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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.063 - Submission of certain information regarding holder of license or permit to Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of Department of Health and Human Services. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

The Department shall, upon request of the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services, submit to the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services the name, address and social security number of each person who holds a license or permit to hunt, fish or trap, or a license to practice commercial taxidermy, and any pertinent changes in that information.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2085; A 2003, 1532; 2019, 390)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.066 - Issuance of apprentice hunting license; fee.

1. The Department shall issue an apprentice hunting license to a person who:
(a) Is 12 years of age or older;
(b) Has not previously been issued a hunting license by the Department, another state, an agency of a Canadian province or an agency of any other foreign country, including, without limitation, an apprentice hunting license; and
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, is otherwise qualified to obtain a hunting license in this State.
2. The Department shall charge and collect a fee in the amount of $15 for the issuance of an apprentice hunting license.
3. An apprentice hunting license authorizes the apprentice hunter to hunt in this State as provided in this section.
4. It is unlawful for an apprentice hunter to hunt in this State unless a mentor hunter accompanies and directly supervises the apprentice hunter at all times during a hunt. During the hunt, the mentor hunter shall ensure that:
(a) The apprentice hunter safely handles and operates the firearm or weapon used by the apprentice hunter; and
(b) The apprentice hunter complies with all applicable laws and regulations concerning hunting and the use of firearms.
5. A person is not required to complete a course of instruction in the responsibilities of hunters as provided in NRS 502.340 to obtain an apprentice hunting license.
6. The issuance of an apprentice hunting license does not:
(a) Authorize the apprentice hunter to obtain any other hunting license;
(b) Authorize the apprentice hunter to hunt any animal for which a tag is required pursuant to NRS 502.130 unless he or she participates in a program established pursuant to NRS 502.104; or
(c) Exempt the apprentice hunter from any requirement of this title.
7. The Commission may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
8. As used in this section:
(a) "Accompanies and directly supervises" means maintains close visual and verbal contact with, provides adequate direction to and maintains the ability readily to assume control of any firearm or weapon from an apprentice hunter.
(b) "Apprentice hunter" means a person who obtains an apprentice hunting license pursuant to this section.
(c) "Mentor hunter" means a person 18 years of age or older who holds a hunting license issued in this State and who accompanies and directly supervises an apprentice hunter. The term does not include a person who holds an apprentice hunting license pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 2057; A 2009, 2647; 2017, 3630; 2021, 472)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.070 - Issuance of licenses and tags to members of Armed Forces assigned to permanent duty in Nevada and their dependents.

1. The Department shall issue to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States who has been assigned to permanent duty, as opposed to temporary or casual duty, within the State of Nevada all necessary hunting or fishing licenses, tags or permits for fishing, hunting or trapping in the State of Nevada. A like privilege must be extended to spouses and dependents, under the age of 21, of such members of the Armed Forces. All such licenses, tags or permits must be issued on the same terms and conditions and at the same costs as licenses, tags or permits are issued to Nevada residents, except that the 6 months’ residence requirement must be waived.
2. The issuance of all such licenses, tags and permits must be made by application upon a form provided for that purpose by the Department. The application must include such proof of assignment to permanent duty within the State of Nevada as may be deemed necessary by the Department to determine whether or not an applicant is actually so assigned.
[1:207:1955] + [2:207:1955] + [3:207:1955]—(NRS A 1957, 703; 1969, 1352; 1973, 670; 1993, 1662; 2003, 1532)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.072 - Issuance of licenses to certain veterans with disabilities.

The Department shall issue any license authorized under the provisions of this chapter, upon payment of the applicable fee pursuant to NRS 502.240 and satisfactory proof, subject to the provisions of NRS 417.0187, of the requisite facts to any bona fide resident of the State of Nevada who has incurred a service-connected disability which is considered to be 50 percent or more by the Department of Veterans Affairs and has received upon severance from service an honorable discharge or certificate of satisfactory service from the Armed Forces of the United States.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1176; A 1979, 677; 1993, 1663; 1995, 1092; 2003, 1532; 2017, 1136, 3631)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.075 - Issuance of hunting licenses to persons who are blind.

