reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › CLASSIFICATION AND TAKING OF WILDLIFE › Section 503.074 - Aquatic invasive species: Mollusks

Current through June 11, 2024
For the purposes of NRS
				NRS
				503.597, the following species are classified
				as aquatic invasive species:
Mollusks:
Common Name
Scientific Classification
1. Golden
						  mussels........................................
Limnoperna fortunei
2. New Zealand mud snails.........................
Potamopyrgus antipodarum
,
P.
						  jenkinsi
3. Quagga and zebra mussels.......................
All species in the genus
Dreissena
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Wildlife Comm'rs by R152-12, eff. 12-20-2012
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181,
				  503.597
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › CLASSIFICATION AND TAKING OF WILDLIFE › Section 503.075 - Amphibians

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Amphibians are classified
								 as game, protected, threatened, sensitive, endangered or unprotected amphibians.
2. The following amphibians are classified as protected:
Common Name
Scientific Name
(a) Frog
Northern leopard .............
Lithobates pipiens
Relict leopard ..................
Lithobates onca
Columbia Spotted ............
Rana luteiventris
(b) Toad
Amargosa ........................
Bufo nelsoni
Hot Creek ........................
Anaxyrus monfontanus
Railroad Valley ...............
Anaxyrus nevadensis
3. The following
								 species of protected amphibians are further classified as endangered:
Common Name
Scientific Name
Toad
Dixie Valley
																		 ............................
Anaxyrus williamsi
4. Unprotected
								 amphibians are all species of amphibians which are not classified as game, protected, threatened, sensitive
								 or endangered amphibians.
Bd. of Fish & Game
				Comm'rs, part No. 1, eff. 7-1-69; A 5-15-74; 10-1-76-NAC A by Bd. of Wildlife
				Comm'rs by R137-98, 9-25-98; R094-03, 10-30-2003; A by
				R009-21A,
				eff. 2/28/2022; A by
				R009-21CAP,
				eff. 3/3/2022;	A by
										R082-23A, eff.
										2/9/2024
NRS 501.105, 501.110, 501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › CLASSIFICATION AND TAKING OF WILDLIFE › Section 503.080 - Reptiles

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The following reptiles are classified as
			 protected:
Common Name
Scientific Name
(a)
Lizard
Gila Monster
							 ...........................
..
Heloderma suspectum
Northern
Alligator
							 ....
..
Elgaria coerulea
Mojave Fringe-toed
							 ...............
..
Uma
							 scoparia
(b)
Snake
Rosy
Boa
							 ........................
..
Lichanura orcutti
Sonoran Mountain King .........
..
Lampropeltis
							 pyromelana
(c) Turtle
Western Pond
							 .........................
..
Actinemys
							 marmorata
2. The
			 following protected reptile is further classified as threatened:
Common Name
Scientific Name
Tortoise
Desert .............................
........... Gopherus
							 agassizi
3. All
			 species of reptiles which are not classified as protected, sensitive,
			 threatened or endangered are unprotected.
Bd. of Fish & Game
				Comm'rs, part No. 1, eff. 7-1-69; A 7-1-70; 10-1-76-NAC A by Bd. of Wildlife
				Comm'rs, 11-10-83; 12-13-91; 7-6-92; R133-04, 10-28-2004; R056-11, 12-30-2011;
				A by
				R009-21A,
				eff. 2/28/2022; A by
				R009-21CAP,
				eff. 3/3/2022
NRS
				501.105,
				501.110,
				501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › CLASSIFICATION AND TAKING OF WILDLIFE › Section 503.090 - Seasons: Protected wildlife; unprotected wildlife

Current through June 11, 2024
1.
			 There is no open season on those species of wild mammals, wild birds, fish,
			 reptiles or amphibians classified as protected.
2. There is no closed season on those species
			 of wild mammals or wild birds classified as unprotected.
Bd. of Fish & Game
				Comm'rs, part No. 1, eff. 7-1-69-NAC A by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs by R133-04,
				10-28-2004
NRS
				  501.105,
				  501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › CLASSIFICATION AND TAKING OF WILDLIFE › Section 503.093 - Appropriate license, permit or authorization required to hunt, take or possess protected wildlife; exceptions; limitation on possession of desert tortoises

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
			 otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person shall not hunt or take any
			 wildlife which is classified as protected, or possess any part thereof, without
			 first obtaining the appropriate license, permit or written authorization from
			 the Department.
2. Such a license,
			 permit or authorization is not required for:
(a) The possession of a desert tortoise
			 which:
(1) Was held in captivity on or before
			 August 4, 1989; or
(2) Is acquired
			 through an adoption program or another method approved by the United States
			 Fish and Wildlife Service.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › CLASSIFICATION AND TAKING OF WILDLIFE › Section 503.0935 - Special permit for handling, moving or temporarily possessing protected wildlife

