Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures › RAPTORS › Section 503.205 - License or permit required to hunt, trap, possess or sell raptors; possession of eggs and feathers

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
			 otherwise provided in subsection 4 and NAC
			 503.228,
			 503.405 and
			 503.415, it is unlawful for any
			 person to hunt, trap, possess or sell any species of owl, hawk or other bird of
			 prey, including any raptor or its parts, without first obtaining a license or
			 permit from the headquarters of the Department.
2. The Department shall not issue a license
			 or permit authorizing a person to possess a raptor unless the facility at which
			 the raptor will be housed satisfies the requirements of NAC
			 503.375 to
			 503.395, inclusive, and section
			 7.
3. A person shall not transport,
			 fly or otherwise work with a raptor outside of the facility at which the raptor
			 is housed without having the license or permit required pursuant to subsection
			 1 in his or her immediate possession.
4. A falconry licensee who lawfully possesses
			 a raptor may allow a person who is not a falconry licensee to hold or practice
			 flying the raptor if the falconry licensee is present and supervising the
			 person.
5. Raptor eggs may not be
			 taken or possessed, except that raptor eggs laid by a bird in the possession of
			 a person who holds a permit for captive propagation of raptors may be possessed
			 if the holder of the permit notifies the headquarters of the Department in
			 writing within 5 business days after the first egg has been laid. Eggs laid by
			 a raptor held under the authority of a falconry license must be reported by the
			 falconry licensee to the Department within 5 business days after the first egg
			 has been laid. The falconry licensee will dispose of the egg as directed by the
			 Department.
6. Raptor feathers that
			 are molted or are from raptors held in captivity that die, may be retained and
			 exchanged by falconry licensees for imping purposes only and subject to the
			 following conditions:
(a) Raptor feathers may
			 not be purchased, sold or bartered.
(b) A falconry licensee may:
(1) Possess feathers for each species of
			 raptor he or she lawfully possesses or has possessed;
(2) Receive feathers for each species of
			 raptor he or she lawfully possesses or has possessed from any other falconry
			 licensee, a propagator in the United States, a raptor rehabilitator or a
			 wildlife rehabilitator licensed or permitted by the Department or the United
			 States Fish and Wildlife Service; and
(3) Donate feathers to a falconry licensee, a
			 propagator in the United States, a raptor rehabilitator, a wildlife
			 rehabilitator licensed or permitted by the Department or the United States Fish
			 and Wildlife Service, any person otherwise authorized by a license or permit to
			 acquire and possess raptor feathers or any person or institution exempt from
			 those license or permit requirements pursuant to
			 50 C.F.R. §
											21.12.
(c) If a license or permit authorizing a
			 person to possess raptor feathers expires or is revoked, any raptor feathers
			 possessed by the person must be:
(1) Donated
			 to a falconry licensee, a propagator in the United States, a raptor
			 rehabilitator, a wildlife rehabilitator licensed or permitted by the Department
			 or the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, any person otherwise authorized
			 by a license or permit to acquire and possess raptor feathers or any person or
			 institution exempt from those license or permit requirements pursuant to
			 50 C.F.R. §
											21.12; or
(2) Burned, buried or otherwise
			 destroyed.