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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.0062 - Museum directors: Appointment and establishment of powers and duties by Administrator; classification; duty to exercise and carry out assigned powers and duties.

1. The Administrator shall:
(a) Appoint a museum director for each institution; and
(b) Establish the powers and duties of each museum director as necessary for the efficient operation of the Division of Museums and History pursuant to the provisions of NRS 381.0063.
2. Each museum director is in the classified service of the State. The Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration, in cooperation with the Administrator, shall classify the position of each museum director based on the powers and duties the museum director is required to carry out, the size and complexity of the programs the museum director is required to administer and such other considerations as are deemed relevant by the Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration.
3. Each museum director shall exercise such powers and carry out such duties as are assigned to the museum director by the Administrator pursuant to NRS 381.0063.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 927)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.0066 - Museum directors: Notice to and consultation with certain Indian tribes.

1. In providing notice and consultation with Indian tribes as required by this chapter, the museum director of an institution shall immediately notify, in writing, and initiate consultation with any Indian tribe:
(a) Who is or is likely to be culturally affiliated with the applicable artifact or site;
(b) On whose aboriginal lands the applicable artifact was discovered or the site was located; or
(c) Who is reasonably known to have a direct cultural relationship to the applicable artifact or site.
2. The written notice must include a proposed time and place for the consultation with the museum director.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 3535)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.0067 - Museum directors: Criteria for determining cultural affiliation of Indian tribe with artifact or site.

The museum director of an institution shall use the criteria for determining cultural affiliation set forth in 43 C.F.R. § 10.14 to determine which Indian tribe has the closest cultural affiliation, if any, with regard to a particular artifact or site.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 3535)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.0068 - Exception to requirements to obtain permit and to provide notice to, consult with or return items to Indian tribes.

Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary:
1. A person is not required to obtain a permit pursuant to NRS 381.196 if the person has obtained a permit pursuant to federal law for the same purpose; and
2. The Administrator, Museum Director of the Nevada State Museum or the museum director of an institution are not required to provide notice to, consult with or return items to an Indian tribe as required pursuant to this chapter if the Administrator, Museum Director of the Nevada State Museum or the museum director, of the institution, as applicable, provides such notice to, consults with or returns items to the Indian tribe in accordance with the repatriation process required pursuant to federal law.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 3535)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.0069 - Museum Director of Nevada State Museum: Adoption of regulations for preservation of prehistoric and historic artifacts and sites.

1. The Museum Director of the Nevada State Museum shall adopt regulations as necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 381.0066 to 381.0069, inclusive, and 381.195 to 381.227, inclusive, including, without limitation, regulations which set forth the process for repatriation of prehistoric native Indian human remains and funerary objects.
2. Any regulations adopted pursuant to this section must be developed in consultation with Indian tribes and incorporate the values, beliefs and traditions of the Indian tribes as determined and conveyed by the members of the Indian tribes during the consultation with the Museum Director.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 3535)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.0075 - Acceptance of gifts.

Any condition or restraint placed on any bequest, devise, endowment, trust allotment or other gift made to the Division must be in writing. The Administrator and the Board must accept, in writing, such a bequest, devise, endowment, trust allotment or gift before it becomes the property of the State of Nevada.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 929)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.008 - Sale of duplicates, surplus and inappropriate items; use of proceeds.

When not in conflict with any condition or restraint placed on a gift and with the approval of the Board, the museum director of each institution may sell duplicates, surplus and items inappropriate to the collection of the institution. The proceeds of the sale must be held in trust and may be expended only as approved by the Board for the purchase of photographs, memorabilia and other historical articles, and collections related to history, prehistory or natural history to enrich the collections of the Division.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 134; A 1993, 1587; 2001, 931)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.0085 - Account for Improving Access to State Museums for Persons with Disabilities: Creation; administration; use; deposit of gifts, donations, bequests and grants; interest and income; nonreversion.

1. There is hereby created the Account for Improving Access to State Museums for Persons with Disabilities in the State General Fund. The Account shall be administered by the Administrator.
2. The money in the Account must be expended only to improve access at institutions of the Division that are established pursuant to NRS 381.004 for persons with disabilities, including, without limitation, persons who are blind or visually impaired.
3. The Administrator may apply for and accept any gift, donation, bequest, grant or other source of money for deposit in the Account.
4. The interest and income earned on money in the Account from any gift, donation, bequest or appropriation, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the Account.
5. Money from any gift, donation, bequest or appropriation that remains in the Account at the end of the fiscal year does not revert to the State General Fund, and the balance in the Account must be carried forward to the next fiscal year.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 3347)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.009 - Acquisition or repatriation of abandoned property held by institution.

