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Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 502.Sec. 2 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Department may return all or a portion
		  of any fee, other than a nonrefundable fee, collected in error pursuant to the
		  provisions of this chapter or chapter 502 of NRS. Any such refund must be made
		  to the person who paid the fee.
2.
		  Refunds made pursuant to the provisions of this section may only be made for
		  errors such as mistakes in purchasing or computation, double payments and
		  similar clerical or ministerial errors.
Added
			 to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs by
			 R037-23A,
			 eff. 1/5/2024
NRS
				501.105,
				501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 502.Sec. 2.1 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
"Antlered moose" means any moose having at least one antler that
			 is visible above the hairline of the skull of the moose.
Added
			 to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs by
			 R122-23A,
			 eff. 2/13/2024
NRS
				501.105,
				501.181,
				503.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 502.Sec. 3 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
For the purposes of
			 NRS
			 501.3855 and NAC
			 502.006, the Department
			 interprets the exclusion of the first antler point on the main beam, as
			 described in the definition of "antler point" in
			 NRS
			 501.3855, to be limited to mule
			 deer.
Added
			 to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs by
			 R090-22A,
			 eff. 12/29/2022
NRS
				501.105,
				501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 502.Sec. 3.1 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
"Antlerless moose" means any moose without
			 antlers.
Added
			 to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs by
			 R122-23A,
			 eff. 2/13/2024
NRS
				501.105,
				501.181,
				503.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › Section 502.Sec. 4 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in this
		  subsection, unless his or her privilege is limited or revoked pursuant to law,
		  any resident or nonresident of this State is eligible to apply in any year for
		  an antlered moose tag. A person who obtains an antlered moose tag or a
		  replacement tag for an antlered moose is not eligible to apply in his or her
		  lifetime for another tag to hunt antlered moose only.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this
		  subsection, unless his or her privilege is limited or revoked pursuant to law,
		  any resident or nonresident of this State is eligible to apply in any year for
		  an antlerless moose tag. A person who obtains an antlerless moose tag or a
		  replacement tag for an antlerless moose is not eligible to apply in his or her
		  lifetime for another tag to hunt antlerless moose only.
3. The fee for:
(a) A resident antlered moose tag is
		  $120.
(b) A resident antlerless
		  moose tag is $120.
(c) A
		  nonresident antlered moose tag is $1,200.
(d) A nonresident antlerless moose tag is
		  $1,200.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.001 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,
				the words and terms defined in NAC 502.0015 to 502.115, inclusive, have the
				meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Supplied in
				codification; A by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs, 5-9-88; 3-7-91; 11-23-94; R168-99,
				1-19-2000; R180-01, 4-3-2002; R109-02, 1-21-2003; R115-09, 1-28-2010; R019-10,
				6-30-2010
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.0015 - "Accompanies and directly supervises" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Accompanies and directly supervises" has the meaning ascribed
				to it in
				NRS
				502.066.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R019-10, eff. 6-30-2010
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.002 - "Antelope with horns longer than its ears" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Antelope with horns longer than its ears" means any pronghorn
				antelope having at least one horn that is longer than either ear of the
				antelope.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R115-09, eff. 1-28-2010
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.0025 - "Antelope with horns longer than its ears only" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Antelope with horns longer than its ears only" means, in a
				designation of antelope that may be taken during an open season, only an
				antelope having at least one horn that is longer than either ear of the
				antelope.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R115-09, eff. 1-28-2010
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.003 - "Antelope with horns shorter than its ears" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Antelope with horns shorter than its ears" means any pronghorn
				antelope without horns or with both horns that are shorter than its
				ears.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R115-09, eff. 1-28-2010
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.0035 - "Antelope with horns shorter than its ears only" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Antelope with horns shorter than its ears only" means, in a
				designation of antelope that may be taken during an open season, only an
				antelope without horns or with both horns shorter than its ears.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R115-09, eff. 1-28-2010
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.005 - "Antler" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Antler" means any bony growth originating from the pedicle
				portion of the skull of a big game mammal that is annually cast and regenerated
				as part of the annual life cycle of the big game mammal.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R115-09, eff. 1-28-2010
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.006 - "Antler point" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Antler point" means a projection which is at least 1 inch in
				length with the length exceeding the width of its base, excluding the first
				point on the main beam commonly known as the eye guard on mule deer.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs, eff. 5-9-88
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.007 - "Antlered deer" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Antlered deer" means any deer having at least one antler that
				is visible above the hairline of the deer.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R115-09, eff. 1-28-2010
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.0072 - "Antlered deer only" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Antlered deer only" means, in a designation of deer that may
				be taken during an open season, only deer having at least one antler.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R115-09, eff. 1-28-2010
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.0074 - "Antlered elk" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Antlered elk" means any elk having at least one antler that is
				visible above the hairline of the elk.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R115-09, eff. 1-28-2010
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.0076 - "Antlered elk only" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Antlered elk only" means, in a designation of elk that may be
				taken during an open season, only elk having at least one antler.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R115-09, eff. 1-28-2010
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.008 - "Antlerless deer" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Antlerless deer" means any deer without antlers.
Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs,
				No. 120, § 2, eff. 11-5-81
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181,
				  503.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.0085 - "Antlerless deer only" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Antlerless deer only" means, in a designation of deer that may
				be taken during an open season, only deer without antlers.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R180-01, eff. 4-3-2002
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181,
				  503.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.009 - "Antlerless elk" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Antlerless elk" means any elk without antlers.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R180-01, eff. 4-3-2002
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181,
				  503.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.0095 - "Antlerless elk only" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Antlerless elk only" means, in a designation of elk that may
				be taken during an open season, only elk without antlers.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R180-01, eff. 4-3-2002
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181,
				  503.120
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.0097 - "Apprentice hunter" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Apprentice hunter" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				NRS
				502.066.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R019-10, eff. 6-30-2010
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.010 - "Armed Forces of the United States" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Armed Forces of the United States" means the Army, Navy, Air
				Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
Bd. of Fish & Game
				Comm'rs, No. 19 part § 1, eff. 3-10-80
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.012 - "Automated license agent" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Automated license agent" means a license agent who is
				participating in the automated licensing system administered by the
				Department.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R109-02, eff. 1-21-2003
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.015 - "Batch report" defined (Repealed)