The Department shall issue to a person who is blind, as defined in subsection 6 of NRS 361.085, a hunting license which:
1. Authorizes a person selected by the person who is blind to hunt on his or her behalf if:
(a) The person selected is a resident of the State of Nevada and possesses a valid Nevada hunting license; and
(b) The person who is blind is in the company of or in the immediate area of the person selected.
2. Is issued pursuant and subject to regulations prescribed by the Commission.
3. Contains the word "Blind" printed on the face of the license.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 25; A 1969, 1353; 1979, 34; 1993, 1663; 1995, 1930; 2003, 1532, 2791; 2005, 2670)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.090 - License authorizes hunting, fishing or trapping during specified period of open season; date of expiration.

1. Each license issued as provided in this chapter is valid, and authorizes the person to whom it is issued to hunt, to fish or to trap during open seasons only during the period specified on the license.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 of NRS 502.015 and unless suspended or revoked, each fishing license, hunting license and combined hunting and fishing license is valid for 1 year beginning on the date the license is purchased as specified on the license.
[Part 53:101:1947; 1943 NCL § 3035.53]—(NRS A 1969, 1353; 1977, 1090; 1981, 357; 1993, 68; 2001, 975; 2017, 3631)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.100 - Licenses nontransferable; forfeiture of license.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 502.102, 502.103 and 502.104:
1. No license provided by this title shall be transferable or used by any person other than the person to whom it was issued.
2. Every person lawfully having such licenses who transfers or disposes of the same to another person to be used as a hunting, trapping or fishing license shall forfeit the same.
[Part 54:101:1947; A 1955, 242] + [Part 55:101:1947; A 1955, 86]—(Added to NRS by 2019, 2657; A 2021, 473; 2023, 2728)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.102 - Authority for Commission to establish program for transfer of tag to hunt big game mammals to person who is under 18 years of age.

The Commission may adopt regulations establishing a program which authorizes a person to transfer his or her tag to hunt a big game mammal to any person who is under 18 years of age.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 2728)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.103 - Authority for Commission to establish program for transfer, deferral or return of tag to hunt big game mammals if extenuating circumstances apply.

1. The Commission may adopt regulations establishing:
(a) Conditions or events which are extenuating circumstances;
(b) A process through which a big game hunter who claims an extenuating circumstance may provide documentation to the Department which shows that his or her condition or event qualifies as an extenuating circumstance;
(c) A program through which a big game hunter who has proven that he or she qualifies for an extenuating circumstance pursuant to paragraph (b) may:
(1) Transfer his or her tag to another person who is otherwise eligible to hunt a big game mammal in this State;
(2) Defer his or her use of the tag to the next applicable open season; or
(3) Return his or her tag to the Department for restoration by the Department of any bonus points that he or she used to obtain the tag that is being returned; and
(d) A process through which a family member of a deceased big game hunter may provide documentation to the Department of the death of the big game hunter and transfer the tag of the deceased big game hunter to another person who is otherwise eligible to hunt a big game mammal in this State.
2. If a big game hunter transfers his or her tag to another person pursuant to subparagraph (1) of paragraph (c) of subsection 1, the big game hunter may not charge a fee or receive any compensation for such a transfer.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Big game hunter" means a person who holds a tag.
(b) "Extenuating circumstance" means any injury, illness or other condition or event, as determined by the Commission, of a big game hunter or a family member of a big game hunter that causes the big game hunter to be unable to use his or her tag. The term includes, without limitation, the death of the big game hunter.
(c) "Family member" means:
(1) A spouse of the big game hunter;
(2) A person who is related to the big game hunter within the first degree of consanguinity; or
(3) A stepchild of the big game hunter.
(d) "Tag" means a tag to hunt a big game mammal in this State.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2657; A 2021, 473)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.104 - Authority for Commission to establish program for transfer of tag to hunt big game mammals to eligible qualified organizations for use by certain persons.

1. The Commission may adopt regulations establishing a program which authorizes a person to transfer his or her tag to hunt a big game mammal to an eligible qualified organization for use by a person who:
(a) Has a disability or life-threatening medical condition; or
(b) Is 16 years of age or younger and who is otherwise eligible to hunt in this State.
2. Any regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must include, without limitation, provisions setting forth the manner in which a qualified organization may apply for eligibility to participate in the program and allow a person to use a tag to hunt a big game mammal pursuant to subsection 1.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Disability" means a permanent physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities and requires the assistance of another person or a mechanical device for physical mobility.
(b) "Qualified organization" means a nonprofit organization that demonstrates to the Commission in its application to participate in the program established pursuant to subsection 1 that it is recognized as exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) and:
(1) Provides opportunities to engage in various experiences to a person, regardless of age, who has a disability or life-threatening medical condition; or
(2) Provides opportunities to engage in various experiences to a person who is 16 years of age or younger, with a preference for a person:
(I) With a disability or life-threatening medical condition; or
(II) Whose household income is not more than 150 percent of the federally designated level signifying poverty.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 471)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.105 - Alteration, erasure or defacement of license unlawful.