1. Any property held by an institution for 3 years or more, to which no person has made claim, shall be deemed to be abandoned and, except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, becomes the property of the Division if the Administrator complies with the provisions of subsection 2.
2. The Administrator shall cause to be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the institution is located at least once a week for 2 consecutive weeks a notice and listing of the property. The notice must contain:
(a) The name and last known address, if any, of the last known owner of the property;
(b) A description of the property; and
(c) A statement that if proof of a claim is not presented by the owner to the institution and if the owner’s right to receive the property is not established to the Administrator’s satisfaction within 60 days after the date of the second published notice, the property will be considered abandoned and become the property of the Division.
3. If no claim has been made to the property within 60 days after the date of the second published notice, title, including literary rights, to the property vests in the Division, free from all claims of the owner and of all persons claiming through or under the owner.
4. If property deemed to be abandoned pursuant to subsection 1 is native Indian human remains or another cultural item of an Indian tribe, the Administrator shall:
(a) Provide notice to and consult with each applicable Indian tribe in the manner provided by NRS 381.0066;
(b) Determine which Indian tribe has the closest cultural affiliation to the human remains or other cultural item, in the manner provided by NRS 381.0067; and
(c) Return the human remains or other cultural item to the closest culturally affiliated Indian tribe in the manner provided by the repatriation process adopted pursuant to NRS 381.0069, if a request for repatriation is made.
5. To be deemed an object of cultural significance, an object must have ongoing historical, traditional or cultural importance central to an Indian tribe or culture itself, rather than property owned by a member of an Indian tribe, and which, therefore, cannot be alienated, appropriated or conveyed by any person, regardless of whether the person is a member of the Indian tribe. The object must have been considered inalienable by the Indian tribe at the time the object was separated from such group.
6. As used in this section:
(a) "Cultural item" means human remains, a funerary object, a sacred object or an object of cultural significance.
(b) "Object of cultural significance" means an object which meets the qualifications of subsection 5.
(c) "Sacred object" means a historic or prehistoric object that was or is needed by traditional religious leaders of an Indian tribe for the practice of the traditional religion of an Indian tribe.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 134; A 1993, 1587; 2001, 932, 1648; 2017, 3538)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.195 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 381.195 to 381.227, inclusive:
1. "Historic" means from the middle of the 18th century until 50 years before the current year.
2. "Historic site" means a site, landmark or monument of historical significance pertaining to the history of the settlement of Nevada, or Indian campgrounds, shelters, petroglyphs, pictographs and burials.
3. "Museum Director" means the Museum Director of the Nevada State Museum.
4. "Prehistoric" means before the middle of the 18th century.
5. "Prehistoric site" means any archeological or paleontological site, ruin, deposit, fossilized footprints and other impressions, petroglyphs and pictographs, habitation caves, rock shelters, natural caves, burial ground or sites of religious or cultural importance to an Indian tribe.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 290; A 1960, 98; 1977, 1207; 1979, 977; 1985, 516; 2001, 932; 2005, 568; 2015, 300; 2017, 3538)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.1955 - Museum Director may designate state agency as agent to issue permits; compliance of agent with certain provisions; oversight of agent.

1. The Museum Director may designate any state board, state department, division of a state department or state institution as an agent for the purpose of issuing permits pursuant to NRS 381.195 to 381.227, inclusive.
2. If the Museum Director designates an agent pursuant to subsection 1:
(a) The agent must act in the manner in which the Museum Director is required to act pursuant to provisions of NRS 381.195 to 381.227, inclusive, and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto; and
(b) The Museum Director must ensure that the agent acts in the manner in which the Museum Director is required to act pursuant to provisions of NRS 381.195 to 381.227, inclusive, and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 290; A 1977, 1207; 1989, 2000; 2001, 932; 2017, 3539)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.1957 - Collection of certain minerals and artifacts and photography not prohibited.