Current through June 11, 2024
Bd. of Fish & Game
				Comm'rs, No. 19 part §1, eff. 3-10-80; R by
				R053-23A,
				eff. 2/13/2024
NRS 501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.020 - "Big game mammal" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Big game mammal" means any:
1. Pronghorn antelope, black bear, mule deer,
			 mountain goat, mountain lion, Rocky Mountain elk; or
2. Of the following subspecies of bighorn
			 sheep:
(a) Nelson bighorn sheep;
(b) California bighorn sheep; or
(c) Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.027 - "Bonus point program" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Bonus point program" means a method of awarding tags
				whereby:
1. An unsuccessful applicant
			 for a tag in one or more seasons; or
2. An applicant for a bonus point who does
			 not wish to obtain a tag and is applying for the sole purpose of obtaining a
			 bonus point for a tag other than a restricted nonresident deer tag,
is accorded an increased opportunity for a tag in a subsequent
				drawing.
Bd. of Fish & Game
				Comm'rs, No. 26 part § 5, eff. 12-4-79-A Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs,
				10-26-93; R137-03, 1-20-2004; R229-03, 3-23-2004
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.029 - "Client number" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Client number" means a unique number assigned by the
				Department which identifies an applicant for a license, tag, permit or other
				document.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R029-17, eff. 12-19-2017
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181,
				  502.280
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.043 - "Designated licensed assistant" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Designated licensed assistant" means a person designated on a
				special assistance permit to assist the holder of the permit in accordance with
				sections 4 and 5 of this regulation.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs by
				R105-16A,
				eff. 6/21/2017
NRS
				501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.050 - "General hunt" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"General hunt" means any period within a season designated by
				the Commission for the taking of a game species with any weapon declared
				legal.
Bd. of Fish & Game
				Comm'rs, No. 26 part § 5, eff. 12-4-79-NAC A by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs by
				R168-99, 1-19-2000; R137-03, 1-20-2004
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.054 - "Hunt number" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Hunt number" means the number designated by the Commission for
				a particular hunt pursuant to a regulation of the Commission.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R168-99, eff. 1-19-2000
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.057 - "Hunter choice number" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Hunter choice number" means a number established by the
				Department that designates a choice of hunting area and season for which a
				quota of tags remains to be issued.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R168-99, eff. 1-19-2000
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.060 - "Hunting" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Hunting" has the meaning prescribed in
				NRS
				501.050.
Bd. of Fish & Game
				Comm'rs, No. 26 part § 5, eff. 12-4-79
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.063 - "Junior hunt" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Junior hunt" means a hunt authorized by a regulation of the
				Commission which is limited to an applicant who:
1. Possesses a hunting license or a combined
			 hunting and fishing license;
2.
			 Will attain his or her 12th birthday before the first day of each hunting
			 season to which his or her application relates; and
3. Will not attain his or her 18th birthday
			 until after the last day of each hunting season to which his or her application
			 relates.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R168-99, eff. 1-19-2000; A by R106-02, 1-21-2003; R150-09,
				6-30-2010
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.065 - "License agent" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"License agent" means a person who is authorized by the
				Department to issue licenses, tags, stamps and other documents authorized by
				the Department.
Bd. of Fish & Game
				Comm'rs, No. 19 part § 1, eff. 3-10-80-NAC A by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs,
				11-23-94
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.080 - "License office" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"License office" means the office which has been created within
				the Bureau of Administrative Services of the Department to control documents
				and to administer the license agencies.
Bd. of Fish & Game
				Comm'rs, No. 19 part § 1, eff. 3-10-80
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.081 - "Licensing document" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Licensing document" means a license, tag, permit or other
				licensing document authorized by the Department.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R029-17, eff. 12-19-2017