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Department may issue
								 a special permit pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 503.597  to allow a person to handle, move or temporarily
								 possess any wildlife which is classified as protected for the purpose of reducing or eliminating the risk of
								 harm to the wildlife that may result from any lawful activity conducted on land where the wildlife is
								 located. The fee for such a special permit is $200.
2. An
								 applicant for a special permit specified in subsection 1 must include on the application:
(a) The name and date of birth of the applicant;
(b) The physical or mailing address and telephone number of the
								 applicant;
(c) The name, address and telephone number of the
								 place of employment of the applicant;
(d) The name of the company
								 or other entity that the applicant is representing, if different from the employer of the
								 applicant;
(e) The name of each person who, at the direction of
								 the applicant, will handle, move or temporarily possess the wildlife under the authority of the special
								 permit;
(f) The common and scientific name and the number of each
								 species of wildlife, or nests or eggs thereof, to be handled, moved or temporarily possessed;
(g) The manner in which each specimen of wildlife will be handled, moved or
								 temporarily possessed;
(h) The locations at which and the dates
								 when the wildlife are to be handled, moved or temporarily possessed;
(i) The locations at which or to which the wildlife will be handled, moved
								 or temporarily possessed, if any;
(j) A brief synopsis, not to
								 exceed five pages, of the purpose and justification for the handling, moving or temporary possession of the
								 wildlife; and
(k) The signature of the applicant and the date on
								 which the applicant signed the application.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › CLASSIFICATION AND TAKING OF WILDLIFE › Section 503.094 - Scientific permit for collection or possession of wildlife

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Department may issue a scientific permit
								 pursuant to NRS 503.650  which authorizes the taking, killing, possessing or banding of any species of
								 wildlife, or the collecting of the nest or eggs thereof, for strictly scientific or educational
								 purposes.
2. An applicant for a scientific permit must include on
								 his or her application:
(a) The name of the applicant;
(b) The name of the company or institution that the applicant is
								 representing;
(c) The physical or mailing addresses of the
								 applicant's residence and place of employment;
(d) The telephone
								 numbers of the applicant's residence and place of employment;
(e)
								 The name of each person or group of persons who will collect wildlife under the authority of the scientific
								 permit and at the direction of the applicant;
(f) The common and
								 scientific name and the number of each species of wildlife, or nests or eggs thereof, to be collected,
								 possessed, marked or banded;
(g) The manner and means by which
								 each specimen of wildlife will be collected or captured;
(h) The
								 locations at which and the dates when the specimens of wildlife are to be collected;
(i) A brief synopsis, not to exceed five pages, of the purpose and
								 justification for the collection and possession of the specimens of wildlife;
(j) The location where the specimens of wildlife will be transferred or
								 held once collected; and
(k) The signature of the applicant and
								 the date on which the application was signed.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › CLASSIFICATION AND TAKING OF WILDLIFE › Section 503.095 - Permit to collect unprotected wildlife for commercial purposes

Current through June 11, 2024
1. It is unlawful for a person to collect
								 unprotected wildlife or any species of reptile for commercial purposes without a permit.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NAC 503.513  and 503.545, the Department
								 will issue a permit authorizing a natural person to collect unprotected wildlife, with the exception of any
								 reptile, for commercial purposes with a seine, net, noose, trap or other device if, after an investigation is
								 conducted, it is proved to the Department that the collecting will not be detrimental to wildlife or the
								 habitat of the wildlife. The annual fee for a permit issued pursuant to this section is $250.
3. An application for a permit issued pursuant to this section must be
								 submitted on a form furnished by the Department.
4. An applicant
								 for a permit issued pursuant to this section must include on the application:
(a) The name of the applicant;
(b) The physical and mailing addresses of the applicant's residence and
								 place of employment;
(c) The cellular telephone number of the
								 applicant, if any, or the telephone numbers of the applicant's residence and place of employment;
(d) The social security number, or the tax identification number if the
								 application is made under a business name, of the applicant;
(e)
								 The date of birth of the applicant;
(f) The methods and equipment
								 to be used in the collection of the wildlife;
(g) The location,
								 by county or region, where the wildlife is to be collected;
(h)
								 The address of the location where the wildlife will be held while it is in the possession of the
								 applicant;
(i) If the applicant has been convicted of violating
								 the laws or regulations of any state or the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to the
								 commercialization of wildlife within the 5 years immediately preceding the date of the application, a
								 description of each violation, a description of the penalty imposed for each violation and the name of the
								 state in which each conviction occurred; and
(j) The applicant's
								 signature and the date on which the application is signed.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › CLASSIFICATION AND TAKING OF WILDLIFE › Section 503.097 - Collection of unprotected wildlife for commercial purposes: General requirements