Nothing contained in NRS 381.195 to 381.227, inclusive, shall interfere with or prevent any person from collecting minerals, rocks or gems, arrowheads or other Indian artifacts so long as they are not part of a prehistoric site, nor prevent the photographing of objects of interest.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 292)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 381.219)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.196 - Requirement; exception; regulations.

1. A person shall not excavate a site on private lands located within this State that the person knows is a prehistoric Indian burial site unless the person first obtains a permit issued by the Museum Director.
2. A person is not required to obtain a permit pursuant to subsection 1 to engage in a lawful activity on private lands, including, without limitation, construction, mining, mineral exploration, logging, farming, ranching or a federally authorized activity conducted in compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act, 54 U.S.C. §§ 300101 et seq., if that activity is engaged in exclusively for purposes other than the excavation of a prehistoric Indian burial site and the activity occurs only on a portion of the private lands that does not contain the known prehistoric Indian burial site.
3. The Museum Director shall adopt regulations governing a permit issued pursuant to subsection 1. The regulations must, without limitation:
(a) Set forth the process for obtaining and renewing a permit required pursuant to subsection 1;
(b) Set forth the qualifications of an applicant for such a permit;
(c) Require notice to and consultation with the applicable Indian tribes throughout the permitting process in the manner provided by NRS 381.0066;
(d) Provide for the enforcement of the provisions of this section, including, without limitation, the examination of the permit of a person claiming privileges pursuant to this section; and
(e) Fully protect the constitutional rights of property owners.
4. Any regulations adopted pursuant to this section must be developed in consultation with Indian tribes and incorporate the values, beliefs and traditions of the Indian tribes as determined and conveyed by the members of the Indian tribes during the consultation with the Museum Director.
5. As used in this section, "Indian burial site" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 383.150.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 3536; A 2021, 1087)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.197 - Requirement; exceptions; applicability of penalties.

Except for action taken under an agreement with the Office of Historic Preservation of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources pursuant to NRS 383.430, and except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not investigate, explore or excavate an historic or prehistoric site on federal or state lands or remove any object therefrom unless the person is the holder of a valid and current permit issued pursuant to the provisions of NRS 381.195 to 381.227, inclusive. Conduct that would otherwise constitute a violation of this section is not a violation of this section if it is also a violation of NRS 383.435.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 290; A 2005, 569; 2011, 2981)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.199 - Applicant required to secure state and federal permits.

1. An applicant is required to secure, from the Museum Director, or an agent designated by the Museum Director, a permit described in NRS 381.197 for the investigation, exploration or excavation of any state or federal lands within the boundaries of the State of Nevada.
2. If the land to be investigated, explored or excavated is owned or held by the United States, the applicant is also required to secure a permit from the proper authorities in accordance with the provisions of 16 U.S.C. §§ 431 to 433, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 290; A 1977, 1207; 2001, 932; 2017, 3539)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.203 - Qualifications of applicant; contents of application; regulations.

1. In order to qualify as the recipient of a permit described in NRS 381.197, the applicant must show:
(a) That the investigation, exploration or excavation is undertaken for the benefit of a reputable museum, university, college or other recognized scientific or educational institution, with a view of increasing knowledge.
(b) That the gathering is made for permanent preservation in public museums or other recognized educational or scientific institutions.
(c) That the applicant possesses sufficient knowledge and scientific training to make such an investigation, exploration or excavation.
(d) The location of the site where the applicant proposes to investigate, explore or excavate.
2. The Museum Director may prescribe reasonable regulations for carrying out such investigations, explorations or excavations.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 290; A 1977, 1207; 2001, 933; 2017, 3539)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.205 - Notice to certain officers when granted.

Upon granting a permit described in NRS 381.197, the Museum Director shall immediately notify the Office of Historic Preservation, the sheriff in the county in which the permit is to be exercised, and personnel of the Nevada Highway Patrol controlling the state roads of the district embracing the site in which the permit is to be exercised.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 291; A 1963, 828; 1977, 1208, 1360; 1993, 1588; 2001, 933; 2017, 3540)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.207 - Percentage of articles, implements and materials found or discovered and retained in possession by certain holders to be given to state institutions and political subdivisions; procedure for notice to and consultation with Indian tribes and repatriation of found or discovered prehistoric native Indian human remains and funerary objects upon request.

