As used in NRS 569.005 to 569.130, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 569.006 to 569.0085, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1961, 512; A 1993, 1744; 1997, 461; 1999, 3682; 2003, 2152)
“Alternative livestock” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 501.003. (Added to NRS by 2003, 2152)
“Department” means the State Department of Agriculture. (Added to NRS by 2003, 2152)
“Director” means the Director of the Department. (Added to NRS by 2003, 2152)
“Estray” means any domesticated livestock or progeny of domesticated livestock showing signs of domestication, running at large upon public or private lands in the State of Nevada, whose owner is unknown in the section where the animal is found. (Added to NRS by 2003, 2152)
“Feral livestock” means any formerly domesticated livestock or progeny of domesticated livestock which have become wild and are running at large upon public or private lands in the State of Nevada, and which have no physical signs of domestication. The term does not include horses or burros that are subject to the jurisdiction of the […]
“Livestock” means: 1. All cattle or animals of the bovine species; 2. All horses, mules, burros and asses or animals of the equine species; 3. All swine or animals of the porcine species; 4. All goats or animals of the caprine species; 5. All sheep or animals of the ovine species; 6. All poultry or […]
1. Except as otherwise provided by law, all estrays and feral livestock within this state shall be deemed for the purpose of this section to be the property of the Department. 2. The Department has all rights accruing pursuant to the laws of this state to owners of those animals, and may: (a) Dispose of […]
1. Any county, city, town, township or other peace officer or poundmaster who impounds under the provisions of any state law or county or municipal ordinance any livestock shall, immediately after impounding the livestock, send a written notice to the Department. 2. The notice must contain a full description, including all brands and marks, sex, […]
The Department may enter into a cooperative agreement for the management, control, placement or disposition of the livestock with another agency of this state or with a county, city, town, township, peace officer, poundmaster or nonprofit organization. If an agreement is entered into, it must provide for: 1. The responsibility for the payment of the […]
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, NRS 569.040 to 569.130, inclusive, or pursuant to a cooperative agreement established pursuant to NRS 569.031 for the management, control, placement or disposition of estrays and feral livestock, it is unlawful for any person or the person’s employees or agents, other than an authorized agent of the […]
1. Before any person gathers any estrays or feral livestock, the person must cause notice of the gathering to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the county in which the gathering is to take place. 2. The notice must: (a) Be published at least once a week for the 4 weeks preceding […]
If a person takes up an estray, the person shall, within 5 days thereafter, make out a written description of the animal, setting forth all marks or brands appearing upon the animal, and other marks of identity, including color, age and sex, and forward the description by mail to the Department at its office. [Part […]
1. Upon receiving notice of the taking up of an estray, the Department, or its authorized agent, shall make or cause to be made an examination of the state brand records. 2. If from the records the name of the owner or probable owner can be determined, the Department, or its authorized agent, shall forthwith […]
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if the owner or probable owner of an estray cannot with reasonable diligence be determined by the Department or its authorized agent, the Department shall advertise the estray or cause it to be advertised. 2. A notice of the estray, with a full description, giving brands, marks […]
1. The Department may sell all feral livestock which it has gathered if the Department determines that the sale of the feral livestock is necessary to facilitate the placement or other disposition of the feral livestock. 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, before the Department may sell feral livestock, the Department must publish […]
1. If an estray is not claimed within 5 working days after the last publication of the advertisement required by NRS 569.070, it must be: (a) Sold by the Department; or (b) Held by the Department until the estray is given a placement or other disposition through a cooperative agreement established pursuant to NRS 569.031 […]
1. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to a cooperative agreement established pursuant to NRS 569.031 for the management, control, placement or disposition of estrays and feral livestock, the Department shall: (a) Pay the reasonable expenses incurred in taking up, holding, advertising and selling the estray or feral livestock, and any damages for trespass allowed pursuant […]
1. A person who takes up an estray or feral livestock as provided for in NRS 569.040 to 569.130, inclusive, is entitled to hold the estray or feral livestock lawfully until relieved of custody by the Department. 2. A person shall not use or cause to be used, for profit or otherwise, any estray or […]
If any estray or feral livestock, after having been taken up by a person in accordance with the provisions of NRS 569.040 to 569.130, inclusive, escapes or is removed from the custody of the person before being disposed of under the provisions of NRS 569.040 to 569.130, inclusive, the person has the legal right to […]