It is unlawful for any person to alter, erase or deface any license after purchase and issuance. The legal validation of big game tags or other tags shall not be considered as an alteration, erasure or defacement.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 536)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.110 - Issuance of duplicate license to replace unexpired license that has been lost, stolen or destroyed: Regulations and fees.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, no more than one license of each class may be issued to any one person during each licensing period.
2. The Commission shall adopt regulations providing for the issuance of a duplicate license to replace an unexpired license that has been lost, stolen or destroyed. The regulations must specify a fee, which must not exceed $10, for the issuance of a duplicate license. A duplicate license has the same effect, and is subject to the same conditions and restrictions, as the license it replaces.
[Part 54:101:1947; A 1955, 242]—(NRS A 1959, 89; 1967, 164; 1971, 1539; 1973, 671; 1977, 1091; 1993, 67, 1664; 1995, 579, 1930; 2001, 975)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.115 - Suspension of license or permit for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license or permit. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. If the Department receives:
(a) A copy of a court order issued pursuant to NRS 425.540 that provides for the suspension of all professional, occupational and recreational licenses, certificates and permits issued to a person who is the holder of a license to practice commercial taxidermy; or
(b) A report made pursuant to NRS 425.510 that provides for the suspension of all licenses and permits to hunt, fish or trap,
the Department shall deem the license or permit issued to that person to be suspended at the end of the 30th day after the date on which the court order was issued or the report was received, as applicable, unless the Department receives a notice or letter issued by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.510 or 425.550, as applicable, stating that the holder of the license or permit has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560.
2. The Department shall reinstate a license or permit to hunt, fish or trap or a license to practice commercial taxidermy that has been suspended in connection with a report pursuant to NRS 425.510 or by a district court pursuant to NRS 425.540, as applicable, if the Department receives a notice or letter issued by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.510 or 425.550, as applicable, stating that the person whose permit or license was suspended has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2085; A 2003, 1533; 2019, 391)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.118 - Revocation of license of child to hunt, fish or trap upon receipt of order from juvenile court.

Upon receipt of a copy of an order of the juvenile court, entered pursuant to NRS 62E.660 or 62E.685, to revoke the license of a child to hunt, fish or trap, the Department shall revoke the license. The revocation of the license shall be deemed effective as of the date of the order. The Department shall retain the copy of the order.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1158; A 2003, 1158, 1529; 2011, 601)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.120 - Penalty for refusal to exhibit license, permit, wildlife or equipment on demand; penalty for failure to have license or permit in possession.

1. Each person required to have a license or permit as provided in this title who, while engaged in any activity regulated by this title, refuses to exhibit the license or permit, any wildlife which the person may have in his or her possession, or any weapon, ammunition, device or apparatus in his or her possession which may be used for any activity regulated by this title, upon the demand of any officer authorized to enforce the fish and game laws of this State, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. Each person required to have a license or permit as provided in this chapter who, while engaged in any activity regulated by this title, fails to have the license or permit in his or her possession is guilty of a misdemeanor. A person charged with violating this subsection may not be convicted if the person produces in court a license or permit previously issued to the person and valid at the time of his or her arrest.
[Part 55:101:1947; A 1955, 86]—(NRS A 1969, 1354; 1981, 543; 1991, 262; 2005, 1311)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.130 - Tags, permits and seals required to hunt, trap, fish for or possess designated wildlife.

1. In addition to the regular hunting licenses and trapping licenses provided for in this chapter, additional licenses, to be known as tags, are required to hunt any deer, elk, antelope, bighorn sheep, bear, moose, mountain lion or mountain goat.
2. Whenever it is determined by the Commission that it is necessary for correct management:
(a) Tags also may be required to hunt, trap or fish for any other species of wildlife. The Commission may limit the number of tags to be used in a management area.
(b) Permits and seals may be required to hunt, trap, fish or to possess any species of wildlife.
3. The Commission shall set the fee for all permits and seals issued pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2.
[Part 86:101:1947; A 1949, 292; 1951, 494; 1955, 242]—(NRS A 1969, 1354; 1981, 543; 2003, 2542; 2017, 3631)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.140 - Tags used as method of enforcing limits; powers of Commission; unlawful acts.