Current through June 11, 2024
A person granted a permit to collect
			 unprotected wildlife for commercial purposes pursuant to NAC 503.095, 503.513
			 or 503.545 shall:
1. Comply with the
			 terms, conditions and restrictions of the permit.
2. Immediately release, unharmed, any
			 wildlife not authorized by the permit.
3. Allow at reasonable times any person
			 employed by the Department who is authorized to enforce the provisions of this
			 chapter free and unrestricted access to logs of transactions, records of
			 collection and, for the purpose of inspecting the wildlife, the area or areas
			 where the holder of a permit is collecting, possessing, storing or shipping
			 unprotected wildlife.
4. If
			 required by the Department, maintain daily records of the unprotected wildlife
			 he or she has taken. Not later than the 10th day of each month, the Department
			 must receive from the holder of the permit a report which summarizes the daily
			 records of the previous month. The holder of the permit shall, as required by
			 the Department, include on the report:
(a)
			 The total number of unprotected wildlife collected, by individual
			 species;
(b) The sex and age of
			 each specimen of wildlife collected, if known;
(c) A description of the location at which
			 each specimen of wildlife was collected, as designated by:
(1) Township, range and sections;
(2) Coordinates of the Universal Transverse
			 Mercator, within plus or minus 800 meters; or
(3) Other system of coordinates approved by
			 the Department; and
(d)
			 A description of the habitat from which the specimen of wildlife was
			 collected.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › CLASSIFICATION AND TAKING OF WILDLIFE › Section 503.099 - Collection of unprotected wildlife for commercial purposes: Compliance with applicable law

Current through June 11, 2024
A permit issued pursuant to NAC 503.095, 503.513 or 503.550 does not
			 authorize the taking, transporting or disposal of unprotected wildlife in
			 violation of any applicable federal, state, county or city law, regulation or
			 ordinance.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife
			 Comm'rs, eff. 4-26-89; A 5-22-97
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.380
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › CLASSIFICATION AND TAKING OF WILDLIFE › Section 503.100 - Taking of bullfrogs or crayfish

Current through June 11, 2024
A person may take bullfrogs or crayfish by any
			 method specified in NRS
			 NRS
			 503.290 or NAC 503.590, other than by a hook
			 and line, without obtaining a license or permit issued by the
			 Department.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife
			 Comm'rs by R082-09, eff. 1-28-2010
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 502.010,
			 503.290
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › CLASSIFICATION AND TAKING OF WILDLIFE › Section 503.101 - Factors for classification of wildlife as game

Current through June 11, 2024
The Department shall consider the
			 following factors in classifying a species or subspecies of wildlife as
			 game:
1. The likelihood that the
			 wildlife will be used as food;
2.
			 The recreational value of hunting or fishing for the wildlife;
3. The economic value of hunting or fishing
			 for the wildlife; and
4. Whether
			 hunting or fishing for the wildlife is of value to the management of the
			 wildlife.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife
			 Comm'rs, eff. 7-6-92
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.110,
			 501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › CLASSIFICATION AND TAKING OF WILDLIFE › Section 503.102 - Factors for classification of wildlife as fur-bearing mammal

Current through June 11, 2024
The
			 Department shall consider the following factors in classifying a species or
			 subspecies of wildlife as a fur-bearing mammal:
1. The economic value of the animal's
			 fur;
2. The recreational value of
			 trapping the animal; and
3. Whether
			 trapping the animal is of value to the management of the animal.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife
			 Comm'rs, eff. 7-6-92
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.110,
			 501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › CLASSIFICATION AND TAKING OF WILDLIFE › Section 503.103 - Criteria for classification of wildlife as protected

Current through June 11, 2024
A species or subspecies of
			 wildlife may be classified as protected if the Commission determines, from
			 available information, that one or more of the following criteria
			 exists:
1. The wildlife is found only
			 in this State and its population, distribution or habitat is limited.
2. The wildlife has a limited population or
			 distribution within this State that is likely to decline as a result of human
			 or natural causes.
3. The
			 population of the wildlife is threatened as a result of the deterioration or
			 loss of its habitat.
4. The
			 wildlife has ecological, scientific, educational or other value that justifies
			 its classification as protected.
5.
			 The available data is not adequate to determine the exact status of the
			 population of the wildlife, but does indicate a limited population,
			 distribution or habitat.
6. The
			 wildlife is listed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in the
			 Federal Register as a candidate species, or it is classified as threatened or
			 endangered in the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended,
			 16
			 U.S.C. §§
									1531 et seq.
7. Other evidence exists to justify
			 classifying the wildlife as protected.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife
			 Comm'rs, eff. 7-6-92; A by R133-04, 10-28-2004
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.110,
			 501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › CLASSIFICATION AND TAKING OF WILDLIFE › Section 503.104 - Criteria for classification of wildlife as sensitive

