Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 467 - Unarmed Combat
NRS 467.100 - Licenses for contestant, promoter, manager, trainer, ring official and others; temporary license; application for license; privileged statements; submission of fingerprints; withdrawal of application; uniform scale of fees; payment of c...


1. All contestants, promoters, managers, seconds, trainers and ring officials must be licensed by the Commission. No person may participate, directly or indirectly, in any professional contest or exhibition of unarmed combat unless the person has first procured a license from the Commission.
2. The Commission may deny an application for a license or grant a limited, restricted or conditional license for any cause deemed sufficient by the Commission.
3. If the Commission does not have sufficient time to review an application for issuance or renewal of a license before the applicant is scheduled to participate in a contest or exhibition of unarmed combat, the Chair of the Commission or the designee of the Chair may, absent any concerns about the qualifications for licensure of the applicant, grant the applicant a temporary license. If an applicant is denied a temporary license by the Chair or the designee of the Chair, the applicant may appeal the denial to the full Commission, which may grant or deny a temporary license to the applicant. After the granting of a temporary license to an applicant pursuant to this subsection, at the next scheduled meeting of the Commission at which the matter can be heard in compliance with the provisions of chapter 241 of NRS, the Commission shall grant, condition or deny the issuance of a license to the applicant for the remainder of the calendar year.
4. An application for a license constitutes a request for a determination of the applicant’s general suitability, character, integrity, and ability to participate or engage in, or be associated with contests or exhibitions of unarmed combat. The burden of proof is on the applicant to establish to the satisfaction of the Commission that the applicant is qualified to receive a license. By filing an application with the Commission, an applicant accepts the risk of adverse public notice, embarrassment, criticism, financial loss or other action with respect to the application, and expressly waives any claim for damages as a result thereof. Any written or oral statement that is made by any member of the Commission or any witness testifying under oath which is relevant to the application and investigation of the applicant is absolutely privileged and does not impose liability for defamation or constitute a ground for recovery in a civil action.
5. The Commission may require:
(a) Each ring official and employee of the Commission; and
(b) Any other applicant the Commission wishes to investigate,
to submit to the Commission with the application a complete set of his or her fingerprints which the Commission may forward to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report.
6. After an application has been submitted to the Commission, the application may not be withdrawn unless the Commission consents to the withdrawal.
7. The Commission shall fix a uniform scale of license fees.
8. In addition to the license fees required by subsection 7, the Commission may require an applicant for a license to:
(a) Pay the costs of the proceedings associated with the issuance of the license, including, without limitation, investigative costs and attorney’s fees; and
(b) Deposit with the Commission such an amount of money as the Commission deems necessary to pay for those costs. If any amount required to be deposited pursuant to this paragraph exceeds the actual cost of the proceedings, including, without limitation, investigative costs and attorney’s fees, the Commission shall refund the excess amount to the applicant upon the completion of the proceedings.
[Part 4:40:1941; 1931 NCL § 905.03]—(NRS A 1960, 427; 1985, 939; 1993, 1451; 1999, 77, 1234; 2003, 2855; 2019, 1253)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 467 - Unarmed Combat

NRS 467.010 - Definitions.

NRS 467.0102 - "Commission" defined.

NRS 467.0103 - "Contestant" defined.

NRS 467.01037 - "Manager" defined.

NRS 467.0104 - "Promoter" defined.

NRS 467.0105 - "Purse" defined.

NRS 467.0106 - "Ring official" defined.

NRS 467.01065 - "Sanctioning organization" defined.

NRS 467.0107 - "Unarmed combat" defined.

NRS 467.0108 - "Unarmed combatant" defined.

NRS 467.020 - Creation; number and appointment of members; quorum; prohibitions concerning contests and exhibitions.

NRS 467.030 - Designation and term of Chair; seal; regulations; form of contracts.

NRS 467.040 - Employment of Executive Director and additional personnel; deposit of money in State General Fund; exceptions.

NRS 467.050 - Inspectors: Appointment; duties; promotion or sponsoring of professional contest or exhibition prohibited.

