NRS 571.200 – Disposal of carcass of diseased animal.
1. The owner or agent in charge of any animal that has died or has been killed as a result of any infectious, contagious or parasitic disease shall immediately bury the carcass thereof at least 3 feet underground or cause the carcass to be consumed by fire, and the carcass must not be sold or […]
NRS 571.210 – Bringing animals from another state: Compliance with regulations; notice; health certificate; prohibited importation of certain animals; violation of section.
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person, or the person’s agent or employee may bring into this State any animal not under special quarantine by the State of Nevada, the Federal Government, or the state, territory or district of origin in compliance with regulations adopted by the State Quarantine Officer. 2. Notice […]
NRS 571.220 – Quarantine, cleaning and disinfection of places where animals handled; payment of expenses.
1. The State Quarantine Officer shall quarantine any corrals, pens, slaughterhouses, buildings, places, cars, trucks or vehicles where any animal may have been handled, and compel the cleaning and disinfecting of such places or vehicles when deemed necessary for the purposes of this chapter. 2. Where owners or persons in charge of such places or […]
NRS 571.080 – Seizure and treatment, destruction or shipment of animals transported in violation of quarantine.
1. Any animals imported into or being transported through this state in violation of any quarantine issued under the provisions of NRS 571.045 to 571.110, inclusive, must be seized immediately by the State Quarantine Officer or the State Quarantine Officer’s authorized representative and treated in a manner approved by the State Quarantine Officer, or destroyed, […]
NRS 571.090 – Unlawful importation, transportation or delivery in violation of quarantine.
It is unlawful for any railroad, express company or other common carrier, or any persons, to import into or transport through the State of Nevada any animals in violation of the provisions of NRS 571.045 to 571.110, inclusive, or to make delivery of any such animals to any persons within the limits of this state. […]
NRS 571.100 – Criminal proceedings: Proof of disease or exposure to disease.
In any criminal proceeding arising under the provisions of NRS 571.045 to 571.110, inclusive, proof that any animal, prohibited by proclamation of quarantine from importation into or transportation through this state, was imported into or transported through this state in violation of the quarantine shall be deemed proof within the meaning of NRS 571.045 to […]
NRS 571.110 – Penalty.
Any person, corporation, common carrier, agent or employee of any corporation violating or assisting in violating any of the provisions of NRS 571.045 to 571.100, inclusive, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. (Added to NRS by 1961, 509)
NRS 571.120 – Duties of Department; Director to cooperate with Director of Department of Wildlife.
1. The Department shall do all things necessary for the control and eradication of infectious, contagious or parasitic diseases of animals. 2. The Director shall cooperate with the Director of the Department of Wildlife in a program to prevent the spread of communicable diseases in animals in this State. (Added to NRS by 1961, 509; […]
NRS 571.130 – Adoption of rules and regulations of federal Secretary of Agriculture relating to control and suppression of disease in animals.
The State Quarantine Officer may adopt rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States relating to the control and suppression of disease in animals, and may cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Agriculture’s officers in the enforcement of such rules and regulations. (Added to NRS by 1961, […]
NRS 571.045 – State Quarantine Officer’s power to proclaim and enforce quarantine; limitation; quarantine effective until vacated.
1. The State Quarantine Officer may proclaim and enforce quarantine against any state, territory or district, or any portion of any state, territory or district, with respect to the importation into or transportation through the State of Nevada of animals which may be infected with, or which may have been exposed to infection with, any […]