1. Tags may be used as a method of enforcing a limit of the number of any species which may be taken by any one person in any one season or year, and may be issued in such a manner that only a certain number may be used in any one management area, or that one tag may be used in several management areas, as designated by the Commission.
2. The Commission shall designate the number of tags for any species which may be obtained by any one person, and it is unlawful for any person to obtain tags for the person’s use in excess of this number. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 502.145 and the regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to subsection 9 of NRS 501.181, it is unlawful for any person to use or possess tags issued to any other person, or to transfer or give tags issued to him or her to any other person.
[Part 86:101:1947; A 1949, 292; 1951, 494; 1955, 242]—(NRS A 1971, 1539; 1981, 607; 1991, 2156; 1995, 54; 2015, 973)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.143 - Establishment of program for issuance of special incentive deer tags.

1. The Commission may adopt regulations establishing a program pursuant to which the Department may issue special incentive deer tags to owners, lessees and managers of private land in this State for use on the private land of such owners, lessees or managers.
2. The regulations must:
(a) Require that the owner, lessee or manager who is lawfully in control of private land must, before the owner, lessee or manager is issued a special incentive deer tag:
(1) Allow the hunting and viewing of wildlife on his or her land by the general public; or
(2) Enter into a cooperative agreement with the Department to improve deer or other wildlife habitat on his or her land.
(b) Allow the owner, lessee or manager to sell any special incentive deer tag that the owner, lessee or manager is issued pursuant to the program.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1380; A 2003, 1535)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.145 - Issuance of deer or antelope tags as compensation for damage to private property.

1. An owner, lessee or manager of private land in this State may apply to the Department for the issuance to him or her of one or more deer or antelope tags as provided in this section. The tags must be issued as compensation for damage caused by deer or antelope to the private land or to any improvements thereon.
2. An application made pursuant to this section must:
(a) Be made in the form prescribed by the Department;
(b) Establish to the satisfaction of the Department that the applicant has sustained damage of the kind described in subsection 1; and
(c) Be accompanied by the fee charged for the tags pursuant to NRS 502.250 and any fee charged for administrative costs.
3. The Department shall review the application, may conduct any investigation it deems appropriate and, if it approves the application, shall issue to the applicant not more than one tag for each 50 animals present on the private land owned, leased or managed by the applicant. Both deer and antelope tags may be issued to an applicant.
4. A tag issued as compensation for damage pursuant to this section:
(a) May be used by the owner, lessee or manager of the private land if the owner, lessee or manager holds a valid Nevada hunting license, or may be sold by that person to any holder of a valid Nevada hunting license at any price mutually agreed upon;
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (2) of paragraph (c), must be used on the private land or in the unit or units within the management area or areas in which the private land is located; and
(c) May only be used during:
(1) The open season for the species for which the tag is issued; or
(2) A season prescribed by regulation of the Commission for the use of such tags only on the private land.
5. As a condition of receiving a tag from the Department pursuant to this section, an owner, lessee or manager who is lawfully in control of private land that blocks access to adjacent public land must provide access to the public land during the hunting season to a person or hunting party with a tag for the purpose of hunting on the public land.
6. Insofar as they are consistent with this section, the provisions of this title and of the regulations adopted by the Commission apply to the issuance and use of tags pursuant to this section. The Commission:
(a) Shall by regulation establish the maximum number of tags which may be issued annually by the Department pursuant to this section, which must not exceed 2.5 percent of the total number of deer and antelope tags which are authorized for issuance annually throughout the State; and
(b) May adopt any other regulations it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2155; A 1993, 1190, 1664; 1995, 53, 54, 555; 2001, 1070; 2003, 1535, 2543; 2013, 1628; 2017, 3632)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.146 - Restricted nonresident deer tags: Definitions.

As used in NRS 502.146 to 502.149, inclusive:
1. "Restricted nonresident deer hunt" means a deer hunt in which a restricted nonresident deer hunter hunts with a licensed master guide or licensed subguide.
2. "Restricted nonresident deer hunter" means a person who is not a resident of this State and is issued a restricted nonresident deer tag.
3. "Restricted nonresident deer tag" means a tag which is issued to a nonresident for a restricted nonresident deer hunt.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 427)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.147 - Restricted nonresident deer tags: Issuance.