Current through June 11, 2024
A species or subspecies of
			 wildlife may be classified as sensitive if the Commission determines, from
			 available information, that one or more of the following criteria
			 exists:
1. The population or
			 distribution of the wildlife is in a significant decline.
2. The population of the wildlife is
			 threatened as a result of disease or predation or ecological or human
			 causes.
3. The primary habitat of
			 the wildlife is deteriorating.
4.
			 The wildlife is listed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in the
			 Federal Register as a candidate species, or it is classified as threatened or
			 endangered in the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended,
			 16
			 U.S.C. §§
									1531 et seq.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife
			 Comm'rs, eff. 7-6-92; A by R133-04, 10-28-2004
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.110,
			 501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION AND RELEASE OF WILDLIFE › Section 503.108 - "Evidence of lawful possession" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in NAC 503.108 to 503.140, inclusive,
			 "evidence of lawful possession" means:
1. Any license or permit issued by a wildlife
			 agency or regulatory agency in the state or country where a species listed in
			 NAC 503.110 originated that allows the possession of species specified therein,
			 including viable embryos or gametes; or
2. Any other documentation establishing
			 lawful possession, including, but not limited to, a document issued by a
			 wildlife agency or regulatory agency of the state or country where a species
			 listed in NAC 503.110 originated that indicates a license or permit is not
			 required for the possession of the species specified therein.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife
			 Comm'rs, eff. 2-28-94
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.597,
			 504.295
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION AND RELEASE OF WILDLIFE › Section 503.115 - Restriction on transportation of live game fish

Current through June 11, 2024
Game fish taken under the authority of a
			 fishing license or fishing permit may not be transported alive from the body of
			 water where the game fish was taken.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife
			 Comm'rs by R093-05, eff. 10-31-2005
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.597
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION AND RELEASE OF WILDLIFE › Section 503.130 - Inspection of imported wildlife: Notification by Department

Current through June 11, 2024
The Department will notify a
			 person permitted to import wildlife of the time and place of inspection of
			 imported wildlife subject to inspection.
Bd. of Fish & Game Comm'rs,
			 No. 20 § 27.7, eff. 9-20-75
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.597
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION AND RELEASE OF WILDLIFE › Section 503.135 - Permit to release wildlife

Current through June 11, 2024
1. An application
			 for a permit to release wildlife must be made on a form provided by and
			 available from the Department at its office in Reno, Fallon, Elko or Las
			 Vegas.
2. An applicant for a permit
			 to release wildlife must include on the application:
(a) The name of the applicant;
(b) The physical and mailing address of his
			 or her residence;
(c) The cellular
			 telephone number of the applicant, if any, or the telephone number of his or
			 her residence;
(d) The applicant's
			 driver's license number, if he or she has been issued a driver's license, or a
			 driver authorization card number or instruction permit number obtained in
			 accordance with
			 NRS
			 483.291;
(e) The social security number, or the tax
			 identification number if the application is made under a business name, of the
			 applicant;
(f) The name of the
			 owner of the property where the wildlife is to be released;
(g) The address and legal description of the
			 property where the wildlife is to be released;
(h) The species of each type of wildlife and
			 the number of each such type of species to be released.
(i) The purpose for the release;
(j) The date on which the wildlife is to be
			 released;
(k) The location or
			 source from which the applicant has acquired, or will acquire, the wildlife to
			 be released; and
(l) The
			 applicant's signature and the date on which he or she signed the
			 application.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION AND RELEASE OF WILDLIFE › Section 503.140 - Species for which certain permits and licenses are not required: Specification; release; sale; exceptions