1. The holder of a permit described in NRS 381.197, except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, who does work upon aboriginal mounds and earthworks, ancient burial grounds, prehistoric sites, deposits of fossil bones or other archeological and vertebrate paleontological features within the State shall give to the State 50 percent of all articles, implements and materials found or discovered of which the holder retained possession after completion of the process set forth in subsection 4, to be deposited with the Nevada State Museum, for exhibition or other use within the State as determined by the Museum Director. The Museum Director may accept less than 50 percent of such items. Upon receipt of items pursuant to this subsection, the Museum Director shall notify the Office of Historic Preservation.
2. The holder of a permit described in NRS 381.197 who does any such work within the State under the authority and direction of the Nevada Historical Society, the Nevada State Museum Las Vegas, or an institution or political subdivision of the State shall give 50 percent of all articles, implements and materials found or discovered of which the holder retained possession after completion of the process set forth in subsection 4, to the Society, institution or political subdivision. The holder of the permit may retain the other 50 percent.
3. If the Nevada Historical Society, the Nevada State Museum Las Vegas, or an institution or political subdivision of the State is the holder of the permit, it may retain all articles, implements and materials found or discovered of which it retained possession after completion of the process set forth in subsection 4.
4. If any of the articles, implements or materials found or discovered are prehistoric native Indian human remains or funerary objects, the Museum Director shall:
(a) Provide notice to and consult with each applicable Indian tribe in accordance with NRS 381.0066;
(b) Determine which Indian tribe has the closest cultural affiliation to the prehistoric native Indian human remains or funerary objects in accordance with NRS 381.0067; and
(c) Return any prehistoric native Indian human remains or funerary objects discovered to the closest culturally affiliated Indian tribe in accordance with the repatriation process adopted pursuant to NRS 381.0069, if a request for repatriation is made.
5. Whenever the Office of Historic Preservation acquires articles, implements and materials under the provisions of this section, they must be transferred to the Museum Director for exhibition or other use within the State as determined by the Museum Director.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 291; A 1977, 1208, 1360; 1985, 142; 1993, 1588; 2001, 933; 2007, 2908; 2017, 3540)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.209 - Limitations and conditions.

The Museum Director may limit a permit described in NRS 381.197 as to time and location. Such a permit may not be granted:
1. For a period of more than 1 year.
2. For investigation, exploration or excavation in a larger area than the applicant can reasonably be expected to explore fully and systematically within the time limit set in the permit.
3. For the removal of any ancient monument, structure or site which can be permanently preserved under the control of the State of Nevada in situ, and remain an object of interest, if desired by the State, for a park, landmark or monument for the benefit of the public.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 292; A 1977, 1208; 2001, 933; 2017, 3541)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.213 - Conditions for voiding.

Failure to begin work under the permit within 6 months after the effective date of a permit described in NRS 381.197, or failure to prosecute diligently such work after it is begun, shall render the permit void without any order from the Board.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 292; A 2017, 3541)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.215 - Report of holder to Museum Director; duties of Museum Director regarding prehistoric native Indian human remains and funerary objects; exception.

1. After the close of each season’s work, within a reasonable time designated in a permit described in NRS 381.197, every permit holder shall furnish to the Museum Director a report containing a detailed account of the work done, material collected and other pertinent data.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if any of the work done, material collected or other pertinent data pertains to prehistoric native Indian human remains or a funerary object, the Museum Director shall:
(a) Provide notice to and consult with each applicable Indian tribe in accordance with NRS 381.0066;
(b) Determine which Indian tribe has the closest cultural affiliation to the prehistoric native Indian human remains or funerary object in accordance with NRS 381.0067; and
(c) Furnish the report described in subsection 1 to the closest culturally affiliated Indian tribe, if any.
3. The Museum Director is not required to comply with the provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection 2 if the Museum Director has already obtained the information necessary to make the determination required pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 through the process set forth in NRS 381.195 to 381.227, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 291; A 1977, 1208; 2001, 934; 2017, 3541)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.221 - Enforcement by Division of State Parks, sheriffs and other peace officers.

