by court order pursuant to an adoption, a divorce, an adjudication of paternity, a petition for a change of name or other legal proceeding;
(2) The owner changes his or her name upon marriage;
(3) The owner transfers the ownership of the brand or brand and mark or marks to or from a revocable trust of which the owner is a beneficiary;
(4) The record shows that the brand or brand and mark or marks is owned by joint tenants with the right of survivorship and the owner is the surviving joint tenant;
(5) The owner is a partnership, corporation or other business entity and the change in the name of the owner is the result of a change in the identity or form of the business entity or a transfer of the ownership of the brand, brand and mark or marks to a business entity that has identical common ownership; or
(6) The owner applies on the basis of a comparable event, transaction or other occurrence.
(b) By removing the name of a person who is included in the record in the capacity of a parent or guardian of the owner if the owner was a minor at the time his or her ownership was recorded by the Department and the owner is 18 years of age or older.
2. An application to amend the record pursuant to this section must be:
(a) On a form provided by the Department; and
(b) Accompanied by written proof of the event, transaction or other occurrence that is the basis for the application.
3. If the Department determines that the requested amendment to the record does not affect the ownership of a brand or brand and mark or marks or create confusion concerning its ownership, the Department shall:
(a) Amend the record by changing the name of the owner or removing the name of the parent or guardian of the owner; and
(b) Provide the owner with an amended certificate of recordation.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 904)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks › NRS 564.080 - Fees.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Department may establish and collect reasonable fees for:
1. The processing of applications for new brands or new brands and marks, regardless of whether the new brand or new brand and mark is awarded;
2. The recording of instruments transferring ownership of brands or brands and marks;
3. Certificates of recordation or rerecordation of brands or brands and marks;
4. Amending the record of ownership of brands or brands and marks and furnishing amended certificates of recordation; or
5. The processing and continuing administration of a security agreement, provisional assignment or legal lien relating to a brand or brand and mark or marks of record for purposes of NRS 564.110.
[14:26:1923; NCL § 3803]—(NRS A 1961, 537; 1993, 1736; 1999, 3674; 2003, 1430; 2007, 905; 2021, 1832)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks › NRS 564.090 - Evidentiary effect of certificates of recordation.

All certificates of recordation of brands or brands and marks furnished by the Department under the provisions of this chapter are prima facie evidence of the ownership of all animals of the kind or kinds and bearing the brand or brands and mark or marks specified and as set forth therein, and those certificates must be taken as evidence of that ownership in all suits of law or in equity, or in any criminal proceedings, if the title to animals in this State is involved or proper to be proved.
[10:26:1923; A 1923, 316; NCL § 3799]—(NRS A 1961, 537; 1993, 1736; 1999, 3674)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks › NRS 564.100 - Legal status of certificates of rerecordation issued pursuant to 1923 law.

Certificates of rerecordation furnished to the legal owners of brands and marks pursuant to the provisions of section 4 of chapter 26, Statutes of Nevada 1923, shall have the legal status of brand certificates as set forth in NRS 564.090.
[Part 4:26:1923; NCL § 3793]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks › NRS 564.115 - Transfer of brands and marks upon death of owner.

1. Upon the death of the owner of a brand or brand and mark or marks, the personal representative of the deceased owner, or any other person with the legal authority to act on behalf of the deceased owner, may execute any written instrument and perform any other act required by the Department to transfer the ownership of the brand or brand and mark or marks.
2. A person who wishes to act on behalf of a deceased owner pursuant to this section must provide the Department with written proof of the person’s legal authority to act on behalf of the deceased owner.
3. As used in this section, "personal representative" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 132.265.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 905)