1. The Department shall make available restricted nonresident deer tags in an amount not to exceed the amount set forth in this section. If the number of persons who apply for restricted nonresident deer tags is greater than the number of tags to be issued, the Department shall conduct a drawing to determine the persons to whom to issue the tags.
2. The number of restricted nonresident deer tags must:
(a) Be subtracted from the quota of rifle deer tags for nonresidents; and
(b) Not exceed 16 percent of the deer tags issued to nonresidents during the previous year or 400 tags, whichever is greater.
3. The number of restricted nonresident deer tags issued for any management area or unit must not exceed 37.5 percent, rounded to the nearest whole number, of the rifle deer tags issued to nonresidents during the previous year for that management area or unit.
4. The Department shall provide the tags to the successful applicants by mail or electronically, if the applicant elects to receive the tag in an electronic form.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 427; A 1995, 513, 1924; 2003, 1536; 2021, 1757)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.148 - Restricted nonresident deer tags: Application; fees; eligibility for other tags.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, any person who wishes to apply for a restricted nonresident deer tag pursuant to NRS 502.147 must complete an application on a form prescribed and furnished by the Department. A licensed master guide may complete the application for an applicant. The application must be signed by the applicant and the master guide who will be responsible for conducting the restricted nonresident deer hunt.
2. The application must be accompanied by a fee for the tag of $300, plus any other fees which the Department may require. The Commission shall establish the time limits and acceptable methods for submitting such applications to the Department.
3. Any application for a restricted nonresident deer tag which contains an error or omission must be rejected and the fee for the tag returned to the applicant.
4. A person who is issued a restricted nonresident deer tag is not eligible to apply for any other deer tag issued in this State for the same hunting season as that restricted nonresident deer hunt.
5. All fees collected pursuant to this section must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Wildlife Account in the State General Fund.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 428; A 1995, 513, 1925; 2003, 1536; 2011, 3150; 2015, 96)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.149 - Restricted nonresident deer tags: Guide to accompany hunter during hunt.

A restricted nonresident deer hunter must be accompanied at all times during the restricted nonresident deer hunt by the licensed master guide who cosigned the application or one of the master guide’s licensed subguides.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 428)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.150 - Unlawful possession of wildlife without attached or validated tag; unlawful removal of tag.

1. Whenever tags are required for any species of wildlife, it is unlawful to have any of that species in possession without the correct tag. Before transporting any species of wildlife, or parts thereof, for which a tag is required, the holder of:
(a) A paper tag must attach the tag to the animal; or
(b) An electronic tag must validate the tag in accordance with the regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 502.160.
Possession of any species of wildlife, or parts thereof, for which a tag is required without an attached or validated tag, as applicable, is prima facie evidence that the game is illegally taken and possessed.
2. It is unlawful to remove any tag from any wildlife for reuse or to be in possession of excess tags or used tags.
3. Whenever tags are required for any species of fur-bearing mammal, possession of a pelt of that species without the tag attached thereto or validated, as applicable, is prima facie evidence that such pelt is illegally taken and possessed.
[Part 86:101:1947; A 1949, 292; 1951, 494; 1955, 242]—(NRS A 1969, 1354; 1991, 263; 2021, 1757)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.160 - Form of tags; regulations concerning tags.

1. The Department shall designate the electronic and paper forms of the tag, requiring such numbering or other manner of identification as is necessary to designate the name or hunting license number of the person to whom it is issued. Each tag must show the game for which it may be used, the year and, whenever necessary, the management area in which it may be used.
2. The Commission may adopt any regulations necessary relative to the manner of qualifying and applying for, using, completing, attaching, filling out, punching, inspecting, validating or reporting such tags. It is unlawful for any person to fail to abide by any such regulation.
[Part 86:101:1947; A 1949, 292; 1951, 494; 1955, 242]—(NRS A 1969, 1354; 1971, 1539; 1991, 1573; 1993, 1665; 2003, 1537; 2021, 1757)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.175 - Drawings to award and issue tags or permits: Contract with private entity; procedure; regulations.