The Division of State Parks of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and personnel thereof, the sheriffs in their respective counties, the Nevada Highway Patrol, and all other peace officers shall be charged with the enforcement of NRS 381.195 to 381.227, inclusive. Those persons charged with the enforcement of NRS 381.195 to 381.227, inclusive, may, within their established jurisdiction:
1. At any time, examine the permit of any person claiming privileges granted under NRS 381.197 and may fully examine all work done under the permit; and
2. Examine the permit of a person claiming privileges under a permit issued pursuant to NRS 381.196 in the manner set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to that section.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 291; A 1963, 828; 2017, 3541)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.223 - Seizure and forfeiture of object of antiquity taken without permit to investigate, explore or excavate historic or prehistoric site on federal or state lands; procedure for notice to and consultation with Indian tribes and repatriation of seized prehistoric native Indian human remains and funerary objects upon request.

1. Any object of antiquity taken, or collection made, on historic or prehistoric sites covered by NRS 381.197 without a permit must be seized by the proper law enforcement officers, who shall notify the Museum Director of the action and deposit the object or collection with the Museum Director for safekeeping. Upon receipt of any item seized pursuant to this section the Museum Director shall notify the Office of Historic Preservation. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, any object or collection so taken must be forfeited to the State for exhibition or other use within the State as determined by the Museum Director.
2. If an object of antiquity or collection seized pursuant to subsection 1 is prehistoric native Indian human remains or a funerary object, the Museum Director shall:
(a) Provide notice to and consult with each applicable Indian tribe in accordance with NRS 381.0066;
(b) Determine which Indian tribe has the closest cultural affiliation to the prehistoric native Indian human remains or funerary object in accordance with NRS 381.0067; and
(c) Return the prehistoric native Indian human remains or funerary object to the closest culturally affiliated Indian tribe in accordance with the repatriation process adopted pursuant to NRS 381.0069, if a request for repatriation is made.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 292; A 1977, 1209, 1360; 1993, 1588; 2001, 934; 2017, 3542)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.225 - Acts of vandalism unlawful; penalty.

1. It is unlawful for any person to commit vandalism upon any historic or prehistoric sites, natural monuments, speleological sites and objects of antiquity, or to write or paint or carve initials or words, or in any other way deface, any of those objects, Indian paintings or historic buildings.
2. Unless a greater penalty is provided in NRS 206.125 or 206.330, a person violating the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a public offense proportionate to the value of the property damaged or destroyed as set forth in NRS 193.155.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 291; A 1989, 899, 2000; 2011, 1600)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.227 - Penalty.

Unless a greater penalty is provided by a specific statute and except as otherwise provided in NRS 381.225, any person violating any of the provisions of NRS 381.195 to 381.227, inclusive, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 292; A 1967, 563; 1989, 2001; 2005, 569; 2017, 3542)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.239 - Endowment Fund for the Historic Preservation of the Nevada State Prison: Creation; deposits; uses.

1. The Endowment Fund for the Historic Preservation of the Nevada State Prison is hereby created as a trust fund in the State Treasury.
2. The State Treasurer shall deposit in the Fund:
(a) Any money received from any commercial or tourist enterprises relating to the use of the historic structures, buildings and other property of the Nevada State Prison as a historical, cultural, educational and scientific resource, except for any administrative expenses of a nonprofit corporation retained by the corporation pursuant to NRS 381.241.
(b) At the end of each fiscal year, the money required by subsection 6 of NRS 209.194 to be transferred from the Silver State Industries Endowment Fund created by that section.
(c) Any other gifts, grants or donations of money the State Treasurer receives from any person who wishes to contribute to the Fund.
3. The interest and income earned on the money in the Fund must be credited to the Fund.
4. The Fund must be administered by the agency to which the historic structures, buildings and other property of the Nevada State Prison are assigned for administration pursuant to NRS 321.004, in consultation with the Board and the Nevada State Prison Preservation Society or its successor.
5. The money in the Fund must only be used for the purposes of the operation, maintenance and preservation of the historic structures, buildings and other property of the Nevada State Prison as a historical, cultural, educational and scientific resource. The agency that administers the Fund may use not more than 10 percent of the interest earned on the principal of the Fund to pay administrative costs.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 869; A 2021, 2081)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.241 - Permit or agreement to conduct tours; conditions.

