NRS 568.350 – Unauthorized driving of livestock from range unlawful; penalty; liability for damages.
1. It shall be unlawful for any person to lead, drive or in any manner remove any horse, mare, colt, jenny, jack, mule, or any head of neat cattle, or hog, sheep, goat, or any number of these animals, the same being the property of another person, from the range on which they are permitted […]
NRS 568.355 – “Open range” defined.
As used in NRS 568.360 and 568.370, unless the context otherwise requires, “open range” means all unenclosed land outside of cities and towns upon which cattle, sheep or other domestic animals by custom, license, lease or permit are grazed or permitted to roam. (Added to NRS by 1983, 235)
NRS 568.360 – Duties of owners of domestic animals with respect to domestic animals upon highway; liability for damages.
1. No person, firm or corporation owning, controlling or in possession of any domestic animal running on open range has the duty to keep the animal off any highway traversing or located on the open range, and no such person, firm or corporation is liable for damages to any property or for injury to any […]
NRS 568.370 – Permitting dog to chase, worry, injure or kill domestic animals on open range or private property unlawful; exception; penalty.
1. It is unlawful for any person to permit a dog to chase, worry, injure or kill cattle, sheep or other domestic animals on the open range or on private property. 2. Subsection 1 does not apply to the use of a dog to herd domestic animals at the direction or with the permission of […]
NRS 568.290 – Purpose; construction.
1. NRS 568.230 to 568.290, inclusive, shall be deemed an exercise of the police power of the state, for the protection of the economic welfare and peace of the people of the state, and all of their provisions must be liberally construed for the accomplishment of its purposes. 2. Nothing in NRS 568.230 to 568.290, […]
NRS 568.300 – Herding or grazing of livestock on land of another without consent unlawful; liability for damages; attachment.
1. It shall be unlawful for any person to herd or graze any livestock upon the lands of another without having first obtained the consent of the owner of the lands so to do. The person claiming to be the owner of such lands shall have the legal title thereto, or an application to purchase […]
NRS 568.330 – Herding or grazing of livestock in certain areas near water supply unlawful; construction; penalty.
1. It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association owning or having charge of any livestock to herd, graze, pasture, keep, maintain or drive the same upon, over or across any lands lying within an area that has been identified by the board of county commissioners in the county in which the area […]
NRS 568.340 – Herding or grazing of livestock at spring or well of another or within 1 mile of home or ranchhouse unlawful; liability for damages; construction.
1. It shall be unlawful for any person owning or having charge of any livestock to drive or herd or permit the same to be herded or driven on the lands or possessory claims of other persons, or at any spring or springs, well or wells, belonging to another, to the damage thereof, or to […]
NRS 568.230 – Grazing interfering with customary use of land unlawful; exceptions.
1. It is unlawful to graze livestock on any part of the unreserved and unappropriated public lands of the United States in the State of Nevada, when grazing will or does prevent, restrict or interfere with the customary use of the land for grazing livestock by any person who, by himself or herself or the […]
NRS 568.240 – Customary or established use: Definition; change.
1. Customary or established use as graziers, otherwise than under operation of law, as used in NRS 568.230 to 568.290, inclusive, shall be deemed to include the continuous, open, notorious, peaceable and public use of such range seasonally for a period of 5 years or longer immediately before March 30, 1931, by the person or […]