1. The Department shall contract with a private entity to conduct a drawing and to award and issue the tags or permits as established by the Commission. The drawing must be conducted using a computer program that awards tags or permits based on a random order of selection. The contract must provide for the acquisition by the Department of the ownership of the computer program at the end of the term of the contract. The Department shall solicit bids for the contract pursuant to the provisions of chapter 333 of NRS.
2. The Department shall:
(a) Provide to the private entity to whom a contract is awarded pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 any applications for tags, permits, documents or other information required by the private entity to conduct the drawing; and
(b) Otherwise cooperate with the private entity in conducting the drawing.
3. As soon as practicable after the drawing is completed, the private entity shall submit the results of the drawing to the Department.
4. If no private entity qualifies for the awarding of the contract specified in subsection 1, the Department shall conduct a drawing to award tags or permits in the manner set forth in the regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to the provisions of subsection 5.
5. The Commission shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, including regulations that prescribe the manner in which the Department shall conduct a drawing specified in subsection 1 if no private entity qualifies for the awarding of the contract.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1662; A 2003, 1537, 2544)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.190 - Limitations on number of tags; scope of management area; responsibilities of Commission.

1. Tags for hunting wildlife may be limited to a certain number in any management area, which management area may include all of any county, any portion of any county or any continuous area in adjacent counties.
2. Whenever a limit is placed upon the number of tags available to hunters in any management area, the Commission shall determine the manner in which the tags are issued, whether by lot or by sale to first applicants, the manner of application, the manner of delivering the tags and other necessary matters.
3. Whenever applications, money or tags and licenses are entrusted to the mails, the Commission is not responsible for loss or delay in the mails.
[Part 86:101:1947; A 1949, 292; 1951, 494; 1955, 242]—(NRS A 1971, 1539; 1981, 608; 1991, 1573; 2003, 2544)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.200 - Unlawful obtainment or use of tag or permit by hunter.

Except as otherwise authorized pursuant to regulations adopted by the Commission, it is unlawful for any hunter:
1. To obtain tags or permits for more than one management area.
2. To use tags in any management area or at any time other than at the time and place intended.
[Part 86:101:1947; A 1949, 292; 1951, 494; 1955, 242]—(NRS A 1971, 1539; 1979, 900; 2003, 2544)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.210 - Conditions for issuance of duplicate tags.

1. A duplicate tag may not be issued except as follows:
(a) Upon receiving an affidavit of an applicant that a tag previously issued has been lost, stolen or destroyed and upon payment of a fee of $10, the Department shall issue a duplicate tag to the applicant.
(b) Upon receiving an affidavit of an applicant that the applicant has not received the tag for which the applicant applied and paid the required fee, the Department may issue a duplicate tag to the applicant upon payment of a fee of $10.
2. The provisions of this section do not affect the issuance of a replacement tag pursuant to NRS 502.215.
[Part 86:101:1947; A 1949, 292; 1951, 494; 1955, 242]—(NRS A 1969, 1355; 1987, 1450; 1991, 1573; 1993, 440, 1665; 1995, 579; 2003, 1537, 2544)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.215 - Carcasses of certain diseased game: Placement or validation of tags; inspection and disposition of carcass; issuance and use of replacement tags; regulations.

1. If any person who possesses a tag to hunt a big game mammal kills an animal that is believed to be diseased and unfit for human consumption, the person shall place his or her tag on the carcass or validate the tag in accordance with NRS 502.150 and any regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 502.160 and provide the whole carcass for inspection by an authorized representative of the Department or, at the person’s own expense, by a veterinarian licensed to practice in Nevada. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the holder of the tag who provides the carcass for such an inspection is entitled, if the carcass is diseased and unfit for human consumption, to receive at no charge another tag as a replacement for the carcass determined to be diseased and unfit for consumption. The holder shall choose whether the replacement tag is to be issued for the current hunting season or for the next similar season in the following year. If the holder chooses to retain the head, antlers, carcass, horns or hide of the animal, and the authorized representative of the Department approves the retention, the holder shall be deemed to waive any claim the holder may have had for the issuance of a replacement tag.
2. A replacement tag issued pursuant to subsection 1 for the current hunting season is valid for:
(a) The entire remaining portion of the season for which the original tag was issued; or
(b) If the original tag was issued for a period of a split season, the entire remaining portion of the period for which the original tag was issued or the entire following period, if any.
3. A replacement tag issued pursuant to subsection 1 must be:
(a) Issued for the same unit for which the original tag was issued.
(b) Used in the same manner as or pursuant to the same conditions or restrictions applicable to the original tag.
4. The Commission shall adopt by regulation:
(a) A procedure for the inspection and verification of the condition of such a carcass;
(b) Requirements for the disposal of such a carcass if it is determined to be diseased and unfit for human consumption;
(c) Requirements for the disposition of the hide and the antlers or horns of the animal; and
(d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a procedure for the issuance of a replacement tag pursuant to this section.
5. For the purposes of this section, "split season" means a season which is divided into two or more periods.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 440; A 1995, 153, 649; 2003, 1538; 2021, 1758)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.222 - Dream Tags: Voluntary donation of money by purchasing resource enhancement stamps; fee and form for stamps.