1. The Department of Corrections and, as soon as practicable after the date of the assignment, any other state agency that receives an assignment from the State Land Registrar of the historic structures, buildings and other property of the Nevada State Prison pursuant to NRS 321.004 may grant a special use permit to or enter into an agreement with the Nevada State Prison Preservation Society, or any successor or similar nonprofit corporation, authorizing the corporation to conduct tours and engage in other commercial and tourist activities relating to the historic structures, buildings and other property of the Nevada State Prison.
2. Any permit or agreement granted or entered into pursuant to this section must:
(a) Be for a term of 2 years;
(b) Be renewable as provided in the permit or agreement;
(c) Authorize the corporation to charge and collect reasonable fees or solicit and collect donations for its activities;
(d) Require the corporation to pay the income from such fees, less the reasonable administrative expenses incurred by the corporation, to the State Treasurer for deposit in the Endowment Fund for the Historic Preservation of the Nevada State Prison created by NRS 381.239; and
(e) Provide that any income received by the corporation from membership fees, the sale of merchandise of the corporation, grants or donations made to the corporation for purposes other than entry into or tours of the historic structures, buildings and other property at the Nevada State Prison belong solely to the corporation.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 869; A 2021, 2082)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.245 - Preservation of old and obsolete property and public records from Division of State Library, Archives and Public Records.

The Nevada Historical Society shall preserve as is deemed appropriate all old and obsolete property and obsolete and noncurrent public records presented to it by the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator from the archives and records of the Division of State Library, Archives and Public Records of the Department of Administration.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 929; A 2011, 2981)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 381 - State Museums › NRS 381.255 - State publications to be donated for deposit in Society’s collections.

1. To enable the Nevada Historical Society to augment its collection by effecting exchanges with other societies and institutions, one bound copy each of the several publications of the State and of its societies and institutions, except the Nevada Reports and Statutes of Nevada, must be donated to the Nevada Historical Society as they are issued. The publications must be delivered to the Society by the Secretary of State or another elected officer who has custody of the publications.
2. One set of the Nevada Reports and one set of Statutes of Nevada must be donated to the Society, which, together with one set of all the publications donated in compliance with the provisions of subsection 1, must be deposited in the collections of the Society.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 929)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 383 - Historic Preservation and Archeology › NRS 383.011 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Office.
2. "Advisory Board" means the Board of Museums and History.
3. "Commission" means the Commission for Cultural Centers and Historic Preservation created by NRS 383.500.
4. "Cultural affiliation" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 381.001.
5. "Cultural resources" means any objects, sites or information of historic, prehistoric, archeological, architectural or paleontological significance.
6. "Department" means the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
7. "Director" means the Director of the Department.
8. "Indian tribe" means any tribe, band, nation or other organized group or community of Indians which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to native Indians because of their status as native Indians.
9. "Office" means the Office of Historic Preservation of the Department.
10. "Prehistoric" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 381.195.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1357; A 1993, 1592; 2001, 934; 2005, 1576; 2011, 2981; 2015, 73; 2017, 3543)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 383 - Historic Preservation and Archeology › NRS 383.021 - Office of Historic Preservation: Creation; duties; inclusion of Comstock Historic District Commission.

1. The Office of Historic Preservation is hereby created.
2. The Office shall:
(a) Encourage, plan and coordinate historic preservation and archeological activities within the State, including programs to survey, record, study and preserve or salvage cultural resources.
(b) Carry out the provisions of NRS 383.440.
(c) Compile and maintain an inventory of cultural resources in Nevada deemed significant by the Administrator.
(d) Designate repositories for the materials that comprise the inventory.
(e) Provide staff assistance to the Commission.
(f) Assist the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration in conducting the evaluation required by NRS 701B.925 with respect to a building that is at least 50 years old, including, without limitation, making a recommendation regarding the use of an alternative to window replacement based upon whether the use of the alternative is consistent with the goal of historic preservation.
3. An Indian tribe may be designated as a repository to receive prehistoric native Indian human remains or funerary objects pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection 2 if agreed to by the Indian tribe.
4. The Comstock Historic District Commission is within the Office.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1357; A 1985, 716; 1989, 504; 1993, 1592; 2005, 1576; 2011, 2981; 2015, 73; 2017, 1436, 3543)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 383 - Historic Preservation and Archeology › NRS 383.031 - Administrator: Qualifications.