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
			 otherwise provided in subsection 4 and NAC
			 503.500 to
			 503.535, inclusive, the following
			 animals may be possessed, transported, imported and exported without a permit
			 or license issued by the Department:
(a)
			 Canaries;
(b) Toucans;
(c) Lovebirds;
(d) Nonindigenous house finches;
(e) Parakeets;
(f) Cockatiels;
(g) Mynah birds;
(h) Parrots;
(i) Hamsters;
(j) Domesticated races of rats and
			 mice;
(k) Gerbils;
(l) Guinea pigs;
(m) Monkeys and other primates;
(n) Aquarium fish;
(o) Marsupials;
(p) Elephants;
(q) All felines, except mountain lions and
			 bobcats;
(r) Wolves that are
			 lawfully acquired and bred in captivity;
(s) Camels (
Camelus
spp.);
(t) European ferret
			 (
Mustela putorius
);
(u) Llamas (
Lama
			 glama
);
(v) American
			 Bison;
(w) Marine
			 mammals;
(x) Ostrich
			 (
Struthio
spp.);
(y) Emus (
Dromiceius
spp.);
(z) Rheas
			 (
Rhea
spp.);
(aa)
			 Nonvenomous, nonindigenous reptile species and subspecies;
(bb) Albino forms of indigenous reptile
			 species;
(cc) Alpaca (
Lama
			 pacos
);
(dd) Guinea fowl
			 (
Numida meleagris
);
(ee) Old World species of pheasants,
			 partridges, quails, francolin, peafowl and jungle fowl (nonendemic species of
			 the subfamily
Phasianae
), except:
(1) Chukar partridge;
(2) Hungarian (gray) partridge;
(3) Snow cock; and
(4) Ring-necked and white-winged
			 pheasant;
(ff)
			 Domesticated races of turkey (
Meleagris gallopavo
),
			 distinguished morphologically from wild birds;
(gg) Domesticated races of ducks and geese
			 (
Anatidae
), distinguished morphologically from wild
			 birds;
(hh) Domesticated races of
			 chinchillas;
(ii) Domesticated
			 races of mink;
(jj) Waterfowl
			 reared in captivity that are lawfully acquired pursuant to the regulations
			 adopted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;
(kk) Those species of ducks, geese and swans
			 not listed as protected pursuant to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act,
			 16 U.S.C.
			 §§
										703 et seq.;
(ll) Yak (
Bos
			 grunniens
);
(mm)
			 Cassowary;
(nn) Coturnix quail
			 (
Coturnix coturnix
);
(oo) Zebra (
Equus
spp
			 .);
(pp) Salt water fish,
			 crustaceans and mollusks;
(qq)
			 Nonindigenous species of amphibians, except:
(1) Bullfrogs (
Rana
			 catesbeiana
); and
(2)
			 Species listed in NAC
			 503.110;
(rr) African pygmy hedgehogs
			 (
Atelerix albiventris
); and
(ss) California kingsnakes
			 (
Lampropeltis californiae
) that do not have between their head
			 and vent a continuous pattern of bands or rings regardless of whether the bands
			 or rings are opened or closed.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › HUNTING AND TRAPPING: GENERALLY › Section 503.141 - "Bow" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in NAC 503.141 to
			 503.195, inclusive, and section 2
			 of this regulation, "bow" includes any longbow, recurved bow or compound
			 bow.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
			 Wildlife Comm'rs by R176-03, eff. 4-8-2004; A by R152-06, 5-21-2007; R114-09
			 & R138-09, 4-20-2010;
			 R107-14,
			 eff. 12/22/2014; A by
			 R009-21A,
			 eff. 2/28/2022; A by
			 R009-21CAP,
			 eff. 3/3/2022
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.150
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › HUNTING AND TRAPPING: GENERALLY › Section 503.142 - Hunting big game mammal with firearm

Current through June 11, 2024
The Commission hereby establishes the following
			 exceptions to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of
			 NRS
			 503.150:
1. During a type of hunt that is restricted
			 to muzzle-loading firearms, a person may hunt a big game mammal only with a
			 muzzle-loading rifle or muzzle-loading musket, and may use only a lead ball, a
			 lead bullet, a semi-jacketed bullet or a metal alloy bullet that expands. Only
			 black powder or a black powder substitute may be used as a propellant. A sabot
			 round may be used. The muzzle-loading rifle or muzzle-loading musket must have
			 the following characteristics:
(a) A wheel
			 lock, matchlock or flintlock ignition system, or a percussion ignition system
			 that uses a primer or percussion cap;
(b) A single barrel of caliber .45 or larger;
			 and
(c) Except as otherwise
			 provided in NAC
			 503.146, open sights or peep
			 sights. The use of a sight that is operated or powered by a battery,
			 electronics or a radioactive isotope such as tritium is prohibited.
The
			 muzzle-loading rifle or the muzzle-loading musket is deemed to be not loaded if
			 the priming compound or element, such as the priming powder or the unfired
			 primer or percussion cap, is removed.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › HUNTING AND TRAPPING: GENERALLY › Section 503.143 - Hunting with crossbow

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A crossbow may
			 be used to hunt a big game mammal in a type of hunt that allows the use of any
			 legal weapon if the crossbow has:
(a) A
			 minimum draw weight of 125 pounds;
(b) A minimum power stroke of 14 inches from
			 the front of the bow to the nocking point;
(c) A stock that is at least 18 inches long;
			 and
(d) A positive mechanical
			 safety mechanism.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › HUNTING AND TRAPPING: GENERALLY › Section 503.144 - Hunting with bow and arrow

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
			 otherwise provided in paragraph (c) of subsection 4, the bowstring of a bow
			 used in hunting any game mammal or game bird must be moved or held entirely by
			 the muscle power of the shooter through all points of the draw cycle until
			 release and may only be released by direct and conscious action of the shooter,
			 either by relaxing the tension of the fingers or by triggering the release
			 action of a handheld release aid.
2. A bow used in hunting a big game mammal
			 must, have a peak draw weight of at least 40 pounds and, if the bow is a
			 compound bow, a let-off of not more than 80 percent. Arrows used in hunting big
			 game mammals must be at least 24 inches long, weigh at least 300 grains and
			 have:
(a) Fixed broadheads that are at least
			 7/8-inch wide at the widest point; or
(b) Expandable, mechanical broadheads that
			 are at least 7/8-inch wide at the widest point when the broadhead is in the
			 open position.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › HUNTING AND TRAPPING: GENERALLY › Section 503.145 - Sight attached to firearm, bow or crossbow