NRS 467.055 - Compensation of members of Commission and other employees of Commission; classification of Executive Director; certain other employment of Executive Director allowed.

NRS 467.063 - Authority to affiliate with other state or national boxing commission or athletic authority.

NRS 467.070 - Jurisdiction of Commission.

NRS 467.075 - Adoption, revision or repeal of rules by Commission: Notice; text; public workshop; public comment; public hearing; exemption from Nevada Administrative Procedure Act.

NRS 467.080 - License for contest or exhibition; application for license; fee; limited, restricted or conditional license; bond; Athletic Commission’s Agency Account; additional deposit; exceptions.

NRS 467.100 - Licenses for contestant, promoter, manager, trainer, ring official and others; temporary license; application for license; privileged statements; submission of fingerprints; withdrawal of application; uniform scale of fees; payment of c...

NRS 467.1003 - Renewal of licenses for contestant, promoter, manager, trainer, ring official and others: Application to include information relating to state business license; denial of renewal for unpaid debt owed to the Commission or assigned to St...

NRS 467.1005 - Confidentiality of certain information concerning applicant for license; disclosure of information; exceptions; procedure.

NRS 467.101 - Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license; grounds for denial of license; duty of Commission. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures fo...

NRS 467.1015 - Suspension of license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establis...

NRS 467.102 - Application for license to include social security number of applicant. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting...

NRS 467.104 - Contest or exhibition shown on closed-circuit telecast or motion picture for fee: Fee for license; report to Commission.

NRS 467.105 - Permit for promoter to present program; limited, restricted or conditional permit; fees; exceptions.

NRS 467.107 - Additional fees for license of promoter; exemption; credit against fee for administration of drug testing program; regulations; costs and fees.

NRS 467.108 - Additional fee for each ticket sold for admission to live professional contest of unarmed combat; use of money collected; application for grant; regulations.

NRS 467.109 - Time for report to Commission and payment of additional fees by promoter.

NRS 467.110 - Suspension, revocation and other disciplining of contestant and other participants; grounds for refusal to issue license.

NRS 467.113 - Hearing by member of Commission; notice of disciplinary hearing; approval of adjudication and order by majority of Commission; distribution of written report.

NRS 467.115 - Chair and Commission may issue subpoenas, administer oaths, appoint hearing examiners and pay certain expenses; penalty for making false oath before Commission.

NRS 467.117 - Temporary suspension of license or permit or period of ineligibility by member or Executive Director of Commission pending final determination by Commission; continuation of suspension or period of ineligibility by Commission; procedure...

NRS 467.120 - Contract between contestant and licensee: Copy provided to contestant and Executive Director; impounding gate receipts.

NRS 467.125 - Insurance for licensed contestants.

NRS 467.130 - Advance against purse by promoter to licensee prohibited; permission of member of Commission for advance to contestant for necessary expenses.

NRS 467.135 - Order to promoter to withhold part of purse or other money due certain contestants or manager or second; hearing; disposition of money.

NRS 467.136 - Registration of sanctioning organization or television network; fees, costs and deposit; regulations.

NRS 467.140 - Attendance of representative or member of Commission at weigh-ins, medical examinations, contests and exhibitions.

NRS 467.145 - Promoter to control seating arrangements; member of Commission furnished ringside seat.

NRS 467.150 - Length of boxing contests and rounds; rest between rounds.

NRS 467.153 - Drug testing.

NRS 467.155 - Weighing-in of participants in boxing contests.

NRS 467.157 - Revocation of license.

NRS 467.158 - Penalties in lieu of or in addition to other disciplinary action; payment of costs of proceedings.

NRS 467.159 - Reinstatement of revoked license: Payment of penalty prescribed by Commission; payment of costs of proceedings.

NRS 467.170 - Amateur contest or exhibition of school, college or university exempted from provisions of chapter.

NRS 467.173 - Certain exhibitions of Oriental unarmed self-defense exempted from provisions of chapter.

NRS 467.180 - Penalty.