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.0815 - "Main drawing" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Main drawing" means the drawing pursuant to which the greatest
				number of big game tags is issued to residents and nonresidents.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R140-16, eff. 9-21-2017
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181,
				  502.160,
				  502.250
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.082 - "Manual license agent" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Manual license agent" means a license agent who is not
				participating in the automated licensing system administered by the
				Department.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R109-02, eff. 1-21-2003
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.083 - "Mentor hunter" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Mentor hunter" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				NRS
				502.066.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R019-10, eff. 6-30-2010
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.084 - "Nevada Interstate Boundary Waters License" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Nevada Interstate Boundary Waters License" means an annual
				license to fish solely in the reciprocal waters of the Colorado River, Lake
				Mead, Lake Mohave, Lake Tahoe and Topaz Lake.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R025-11, 12-30-2011, eff.
				3-1-2012
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181,
				  502.240
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.085 - "Nonresident" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Nonresident" means a person who is not a resident of
				Nevada.
Bd. of Fish & Game
				Comm'rs, No. 19 part § 1, eff. 3-10-80
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.090 - "Person who is blind" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Person who is blind" means a person whose visual acuity with
				correcting lenses does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye, or whose vision in
				the better eye is restricted to a field which subtends an angle of not greater
				than 20 degrees. A certificate issued by a licensed physician is proof that a
				person is blind.
Bd. of Fish & Game
				Comm'rs, No. 19 part § 1, eff. 3-10-80-Substituted in revision for NAC
				502.025
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.101 - "Short-term permit" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Short-term permit" means a permit to fish or hunt upland game
				and waterfowl for 1 calendar day and any number of additional consecutive
				calendar days if the additional days are purchased at the same time the permit
				is issued.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs, eff. 11-23-94; A 11-29-95, eff. 3-1-96; R095-00,
				10-24-2000
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.1035 - "Special assistance permit" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Special assistance permit" means a permit issued by the
				Department to a person who meets the requirements of section 4 of this
				regulation.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs by
				R105-16A,
				eff. 6/21/2017
NRS
				501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.104 - "Spike elk" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Spike elk" means any antlered elk having not more than two
				antler points on either antler.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R180-01, eff. 4-3-2002; A by
				R013-16A,
				eff. 9/9/2016; A by
				R090-22A,
				eff. 12/29/2022
NRS 501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.1045 - "Spike elk only" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Spike elk only" means, in a designation of elk that may be
				taken during an open season, only antlered elk having not more than two antler
				points on either antler.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R180-01, eff. 4-3-2002; A by
				R013-16A,
				eff. 9/9/2016; A by
				R090-22A,
				eff. 12/29/2022
NRS 501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.105 - "Type of hunt" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Type of hunt" means a hunt authorized by a regulation of the
				Commission, for which tags are awarded pursuant to application, that differs
				from another hunt in one or more of the following ways:
1. The species to be hunted for any species
			 other than a species that is included in a category of a species pursuant to
			 subsection 2;
2. The category of
			 the species, subspecies and gender to be hunted as described in NAC
			 502.4188;
3. The weapons to be used;
4. The residency of applicants; and
5. The method of drawing applications for the
			 award of tags.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs, eff. 3-7-91; A by R168-99, 1-19-2000; R091-13, 12-23-2013; A
				by
				R053-23A,
				eff. 2/13/2024
NRS 501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.115 - "Validate" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Validate" means to execute a license or other document as
				prescribed by this chapter or chapters 501 to 505, inclusive, of NRS.
Bd. of Fish & Game
				Comm'rs, No. 19 part § 1, eff. 3-10-80
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 502.117 - "Resident Native American" interpreted