1. Any person may voluntarily donate money to the Wildlife Account in the State General Fund by purchasing a resource enhancement stamp.
2. Resource enhancement stamps must be sold for a fee of $10 each by the Department and by persons authorized by the Department to sell the stamps. All money received by the Department for resource enhancement stamps pursuant to this section must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Wildlife Account in the State General Fund.
3. The Department shall determine the form of the stamps.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 2059; A 2009, 2650; 2011, 3151; 2015, 97; 2019, 761)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.225 - Dream Tags: Advisory Board on Dream Tags; membership; duties.

1. There is hereby created the Advisory Board on Dream Tags, consisting of the following five members:
(a) One member appointed by the Governor;
(b) One member appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate;
(c) One member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly;
(d) One member appointed by the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; and
(e) The Vice Chair of the Commission, who serves as an ex officio member of the Board.
2. Each appointed member of the Board must be a resident of this State and, following the initial terms, serves a term of 2 years.
3. At its first meeting each year, the members of the Board shall elect a Chair, who shall serve until the next Chair is elected. The Board shall meet as necessary at the call of the Chair.
4. A majority of the members of the Board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business, and a majority of those members present at any meeting is sufficient for any official action taken by the Board.
5. While engaged in the business of the Board, to the extent of legislative appropriation, each member of the Board is entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.
6. To the extent of legislative appropriation, the Department shall provide the Board with such staff as is necessary to carry out the duties of the Board.
7. The Board shall, in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (c) of subsection 3 of NRS 502.219, determine the appropriate use of money received by a nonprofit organization from the proceeds of a Dream Tag raffle.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 2059; A 2009, 2650; 2011, 2479)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.242 - Wildlife habitat rehabilitation, restoration and monitoring: Deposit of percentage of fees for licenses and permits in Wildlife Account.

1. On or before August 30 of each year, an amount of money which is equal to 5.25 percent of the fees charged and collected during the immediately preceding fiscal year for hunting, trapping, fishing or combination hunting and fishing licenses or limited permits pursuant to NRS 502.240 must be accounted for separately, deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Wildlife Account and, except as otherwise provided in this subsection and NRS 502.294 and 502.310, used by the Department for the purposes of wildlife habitat rehabilitation and restoration. Each year, not more than 18 percent of the money credited to the Wildlife Account from any revenue received pursuant to this subsection may be used to monitor wildlife and its habitat for those purposes.
2. The money in the Wildlife Account credited pursuant to this section remains in the Account and does not revert to the State General Fund at the end of any fiscal year.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2540; A 2011, 2878, 3152; 2015, 98; 2017, 3635)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.253 - Additional fee for processing application for game tag; use of money collected.

1. In addition to any fee charged and collected pursuant to NRS 502.250, a fee of $3 must be charged for processing each application for a game tag, the revenue from which must be accounted for separately, deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Wildlife Account in the State General Fund and used by the Department, at the direction of the applicant, for costs related to:
(a) Developing and implementing an annual program for the lethal removal of predatory wildlife; or
(b) Developing and implementing an annual program for the improvement of wildlife habitat and research or management activities beneficial to nonpredatory game species.
2. The Department of Wildlife is hereby authorized to expend a portion of the money collected pursuant to subsection 1 to enable the State Department of Agriculture to develop and carry out the programs described in subsection 1.
3. Any program developed or wildlife management activity or research conducted pursuant to this section must be developed or conducted under the guidance of the Commission in accordance with the provisions of subsection 4 and the policies adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 501.181.
4. The Department, in adopting any program for the lethal removal of predatory wildlife developed pursuant to this section, shall first consider the recommendations of the Commission and the State Predatory Animal and Rodent Committee created by NRS 567.020.
5. The money in the Wildlife Account credited pursuant to this section remains in the Account and does not revert to the State General Fund at the end of any fiscal year.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1213; A 2003, 1541; 2009, 464; 2011, 3153; 2015, 99, 958; 2023, 1090)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.255 - Disposition of fees for processing applications for tags.