Current through June 11, 2024
The Commission hereby establishes the following
			 exception to paragraph (f) of subsection 1 of NRS NRS NRS
			 NRS
			 503.150. Except as otherwise provided by
			 paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NAC 503.142, a sight attached to a firearm or
			 bow that is used to hunt a game mammal or game bird, or a sight attached to a
			 crossbow that is used to hunt a big game mammal, may be illuminated or powered
			 by:
1. A battery contained within the
			 sight;
2. Light-gathering fiber
			 optics;
3. A radioactive isotope
			 such as tritium; or
4. Iridescent
			 or fluorescent paint.
It is unlawful for a person to hunt a big game
			 mammal, a game mammal or a game bird with a weapon that is equipped with a
			 sight that is capable of casting or projecting a beam of light that is visible
			 to the unaided human eye from the sight to the animal.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
			 Wildlife Comm'rs by R176-03, eff. 4-8-2004; A by R093-05, 10-31-2005; R152-06,
			 5-21-2007; R151-12, 12-20-2012; A by
			 R107-14,
			 eff. 12/22/2014
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181,
			 503.150
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › HUNTING AND TRAPPING: GENERALLY › Section 503.146 - Scope permit for person with visual disability: Issuance; application; validity

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Department may issue a scope permit to
			 a person with a visual disability. The scope permit authorizes a person with a
			 visual disability to hunt, during a type of hunt that is restricted to bows or
			 muzzle-loading firearms, using a 1x magnification rifle scope that is mounted
			 on a bow or muzzle-loading rifle. A person using such a permit shall present
			 the permit upon the request of a law enforcement officer.
2. An application for a scope permit must:
(a) Be submitted to the Department on a form
			 provided by the Department;
(b)
			 Include a certificate issued by a licensed physician certifying that the
			 applicant has a visual disability; and
(c) Include any other information required by
			 the Department to issue the permit.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › HUNTING AND TRAPPING: GENERALLY › Section 503.1465 - Archery disability permit for person with permanent disability: Issuance; application; expiration

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The
								 Department may issue an archery disability permit to a person with a disability to hunt, during a hunt that
								 is restricted to the use of archery, using a crossbow or a bow that uses a mechanical device that is capable
								 of anchoring a nocked arrow at full draw or partial full draw and complies with the requirements of
								 subsection 2 of NAC 503.144.
2. A person using an archery
								 disability permit shall present the permit upon the request of a law enforcement officer.
3. An application for an archery disability permit must:
(a) Be submitted to the Department on a form provided by the
								 Department;
(b) Include a certificate issued by a licensed
								 physician certifying that the applicant has a disability; and
(c)
								 Include any other information required by the Department to issue the permit.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › HUNTING AND TRAPPING: GENERALLY › Section 503.147 - Hunting with a dog

Current through June 11, 2024
It is unlawful to hunt, chase or pursue:
1. Any black bear or mountain lion with a dog
			 except during the open season, in an open management area and under the
			 authority of a hunting license and:
(a) A
			 black bear tag, if the person is hunting, chasing or pursuing a black bear;
			 or
(b) A mountain lion tag, if the
			 person is hunting, chasing or pursuing a mountain lion.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › HUNTING AND TRAPPING: GENERALLY › Section 503.1475 - Transmitting devices attached to wildlife

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A person shall
			 not hunt any wildlife using a radio signal or other transmission received from
			 any transmitting device that is attached to the wildlife.
2. If a person, while hunting, kills any
			 wildlife to which any transmitting device is attached, the person shall,
			 without undue delay, notify the Department of that fact and, if required by the
			 Department, coordinate the return of the transmitting device to the
			 Department.
3. A person shall not
			 intentionally break, destroy or damage any transmitting device.
4. The provisions of this section do not
			 apply to an employee or agent of the Department acting in his or her official
			 capacity.
5. As used in this
			 section, "transmitting device" means any collar or other device which:
(a) Is attached to any wildlife;
			 and
(b) Emits an electronic signal
			 or uses radio telemetry or a satellite transmission to determine the location
			 of the wildlife.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › HUNTING AND TRAPPING: GENERALLY › Section 503.148 - Use of aircraft, hot air balloons, satellites or other devices

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in this
			 section, a person shall not, for the purpose of hunting or trapping, locate or
			 observe, or assist a person in locating or observing, any big game mammal, game
			 bird or fur-bearing mammal in a management unit described in NAC
			 504.210 during the period
			 beginning on July 1 and ending on the last day of February of each calendar
			 year with the use of:
(a) An aircraft,
			 including, without limitation, any device that is used for navigation of, or
			 flight in, the air;
(b) A hot air
			 balloon or any other device that is lighter than air;
(c) An unmanned aerial vehicle; or
(d) A satellite or any other device that
			 orbits the earth and is equipped to produce real-time images.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › HUNTING AND TRAPPING: GENERALLY › Section 503.1485 - Use of trail camera or similar device: Restrictions; exceptions