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in
				NRS
				502.280, the Commission will interpret
				"resident Native American" to mean a Native American who is an enrolled member
				or eligible to become an enrolled member of a Nevada Native American
				reservation or colony and who has been physically present in this State, with
				the intention of making this State his or her permanent home, for at least 6
				months immediately preceding his or her application for a free hunting and
				fishing license.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R168-99, eff. 1-19-2000; A by R137-03, 1-20-2004, eff.
				3-1-2004
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181,
				  502.280
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › PAYMENT OF FEES GENERALLY › Section 502.118 - Method of payment; fee for application submitted electronically

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A payment for any license, permit, tag,
			 certificate of ownership, certificate of number or any other service provided
			 by the Department must be:
(a) Made payable to
			 the Department;
(b) The same method
			 of payment for each transaction;
(c) In the form of:
(1) Cash;
(2) A personal check that is drawn by a
			 drawer who is a resident of this State and that includes on the face of the
			 check the address of the drawer in this State;
(3) If required by the Department, a
			 cashier's check, certified check or money order; or
(4) If an application for the service is
			 submitted electronically, an electronic method of payment that is specified by
			 the Department; and
(d)
			 Paid in United States currency.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › PAYMENT OF FEES GENERALLY › Section 502.119 - Dishonored checks or drafts; effect of dishonored payment or nonpayment

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If a person submits a check or draft to
			 the Department and the check or draft is dishonored by the bank upon which the
			 check or draft is drawn, the Department shall charge and collect a fee of $25
			 from the person.
2. An application
			 for a license, permit, tag, certificate of ownership, certificate of number or
			 any other service provided by the Department shall be deemed invalid if any
			 payment that is required to be included with the application is not received by
			 the Department or if a check or draft for that payment is dishonored by the
			 bank upon which the check or draft is drawn.
3. Any person who submits an application that
			 is deemed invalid pursuant to subsection 2 is ineligible to receive or exercise
			 any privilege conferred upon the person pursuant to title 45 of NRS until:
(a) The Department receives the payment
			 specified in subsection 2; and
(b)
			 The person pays any costs incurred by the Department in collecting the
			 payment.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › LICENSE AGENTS › Section 502.120 - Authorization of agent to issue licenses, tags, stamps and permits