The Department shall account separately for the money received from fees for processing applications for tags and, except as otherwise provided in NRS 502.253, use that money only for the Department’s direct and indirect costs associated with:
1. The system of applications and drawings for tags;
2. The Department’s automated program for licensing and registration and titling of vessels; and
3. The issuance of licenses, permits and tags.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1571; A 1993, 1668; 2001, 1214; 2003, 1542; 2010, 26th Special Session, 91)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.290 - Residents of Nevada in Armed Forces not stationed in Nevada: Issuance of specialty combination fishing and hunting license; proof of eligibility; penalty for giving false information.

1. The Commission is authorized to issue to those persons serving in the Armed Forces of the United States who are bona fide residents of the State of Nevada a specialty combination fishing and hunting license, provided those persons requesting the licenses are at the time on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States and are not stationed in the State of Nevada.
2. The Commission may require whatever proof it deems necessary to determine whether such persons come within the provisions of this section.
3. Any person who is guilty of giving false information to obtain a license as provided in this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1:186:1951] + [2:186:1951] + [3:186:1951]—(NRS A 1967, 598; 1969, 1150; 1985, 1707; 2017, 3636)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.294 - Projects for protection and propagation of upland game birds: Deposit of percentage of fees for licenses and permits; accounting records; reimbursement of administrative costs.

On or before August 30 of each year, an amount of money which is equal to 3.5 percent of the fees charged and collected during the immediately preceding fiscal year for hunting, fishing or combination hunting and fishing licenses or limited permits pursuant to NRS 502.240 must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Wildlife Account in the State General Fund. The Department shall maintain separate accounting records for the receipt and expenditure of that money. An amount not to exceed 10 percent of that money may be used to reimburse the Department for the cost of administering any project approved pursuant to NRS 502.296. This amount is in addition to compensation allowed persons authorized to issue and sell licenses.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2540; A 2011, 3154; 2015, 100; 2017, 3637)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.296 - Projects for protection and propagation of upland game birds: Use of money deposited from certain fees.

1. Before the Department may undertake any project using money deposited pursuant to NRS 502.294, it must analyze the project and provide the Commission with recommendations as to the need for the project and its feasibility.
2. Money deposited pursuant to NRS 502.294 must be used for projects approved by the Commission for the protection and propagation of upland game birds and for the acquisition, development and preservation of the habitats of upland game birds in this State.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2540; A 2017, 3637)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.298 - Projects for protection and propagation of upland game birds: Posting reports summarizing projects.

The Department shall, not later than February 1 of each odd-numbered year, post on the Internet website maintained by the Department a report summarizing any projects undertaken pursuant to NRS 502.296, including, without limitation, the receipt and expenditure of money and public benefits achieved by those projects.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2540; A 2017, 716, 3637)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.310 - Projects for waterfowl: Deposit of percentage of fees for licenses and permits; accounting records; reimbursement of administrative costs.

On or before August 30 of each year, an amount of money which is equal to 1 percent of the fees charged and collected during the immediately preceding fiscal year for hunting, fishing or combination hunting and fishing licenses or limited permits pursuant to NRS 502.240 must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Wildlife Account in the State General Fund. The Department shall maintain separate accounting records for the receipt and expenditure of that money. An amount not to exceed 10 percent of that money may be used to reimburse the Department for the cost of administering any projects for waterfowl approved pursuant to NRS 502.322. This amount is in addition to compensation allowed persons authorized to issue and sell licenses.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 940; A 1979, 300, 900; 1981, 539; 1985, 1708; 1993, 1668; 2001, 976; 2003, 1542, 2548; 2011, 3154; 2015, 100; 2017, 3637)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 502 - Licenses, Tags and Permits › NRS 502.322 - Projects for waterfowl: Use of money deposited from certain fees.

1. Before the Department may undertake any project using money deposited pursuant to NRS 502.310, it shall analyze the project and provide the Commission with recommendations as to the need for the project and its feasibility.
2. Money deposited pursuant to NRS 502.310 must be used for projects approved by the Commission for the protection, propagation and management of waterfowl and for the acquisition, development and preservation of wetlands in Nevada.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 300; A 1981, 539; 1985, 1708; 1993, 1668; 2001, 976; 2003, 1542; 2015, 100; 2017, 3637)