Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 381 - State Museums
NRS 381.004 - Creation; composition; general duties of institutions.


1. The Division of Museums and History is hereby created in the Department.
2. The Division consists of the Office of the Administrator and a state system of museums consisting of the following museums and historical societies, which are hereby established as institutions of the Division:
(a) The Nevada State Museum;
(b) The Lost City Museum;
(c) The Nevada State Museum Las Vegas;
(d) The Nevada Historical Society;
(e) The East Ely Depot Museum;
(f) The Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City; and
(g) The Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City.
3. Each institution shall, in accordance with the duties assigned to it by the Administrator, collect, preserve and interpret the history, prehistory and natural history of this State.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 976; A 1985, 138; 1987, 1401; 1993, 1585; 2001, 930; 2007, 2907)

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Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 381 - State Museums

NRS 381.001 - Definitions.

NRS 381.002 - Creation; qualifications of members; Chair and Vice Chair; powers and duties; regulations.

NRS 381.003 - Establishment of stores for sale of gifts and souvenirs.

NRS 381.0031 - Private money; Dedicated Trust Fund.

NRS 381.0033 - Budgeting, expenditure and accounting of money in Dedicated Trust Fund.

NRS 381.0035 - Private money exempt from statutory requirements governing expenditure of public money; independent contractors.

NRS 381.0036 - Legislative appropriations.

NRS 381.0037 - Petty cash accounts; change accounts.

NRS 381.004 - Creation; composition; general duties of institutions.

NRS 381.0045 - Establishment of categories of and fees for membership in institutions; fees for admission and train rides; policies and charges for use of property.

NRS 381.005 - Administrator: Appointment; qualifications; classification; employment of staff.

NRS 381.006 - Administrator: Powers and duties.

NRS 381.0061 - Administrator: Adoption of regulations governing use and safe operation of state-owned trains and fixtures.

NRS 381.0062 - Museum directors: Appointment and establishment of powers and duties by Administrator; classification; duty to exercise and carry out assigned powers and duties.

NRS 381.0063 - Museum directors: Powers and duties; service as ex officio State Paleontologist.

NRS 381.0066 - Museum directors: Notice to and consultation with certain Indian tribes.

NRS 381.0067 - Museum directors: Criteria for determining cultural affiliation of Indian tribe with artifact or site.

NRS 381.0068 - Exception to requirements to obtain permit and to provide notice to, consult with or return items to Indian tribes.

NRS 381.0069 - Museum Director of Nevada State Museum: Adoption of regulations for preservation of prehistoric and historic artifacts and sites.

NRS 381.0075 - Acceptance of gifts.

NRS 381.008 - Sale of duplicates, surplus and inappropriate items; use of proceeds.

NRS 381.009 - Acquisition or repatriation of abandoned property held by institution.

NRS 381.195 - Definitions.

NRS 381.1955 - Museum Director may designate state agency as agent to issue permits; compliance of agent with certain provisions; oversight of agent.

NRS 381.1957 - Collection of certain minerals and artifacts and photography not prohibited.

NRS 381.196 - Requirement; exception; regulations.

NRS 381.197 - Requirement; exceptions; applicability of penalties.

NRS 381.199 - Applicant required to secure state and federal permits.

NRS 381.203 - Qualifications of applicant; contents of application; regulations.

NRS 381.205 - Notice to certain officers when granted.

NRS 381.207 - Percentage of articles, implements and materials found or discovered and retained in possession by certain holders to be given to state institutions and political subdivisions; procedure for notice to and consultation with Indian tribes...

NRS 381.209 - Limitations and conditions.

NRS 381.211 - Renewal.

NRS 381.213 - Conditions for voiding.

NRS 381.215 - Report of holder to Museum Director; duties of Museum Director regarding prehistoric native Indian human remains and funerary objects; exception.

NRS 381.217 - Collections of petrified wood authorized; limitations.

NRS 381.221 - Enforcement by Division of State Parks, sheriffs and other peace officers.

NRS 381.223 - Seizure and forfeiture of object of antiquity taken without permit to investigate, explore or excavate historic or prehistoric site on federal or state lands; procedure for notice to and consultation with Indian tribes and repatriation...

NRS 381.225 - Acts of vandalism unlawful; penalty.

NRS 381.227 - Penalty.

NRS 381.239 - Endowment Fund for the Historic Preservation of the Nevada State Prison: Creation; deposits; uses.

NRS 381.241 - Permit or agreement to conduct tours; conditions.

NRS 381.243 - Trust fund for donations, sponsorships, gifts or grants: Establishment; uses; administration.

NRS 381.245 - Preservation of old and obsolete property and public records from Division of State Library, Archives and Public Records.

NRS 381.255 - State publications to be donated for deposit in Society’s collections.