Current through June 11, 2024
The license office may authorize a license agent to
				issue:
1. Licenses, tags, stamps and
			 permits on the basis of requests, public demand and past sales.
2. Duplicates of original licenses.
Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs,
				No. 19 § 2, eff. 3-10-80; A 5-12-80-NAC A 12-30-80, eff. 1-1-81; 4-1-82;
				9-20-83; 3-5-86; 2-18-88, eff. 3-1-88; 12-29-97
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181,
				  502.030,
				  502.040
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › LICENSE AGENTS › Section 502.125 - Unlawful issuance of licenses, tags, stamps, permits and other documents

Current through June 11, 2024
It is unlawful for any person to issue a license, tag, stamp,
				permit or other document authorized by the Department unless the person:
1. Is a license agent, an employee of a
			 license agent or an employee of the Department;
2. Is authorized by the Department to issue
			 the document; and
3. Issues the
			 document in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs, eff. 12-29-97
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181,
				  502.030
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › LICENSE AGENTS › Section 502.140 - Appointment of agents; participation in automated licensing system

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Department will appoint such license
			 agents as are necessary to provide readily available service to the hunting,
			 fishing and trapping public.
2. A
			 license agent appointed:
(a) On or after
			 January 21, 2003, must participate in the automated licensing system
			 administered by the Department and:
(1)
			 Complete such training as the Department determines to be necessary for that
			 participation;
(2) Obtain and
			 maintain at his or her own expense such a communication line as the Department
			 determines to be necessary for that participation; and
(3) Pay any expenses incurred by the
			 Department to install and set up any other equipment required for that
			 participation.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › LICENSE AGENTS › Section 502.145 - Application; fee; financial information; permanent building; investigation by Department; contract

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Any person may
			 apply for appointment as a license agent by submitting a:
(a) Completed application on forms provided
			 by the Department; and
(b) Fee of
			 $100 for processing the application.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › LICENSE AGENTS › Section 502.147 - Criteria considered for approval of application

Current through June 11, 2024
1. To
			 determine whether to approve or deny an application for appointment as a
			 license agent, the Department may consider, without limitation, the following
			 criteria:
(a) Whether the applicant has met
			 the bonding requirements of NAC 502.150.
(b) Whether the applicant is financially
			 responsible.
(c) Whether the
			 applicant has provided the banking information and binding authority necessary
			 for the electronic transfer of any money the applicant may receive from the
			 sale of any licenses, permits, tags, stamps and other documents authorized by
			 the Department to a bank account designated by the Department.
(d) Whether the applicant has been convicted
			 of a violation of a law or regulation relating to wildlife within the 5 years
			 immediately preceding the date on which the applicant submits the
			 application.
(e) Whether the
			 applicant is under investigation for a violation of a law or regulation
			 relating to wildlife at the time he or she submits the application.
(f) Whether the applicant has been convicted
			 of a felony or gross misdemeanor.
(g) Whether the applicant is the subject of
			 felony criminal proceedings at the time he or she submits the
			 application.
(h) Whether the
			 applicant has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude.
(i) The cooperation of the applicant and his
			 or her employees.
(j)
			 Characteristics of the business where the applicant desires to issue licenses,
			 including, without limitation:
(1)
			 Accessibility of the business to all segments of the public;
(2) The number of license agents in the
			 geographical area and their proximity to the business;
(3) The remoteness of the area in which the
			 business is located;
(4) The hours
			 the business will be open to the public;
(5) The number of times the ownership of the
			 business has been transferred; and
(6) The need for a license agent, as
			 determined by the Department, in the general area of the business.
(k) If the applicant previously
			 was a license agent:
(1) The total number of
			 licenses sold by the applicant while he or she was a license agent;
(2) Whether the applicant complied with all
			 laws and regulations relating to a license agent; and
(3) Whether the applicant was placed on
			 probation or had his or her authority as a license agent cancelled pursuant to
			 NAC 502.195.
(l) If the
			 applicant will replace an agent at the business where the applicant desires to
			 issue licenses:
(1) The total number of
			 licenses sold by the license agent who will be replaced;
(2) Whether the license agent who will be
			 replaced complied with all laws and regulations relating to a license agent;
			 and
(3) Whether the license agent
			 who will be replaced was placed on probation or had his or her authority as a
			 license agent cancelled pursuant to NAC 502.195.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › LICENSE AGENTS › Section 502.150 - Bond required; payment of premium for bond; transfer or sale of business