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
			 2, a person shall not place, maintain or use a trail camera or similar device:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph
			 (b), at any time during the period beginning August 1 and ending December 31 of
			 each year.
(b) At any time during
			 the period beginning July 1 and ending December 31 of each year if the trail
			 camera or similar device transmits, or is capable of transmitting, images,
			 video or location data of wildlife.
(c) At any time if the placement, maintenance
			 or use of the trail camera or similar device prevents wildlife from accessing,
			 or alters the manner in which wildlife accesses, a spring, water source or
			 artificial basin which is used by wildlife and collects, or is designed and
			 constructed to collect, water.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › HUNTING AND TRAPPING: GENERALLY › Section 503.149 - Baiting big game mammals

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A person shall
			 not:
(a) Bait big game mammals for the
			 purpose of hunting; or
(b)
			 Knowingly hunt big game mammals that were baited by another person.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › HUNTING AND TRAPPING: GENERALLY › Section 503.150 - Registration of traps

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Pursuant to
			 NRS
			 503.452, a person who does not affix his or
			 her name and address to a trap, snare or similar device being used on public
			 land shall register the trap, snare or similar device. An application must be
			 submitted to the Department for the assignment of a registration number to the
			 applicant. Unless the information already exists in the records maintained by
			 the Department, each application submitted pursuant to this subsection must
			 include the applicant's:
(a) Legal
			 name;
(b) Date of birth;
(c) Social security number, if any;
			 and
(d) Mailing address.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › HUNTING AND TRAPPING: GENERALLY › Section 503.152 - Minimum visitation of traps, snares and similar devices

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A person who is required pursuant to
			 NRS
			 503.570 to visit or cause to be visited a
			 trap, snare or similar device shall ensure that the trap, snare or similar
			 device is visited: paragraph other than any private property located within
			 those units or if a box or cage trap is used:
(a) At least once every other calendar day in
			 the following units for wildlife, as designated in NAC
			 504.210, or portions of those
			 units specified in this paragraph other than any private property located
			 within those units or if a box or cage trap is used:
(1) All of Unit 194;
(2) The following portions of Unit 195:
(I) West of Lagomarsino Canyon-Lousetown Road
			 from its intersection with Interstate Highway No. 80 to its intersection with
			 State Route No. 341; and
(II) West
			 of State Route No. 341 from its intersection with Lousetown Road to its
			 intersection with U.S. Highway No. 50;
(3) All of Unit 196; and
(4) The portion within the Clark County
			 Illegal Firearms Discharge Area created by the Clark County Geographic
			 Information Systems Management Office on September 11, 2013; paragraph (a),
			 including any private property located within those units;
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › HUNTING AND TRAPPING: GENERALLY › Section 503.153 - Steel leghold traps: Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in this section and NAC 503.155 and
			 503.157, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Bait" means the flesh, fur, hide, viscera
			 or feathers of any animal.
2.
			 "Exposed bait" means bait, any portion of which is visible from any
			 angle.
3. "Trap" means any device
			 designed, built or made to close upon, contain, confine or hold fast any wild
			 mammal or wild bird.
Bd. of Fish & Game Comm'rs,
			 No. 18 part § 2, eff. 10-1-73; A 10-1-77; 9-25-79-NAC A by Bd. of Wildlife
			 Comm'rs by R107-05, 9-18-2007
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › HUNTING AND TRAPPING: GENERALLY › Section 503.155 - Steel leghold traps: Spacers

Current through June 11, 2024
All steel leghold traps of size number 2 or
			 larger or with an outside jaw spread of 5 1/2 inches or larger used in the
			 taking of any wildlife must have lugs, spacers or similar devices permanently
			 attached so as to maintain a minimum trap opening of three-sixteenths of an
			 inch along the entire surface of the outside jaw that is used to catch
			 wildlife.
Bd. of Fish & Game Comm'rs,
			 No. 18 §1, eff. 10-1-73-Substituted in revision for NAC 503.420; A by
			 R009-21A,
			 eff. 2/28/2022; A by
			 R009-21CAP,
			 eff. 3/3/2022
NRS
			 501.105,
			 501.181
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › HUNTING AND TRAPPING: GENERALLY › Section 503.157 - Steel leghold traps: Use of bait

Current through June 11, 2024
1. It is unlawful
			 for a person to:
(a) Place, set or maintain a
			 snare, body gripping trap or steel leghold trap within 30 feet of exposed
			 bait;
(b) Capture a mammal or
			 raptor with a snare, body gripping trap or steel leghold trap that is placed,
			 set or maintained within 30 feet of exposed bait; or
(c) Use, for any method of trapping, any part
			 of a game mammal, game bird, game fish, game amphibian or protected species of
			 wildlife for bait.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › HUNTING AND TRAPPING: GENERALLY › Section 503.160 - Data regarding trapping activities: Authority of Department; duty of person purchasing trapping license; denial and reinstatement of certain privileges