The Administrator of the Office:
1. Must be selected by the Director with special reference to his or her training, experience, capacity and interest in historic preservation or archeology, or both.
2. Must have an advanced degree in history, archeology, architectural history, historic preservation or a related field or in public administration with course work and experience in one of the fields of historic preservation and archeology.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1357; A 1985, 418; 1993, 1592)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 383 - Historic Preservation and Archeology › NRS 383.041 - Administrator: Duties; employment of personnel.

The Administrator, subject to administrative supervision by the Director, is responsible for carrying out all provisions of law relating to the functions of the Office. The Administrator may employ, within the limits of available money, any clerical and operational personnel necessary for the administration of the Office.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1357; A 1993, 1592)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 383 - Historic Preservation and Archeology › NRS 383.081 - Preparation and contents of plan for statewide historic preservation; federal financial assistance.

1. The Administrator shall prepare and maintain a comprehensive statewide historic preservation plan. The plan must contain:
(a) An evaluation of the needs for preservation of historic sites;
(b) A program for carrying out the plan; and
(c) Other information which the Administrator determines to be necessary.
2. The plan must:
(a) Take into account relevant federal resources and programs; and
(b) Be correlated insofar as practicable with other state, regional and local plans.
3. The Administrator, subject to approval by the Director, may represent and act for the State in dealing with the Federal Government or any of its agencies, instrumentalities or officers for the purposes of receiving financial assistance for planning, acquisition or development of historic preservation projects pursuant to the provisions of federal law.
4. The Administrator, subject to approval by the Director, may administer and disburse to other state agencies, political subdivisions, eleemosynary organizations, nonprofit organizations and private persons and enterprises money paid by the Federal Government to the State of Nevada as financial assistance for planning, acquisition or development of historic preservation projects, and the Administrator shall, on behalf of the State, keep such records as the Federal Government prescribes and as will facilitate an effective audit, including records which fully disclose:
(a) The amount and the disposition by the State of the proceeds of that assistance;
(b) The total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with such assistance as given or used; and
(c) The amount and nature of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources.
5. Authorized representatives of the Federal Government have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers and records of the State that are pertinent to financial assistance received by the State pursuant to federal law for planning, acquisition or development of historic preservation projects.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1358; A 1979, 159)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 383 - Historic Preservation and Archeology › NRS 383.085 - State Register of Historic Places.

1. The Office shall prepare and maintain the State Register of Historic Places.
2. The Office shall establish procedures, qualifications and standards for listing historic places in the State Register.
3. The Office shall prepare a list of eligible sites, buildings, structures and objects, including, without limitation, landmarks, and districts on public and private land.
4. The Administrator may, by agreement with the appropriate state agency or private owner, place any site, building, structure or object, including, without limitation, a landmark, or district which is located on state or private land in the State Register. The Administrator may by agreement with the appropriate federal agency place any site, building, structure or object, including, without limitation, a landmark, or district which is located on federal land in the State Register.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 272; A 1993, 1593; 2019, 973)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 383 - Historic Preservation and Archeology › NRS 383.091 - Program for historical markers.

1. The Administrator shall:
(a) Establish the qualifications and standards for a historical markers program, designate a qualified site when the owner consents and make an inventory of qualified sites on both public and privately owned lands.
(b) Establish a state historical marker registry system.
(c) Consult with the Nevada Historical Society to determine the content of the legend on all markers. Upon request by any state agency or political subdivision, the Administrator shall prepare the legend for any new historical marker identified in the inventory of qualified sites not already included in the State Historical Marker Registry.
(d) Solicit the cooperation of owners of private property for the installation of historical markers on eligible properties and structures in order that they may be included in the State Historical Marker Registry.
2. When the owner of private property consents to the placement by a nonprofit organization of a historical marker in or on a structure located on his or her property, the owner shall be deemed to have consented to the maintenance of the historical marker in or on the structure for as long as the structure remains standing unless the owner notifies the nonprofit organization and requests the organization to remove the historical marker. The owner shall notify any person to whom he or she sells or otherwise transfers ownership of the structure of the duty to maintain the historical marker. The purchaser of a structure in or on which a historical marker has been placed by a nonprofit organization shall maintain the historical marker on the structure for as long as he or she owns the structure and shall notify any person to whom he or she sells or otherwise transfers ownership of the structure of the duty to maintain the historical marker unless the purchaser notifies the nonprofit organization and requests the organization to remove the historical marker. If the structure in or on which a historical marker is placed by a nonprofit organization is renovated or remodeled in such a manner as to require the removal of the historical marker, the owner shall ensure that the marker is reattached to the structure in the same place or in a place of similar prominence as soon as practicable after the completion of the renovation or remodeling project.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1358; A 1997, 3127; 2023, 1860)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 383 - Historic Preservation and Archeology › NRS 383.101 - Grants, gifts and donations; payment for services rendered.