Current through June 11, 2024
1. An applicant for appointment as a license
			 agent must furnish a continuous bond of not less than $7,000 to indemnify the
			 Department against any loss occasioned by the improper performance of his or
			 her duties.
2. Except as otherwise
			 provided in this subsection, the license agent shall pay the premium for the
			 bond required by subsection 1. The Department will pay the premium for the bond
			 required by subsection 1 if the license agency is located in a remote area and
			 the license agency is or has been established for the convenience of the
			 Department.
3. The contract of a
			 license agent may not be transferred. If a license agent transfers or sells his
			 or her business, the license agent must notify the Department at least 30 days
			 before the transfer or sale. All inventory and money due must be submitted to
			 the Department before the ownership is transferred.
Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs,
				No. 19 § 7, eff. 3-10-80-NAC A 9-20-83; 2-18-88, eff. 3-1-88; 12-13-91;
				11-23-94; 12-29-97
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181,
				  502.040
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › LICENSE AGENTS › Section 502.152 - Responsibilities of agent; prohibited acts

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The license
			 agent is responsible for the correct issuance of all documents and shall comply
			 with all procedures established by the Department and all provisions of the
			 contract.
2. A license agent or an
			 employee of a license agent shall not:
(a)
			 Back-date, back-time or otherwise falsify any information on a
			 document;
(b) Aid in or attempt
			 such acts; or
(c) Cause such acts
			 to be done.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › LICENSE AGENTS › Section 502.160 - Disposition of money collected; failure to comply; availability of documents for inspection and audit

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
			 otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4, a license agent shall, as specified
			 by the Department:
(a) Forward to the license
			 office; or
(b) Deposit at least
			 once every 7 days for electronic transfer to a bank account designated by the
			 Department,
ÃS any money collected by the license agent, excluding
				any service fees to which the license agent is entitled, for the sale and
				issuance of any licenses, permits, tags, stamps and other documents authorized
				by the Department.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › LICENSE AGENTS › Section 502.165 - Department to establish procedures regarding documents

Current through June 11, 2024
The Department will establish procedures for ordering
				documents, verifying receipts and charging documents to the license
				agents.
Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs,
				No. 19 § 10, eff. 3-10-80-NAC A 1-2-86;
				11-23-94
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181,
				  502.040
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › LICENSE AGENTS › Section 502.170 - Batch reports: Dates due; submission; delinquency

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The
			 Department shall assign to each manual license agent dates for the submission
			 of batch reports. The agent shall submit at least two batch reports each month
			 which must be received by the Department by the assigned dates. If the agent
			 has had no sales during the period covered by a batch report, he or she shall
			 enter "no sale" on the report and submit it to the Department. The batch report
			 must be received by the Department by the assigned date.
2. If the Department does not receive a batch
			 report on or before the date assigned pursuant to subsection 1, the Department:
(a) Shall not send any more licenses,
			 permits, tags, stamps or other licensing documents to the license agent until
			 his or her batch report is received; and
(b) Shall send a notice of delinquency to the
			 license agent.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › LICENSE AGENTS › Section 502.180 - Voided documents: Credit to or assessment of license agent

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Credit may be given to:
(a) A manual license agent for licenses,
			 permits and tags that have been voided if the agent returns to the Department
			 the original and remittance copy of the license, permit or tag with the word
			 "void" written across it.
(b) An
			 automated license agent for licensing documents that have been printed and
			 voided if the agent submits the original voided document to the
			 Department.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › LICENSE AGENTS › Section 502.182 - Recall of documents at close of season or license year: Procedure; assessment of fee for documents not received