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Department
			 may determine methods of obtaining necessary data from a person who purchases a
			 trapping license from the Department or a license agent relative to the
			 trapping activities and success of the person.
2. Each person who purchases a trapping
			 license from the Department or a license agent shall complete and return any
			 reporting form or questionnaire required by the Department. The person must
			 return any such form or questionnaire regardless of whether the person trapped
			 any fur-bearing mammals or unprotected species of wildlife during the term of
			 the trapping license. Except as otherwise provided by an annual regulation of
			 the Commission, the completed form or questionnaire must be received by the
			 Department or an independent contractor designated by the Department not later
			 than May 31 of each year, or on the next business day if May 31 falls upon a
			 weekend or state holiday. Failure to return the form or questionnaire within
			 that period or the submission of any false information on the form or
			 questionnaire is cause for the Commission or the Department to suspend the
			 trapping license held by the person and deny the person the right to acquire
			 any trapping license for a period of 1 year. A person whose trapping license is
			 suspended or whose right to acquire a trapping license is denied pursuant to
			 this section must have the privilege reinstated if the person:
(a) Pays to the Department an administrative
			 fine in the amount of $50; and
(b)
			 Completes and submits the required form or questionnaire to the
			 Department.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › HUNTING AND TRAPPING: GENERALLY › Section 503.165 - Trapping within one-half mile of certain residences

Current through June 11, 2024
1.
			 Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person shall not trap, other
			 than with a box or cage trap, within one-half mile of a residence, if the
			 residence is located within a congested area of a county whose population is
			 100,000 or more.
2. The provisions
			 of this section do not apply to:
(a) An
			 officer, employee or agent of any state agency, the Federal Government or a
			 local government acting in his or her official capacity for the purpose of
			 animal control or control of depredating wildlife;
(b) A person acting under written authority
			 from a state agency, the Federal Government or a local government for the
			 purpose of animal control or control of depredating wildlife;
(c) A person trapping on private
			 property;
(d) A person trapping in
			 a waterway that is not within an incorporated city; or
(e) A person trapping in a waterway with the
			 use of a suitcase-style trap, under written authority from a state agency, the
			 Federal Government or a local governmental agency.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › HUNTING AND TRAPPING: GENERALLY › Section 503.170 - Restrictions on deer hunting in particular areas; prohibition on use or possession of certain shotgun rounds in particular areas

Current through June 11, 2024
1. In the
			 fenced or cultivated lands of the Smith and Mason Valleys, in the Mason Valley
			 Wildlife Management Area and in the zones within the Fort Churchill State
			 Historic Park and the Lahontan State Recreation Area that are designated for
			 hunting by the Administrator of the Division of State Parks of the State
			 Department of Conservation and Natural Resources:
(a) Deer may be hunted only with:
(1) A shotgun no larger than 10 gauge and no
			 smaller than 20 gauge, using:
(I) Rifled
			 slugs; or
(II) Shotgun rounds with
			 sabots that contain rifled slugs or a single expanding projectile; or
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › HUNTING AND TRAPPING: GENERALLY › Section 503.172 - Prohibition on taking or gathering shed antlers on public land in Elko, Eureka, Lander, Lincoln, Nye or White Pine Counties during certain period

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A person shall not take or gather shed
			 antlers from or on any public land located in Elko, Eureka, Lander, Lincoln,
			 Nye or White Pine Counties at any time from:
(a) January 1 to April 30,
			 inclusive.
(b) May 1 to June 30,
			 inclusive, unless the person:
(1) Is 12 years
			 of age or older and has in his or her possession a certificate issued by the
			 Department, or an agent designated by the Department, as proof that at any time
			 during the current calendar year the person successfully completed the course
			 of instruction in the responsible collection of shed antlers offered pursuant
			 to subsection 2; or
(2) Is under 12
			 years of age and is accompanied by a person who:
(I) Is at least 18 years of age;
			 and
(II) Has in his or her
			 possession a certificate issued by the Department, or an agent designated by
			 the Department, as proof that at any time during the current calendar year the
			 person successfully completed the course of instruction in the responsible
			 collection of shed antlers offered pursuant to subsection 2.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › HUNTING AND TRAPPING: GENERALLY › Section 503.173 - Maintenance of cape or scalp and antlers or horns with carcass of wildlife

Current through June 11, 2024
Except as otherwise provided in NAC 502.403, any person who kills a deer, elk,
										moose, mountain goat, antelope or bighorn sheep shall, until the carcass is frozen, smoked, dried, consumed
										or accepted by a commercial processing plant for processing, maintain possession of at least that portion of
										the cape or scalp that includes the ears to the base of the muzzle and any antlers or horns. The cape or
										scalp and any antlers or horns from the animal must be possessed in such a manner that they remain or are
										kept together with the carcass of the animal.
Bd. of Fish & Game Comm'rs,
			 No. 6 §6, eff. 9-1-78-NAC A by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs, 5-9-88; 10-12-94,
			 eff. 3-1-95; R176-03, 4-8-2004;	A by
										R122-23A, eff.
										2/13/2024
NRS 501.105, 501.181, 503.120