The Administrator, subject to the approval of the Director, may:
1. Apply for grants, gifts and donations from public and private sources, including the Federal Government.
2. Receive money from public and private sources in payment for services rendered.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1358; A 1979, 618)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 383 - Historic Preservation and Archeology › NRS 383.111 - Contracts: Historic preservation and archeological activities; expenses for overhead.

1. The Administrator, subject to the approval of the Director, may negotiate contracts for:
(a) Historic preservation activities.
(b) Archeological activities.
2. Any contract for services may include a charge sufficient to cover overhead expenses.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1358)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 383 - Historic Preservation and Archeology › NRS 383.123 - Exception to requirements for notice to and consultation with Indian tribes.

Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the Office is not required to provide notice to or consult with an Indian tribe as required pursuant to this chapter if the Office provides such notice to or consultation with the Indian tribe pursuant to federal law.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 3542)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 383 - Historic Preservation and Archeology › NRS 383.125 - Programs by certain nonprofit organizations to raise money to benefit historic places; prohibitions; regulations.

1. A nonprofit organization that has as its primary purpose the raising of money to benefit historic places in this State that are listed in the State Register of Historic Places or the National Register of Historic Places, or programs conducted pursuant thereto, may, with the approval of the Administrator, engage in a program to raise money to benefit such a historic place or program pursuant to which a donor of money is allowed to name such a historic place, or any portion thereof, that receives any part of its funding from or through this State.
2. The Administrator shall not approve a program pursuant to which a donor is allowed to rename a historic place or any portion thereof.
3. The Administrator may adopt such regulations as he or she determines are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1653)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 383 - Historic Preservation and Archeology › NRS 383.150 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 383.150 to 383.190, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Cairn" means stones or other material placed in a pile as a memorial or monument to the dead.
2. "Funerary object" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 381.001.
3. "Grave" means an excavation for burial of a human body.
4. "Indian burial site" means the area including and immediately surrounding the cairn or grave of a native Indian.
5. "Nondestructive analysis" means analysis performed using scientific or technological techniques to evaluate the properties of a material, component or system without causing damage.
6. "Professional archeologist" means a person who holds a graduate degree in archeology, anthropology or a closely related field as determined by the Administrator.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 573; A 2017, 3545)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 383 - Historic Preservation and Archeology › NRS 383.160 - Duties of Office of Historic Preservation.

The Office shall:
1. Upon application by:
(a) An interested landowner, assist the landowner in contacting the Indian tribe which has the closest cultural affiliation to an Indian burial site and any artifacts and human remains associated with the site so that the landowner may directly consult with the Indian tribe, if any, concerning the treatment and disposition of the Indian burial site and any artifacts and human remains associated with the site; and
(b) Either party, mediate a dispute arising between a landowner and an Indian tribe relating to the treatment and disposition of an Indian burial site and any artifacts and human remains associated with the site.
2. In performing its duties pursuant to NRS 383.150 to 383.190, inclusive, endeavor to:
(a) Protect Indian burial sites and any associated artifacts and human remains from excavation, vandalism and destruction; and
(b) In consultation with the closest culturally affiliated Indian tribe, provide for the sensitive treatment and disposition of Indian burial sites and any associated artifacts and human remains consistent with the planned use of land.
3. Determine which Indian tribe has the closest cultural affiliation to the Indian burial site and any artifacts and human remains associated with the site.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 575; A 1993, 1593; 2017, 3545)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 383 - Historic Preservation and Archeology › NRS 383.175 - Duties of law enforcement agency.

1. If a law enforcement agency goes to a location where human remains are found that are reasonably believed to be native Indian, the law enforcement agency must, as part of an investigation:
(a) Consult with a representative of an Indian tribe located within the county where the remains are found; or
(b) Notify the Office.
2. As used in this section, "law enforcement agency" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 289.010.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 3585)