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Department
			 will recall documents from license agents at the close of a season or license
			 year.
2. The Department will notify
			 each license agent in writing that specific documents are being recalled and
			 that they must be received by the Department on or before a specified date. The
			 specified receipt date must not be more than 60 days after the date of
			 notification. To receive credit, unsold documents must be received by the
			 Department on or before the specified receipt date.
3. The license agent will be assessed a fee
			 for each document recalled but not received by the Department within 30 days
			 after the date specified pursuant to subsection 2. The fee amount will be
			 determined pursuant to NAC 502.185.
Bd. of Fish & Game
				Comm'rs, No. 19 § 20, eff. 3-10-80-NAC A by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs,
				2-18-88, eff. 3-1-88; 1-24-92; 11-23-94
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181,
				  502.040
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › LICENSE AGENTS › Section 502.185 - Lost batch reports; stolen documents; assessed value of missing documents

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If a license agent's batch report has been
			 lost in the mail, the license agent may receive credit if the agent notifies
			 the Department of the loss and provides photocopies of the report to the
			 Department.
2. If documents have
			 been stolen, the license agent may receive credit if the agent notifies the
			 Department and submits a copy of a police report to the Department listing the
			 document numbers of the stolen documents.
3. If the provisions of subsections 1, 2 and
			 4 of NAC 502.180 do not apply, or if a document has been lost or destroyed by
			 an agent or stolen and no copy is available, the assessed value of the document
			 is:
(a) For a license or permit from a book,
			 an amount equal to the highest priced license or permit in that book;
(b) For a tag from a book, an amount equal to
			 the highest priced tag in that book; and
(c) For a stamp, the face value.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › LICENSE AGENTS › Section 502.192 - Relinquishment or cancellation of authority: Recall and return of documents; assessment of fee for documents not returned

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A license agent
			 may voluntarily relinquish his or her authority or the Department may cancel
			 his or her authority pursuant to NAC 502.195. All sold, unsold and void
			 documents are subject to immediate recall upon a license agent's notification
			 to the Department that the license agent has voluntarily relinquished his or
			 her authority or upon the Department's notification to the agent of its
			 cancellation of his or her authority.
2. Credit will be given for unsold documents
			 returned to the Department within 30 days after the notice of voluntary
			 relinquishment of authority or the Department's notice of cancellation of
			 authority.
3. Thirty days after the
			 notice of voluntary relinquishment of authority or the Department's notice of
			 cancellation of authority the license agent will be assessed a fee for each
			 recalled document not returned in an amount determined pursuant to NAC
			 502.185.
Bd. of Fish & Game
				Comm'rs, No. 19 § 24, eff. 3-10-80-NAC A by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs,
				2-18-88, eff. 3-1-88; 1-24-92; 11-23-94
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181,
				  502.040
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › LICENSE AGENTS › Section 502.195 - Grounds for probation of agent or cancellation of authority

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Department may:
(a) Place a license agent on probation for
			 not more than 6 months or cancel a license agent's authority if the Department
			 determines that the agent has violated any of the provisions of the agent's
			 contract or has failed to comply with any regulation of the Commission relating
			 to license agents.
(b) Cancel a
			 license agent's authority at the end of a licensing year if the license agent:
(1) Is located in an incorporated city and
			 fails to sell:
(I) At least 300 licensing
			 documents during his or her first year of appointment as a license agent;
			 and
(II) At least 600 licensing
			 documents during his or her second and each subsequent year of appointment as a
			 license agent; or
(2) Is
			 not located in an incorporated city and fails to sell:
(I) At least 100 licensing documents during
			 his or her first year of appointment as a license agent; and
(II) At least 200 licensing documents during
			 his or her second and each subsequent year of appointment as a license
			 agent.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › LICENSE AGENTS › Section 502.197 - Cancellation of authority: Appeal to Commission; limitations on reapplication

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Any person whose
			 authority as a license agent is cancelled by the Department may appeal from
			 that decision to the Commission. The appeal must be filed in writing with the
			 Department within 30 days after the agent is notified of the Department's
			 decision.
2. The Commission may
			 affirm or set aside the Department's decision or place the agent on
			 probation.
3. If a person's
			 authority as a license agent is cancelled by the Department and the decision of
			 the Department is not appealed to the Commission or, if appealed, is affirmed
			 by the Commission, the person:
(a) May not
			 reapply for appointment as a license agent for a period of 1 year after the
			 date of the cancellation by the Department; and
(b) If the person reapplies after that
			 period, must substantiate that measures have been taken to rectify the problems
			 that caused the cancellation by the Department.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › LICENSES, TAGS AND PERMITS GENERALLY › Section 502.199 - Application for initial issuance of licensing document; required information and statement

Current through June 11, 2024
1. For each
			 application for the initial issuance of a license, tag, permit or other
			 licensing document, the applicant or license agent shall correctly enter the
			 information required on the application for the license, tag, permit or other
			 licensing document.
2. The
			 information required pursuant to subsection 1 must include:
(a) The applicant's:
(1) Legal name;
(2) Physical and mailing address;
(3) City, county and state of residence;
			 and
(4) Zip code.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › LICENSES, TAGS AND PERMITS GENERALLY › Section 502.200 - Resident's license or permit: Proof of identity and residency; information furnished by applicant and agent; signature of applicant

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in NAC
			 502.262, a license agent may require an applicant for a resident's license or
			 permit to provide reasonable proof of the applicant's identity and proof that
			 the applicant has had at least 6 months of continuous residence in Nevada
			 before issuing a resident's license or permit to the applicant. Such proof may
			 include, but is not limited to, a Nevada driver's license or other
			 identification containing a photograph of the applicant, receipts from the rent
			 or lease of a residence located within this State, records of public utilities,
			 stubs from employment checks or any other document indicating the applicant's
			 name and current address. Any document presented must be dated at least 6
			 months before the date a license or permit is issued. A license or permit
			 issued by the Department for a previous year is not acceptable proof of
			 residency.
2. Except as otherwise
			 provided in NAC 502.262, the license agent shall correctly enter the required
			 information on the original and all copies of any licenses and permits issued
			 to residents. The information must include:
(a) The applicant's legal name, mailing
			 address, street address, city, county, state and zip code;
(b) The applicant's social security number,
			 unless the applicant is a citizen of a country other than the United
			 States;
(c) The month and year of
			 the applicant's residency;
(d) The
			 month, day, year and time the license or permit is issued to the
			 applicant;
(e) A description of the
			 applicant, including his or her height, weight, sex and date of
			 birth;
(f) If the applicant was
			 born after January 1, 1960, and is applying for a hunting license or a
			 combination hunting and fishing license, a statement indicating that the
			 applicant has presented proof of successful completion of a course in the
			 responsibilities of hunters as required by the provisions of
			 NRS
			 502.330;
(g) The class of license or permit for which
			 the applicant is applying;
(h) The
			 license agent's account number and the initials of the person who issues the
			 license or permit; and
(i) If a
			 short-term permit to fish is issued, the starting date of the permit.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › LICENSES, TAGS AND PERMITS GENERALLY › Section 502.203 - Trapping license: Date of expiration

Current through June 11, 2024
Except as otherwise provided in regulations adopted by the
				Commission, and unless suspended or revoked, each trapping license is
				valid:
1. From the date the license is
			 issued through the following June 30; or
2. From July 1 immediately following the date
			 the license is issued through the following June 30, as specified on the
			 license.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs, by
				R008-15,
				eff. 10/27/2015
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › LICENSES, TAGS AND PERMITS GENERALLY › Section 502.205 - Inclusion of social security number in application for hunting license

Current through June 11, 2024
In addition to any other information required pursuant to this
				chapter, an applicant for a hunting license must include his or her social
				security number in his or her application for a hunting license if the Social
				Security Administration has issued such a number.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R137-03, eff. 1-20-2004
NRS 501.181,
				  502.030,
				  502.063
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 502 - Wildlife: Licenses, Tags and Permits › LICENSES, TAGS AND PERMITS GENERALLY › Section 502.211 - Removal of personal information from lists sold by Department (Repealed)

Current through June 11, 2024
Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife
				  Comm'rs by R137-03, eff. 1-20-2004; A by
				  R192-18A,
				  eff. 6/12/2019; R by
				  R053-23A,
				  eff. 2/13/2024
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181