Ask a question on the site
Questions
Lawyers
Blogs
Legislation
Contacts
Become a lawyer
Login Registration
NRS 501.001 - Definitions. - As used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires,...
NRS 501.003 - "Alternative livestock" defined. - "Alternative livestock" means the following species, including subspecies, of the...
NRS 501.005 - "Big game mammal" defined. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 501.382, "big game mammal"...
NRS 501.010 - "Board" defined. - "Board" means the county advisory board to manage wildlife. [Part...
NRS 501.013 - "Chumming" defined. - "Chumming" means the placing in the water of fish, parts...
NRS 501.015 - "Closed season" defined. - "Closed season" means all periods except those designated as "open...
NRS 501.020 - "Commission" defined. - "Commission" means the Board of Wildlife Commissioners. [Part 5:101:1947; 1943...
NRS 501.023 - "County" defined. - "County," when appearing alone or in the reference framework of...
NRS 501.024 - "Department" defined. - "Department" means the Department of Wildlife. (Added to NRS by...
NRS 501.026 - "Director" defined. - "Director" means the Director of the Department. (Added to NRS...
NRS 501.030 - "Fishes," "fishing," "fished" and "to fish" defined. - The words "to fish" and their derivatives, "fishes," "fishing" and...
NRS 501.035 - "Fur-bearing mammal" defined. - "Fur-bearing mammal" means any mammal so classified by Commission regulation....
NRS 501.037 - "Game amphibian" defined. - "Game amphibian" means any amphibian so classified by Commission regulation....
NRS 501.045 - "Game fish" defined. - "Game fish" means any fish so classified by Commission regulation....
NRS 501.046 - "Game mammal" defined. - "Game mammal" means any mammal so classified by Commission regulation....
NRS 501.047 - "Game warden" defined. - "Game warden" means any person authorized by the Director to...
NRS 501.050 - "Hunting," "hunted" and "to hunt" defined. - The words "to hunt" and their derivatives, "hunting" and "hunted,"...
NRS 501.055 - "Migratory game birds" defined. - "Migratory game birds" means any birds so classified by Commission...
NRS 501.065 - "Open season" defined. - "Open season" means that period designated pursuant to the provisions...
NRS 501.088 - "Took," "taken," "taking" and "to take" defined. - The words "to take" and their derivatives, "took," "taken" and...
NRS 501.089 - "Trap" defined. - "Trap" means a device that is designed, built or made...
NRS 501.090 - "Trapping," "trapped" and "to trap" defined. - The words "to trap" and their derivatives, "trapping" and "trapped,"...
NRS 501.095 - "Upland game birds" defined. - "Upland game birds" means any birds so classified by Commission...
NRS 501.096 - "Vessel" defined. - "Vessel" means every kind of watercraft, other than a seaplane...
NRS 501.097 - "Wildlife" defined. - "Wildlife" means any wild mammal, wild bird, fish, reptile, amphibian,...
NRS 501.100 - Legislative declaration regarding wildlife. - 1. Wildlife in this State not domesticated and in its...
NRS 501.102 - Legislative declaration regarding hunting. - The Legislature declares that hunting permitted by law in this...
NRS 501.105 - Commission to establish policies and adopt regulations. - The Commission shall establish policies and adopt regulations necessary to...
NRS 501.110 - Classification of wildlife. - 1. For the purposes of this title, wildlife must be...
NRS 501.115 - Acceptance of federal aid in projects for restoration of wildlife pursuant to the Pittman-Robertson Act. - 1. The State of Nevada hereby assents to the provisions...
NRS 501.117 - Acceptance of federal aid in projects for restoration and management of fish pursuant to the Dingell-Johnson Act. - 1. The State of Nevada hereby assents to the provisions...
NRS 501.118 - Manner of publication of order or regulation regarding seasons, bag limits or hours. - Whenever the Commission is required to publish any official order...
NRS 501.119 - Collection of data from hunters, trappers and anglers; penalty for failure to comply; immunity from prosecution on basis of information supplied. - 1. The Department is authorized to determine methods of obtaining...
NRS 501.121 - Contact information to be posted on guzzler. - 1. Each guzzler must have posted on it a notice...
NRS 501.167 - Creation; number and appointment of members. - The Board of Wildlife Commissioners, consisting of nine members appointed...
NRS 501.171 - Appointment and qualifications of members; officers. - 1. A county advisory board to manage wildlife shall submit...
NRS 501.172 - Removal of member from office. - 1. A member of the Commission may be removed from...
NRS 501.177 - Meetings; quorum. - 1. The Commission may hold not more than nine meetings...
NRS 501.179 - Compensation of members. - 1. Members of the Commission are entitled to receive a...
NRS 501.181 - Duties; regulations. - The Commission shall: 1. Establish broad policies for: (a) The...
NRS 501.1812 - System of assessing demerit points for wildlife convictions: Definitions. - As used in NRS 501.1812 to 501.1818, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 501.1814 - System of assessing demerit points for wildlife convictions: Establishment and administration of system; assessment and deletion of points. - 1. The Commission shall establish and the Department shall administer...
NRS 501.1816 - System of assessing demerit points for wildlife convictions: Reduction of accumulated points; suspension or revocation of licenses, permits or privileges. - 1. If a person accumulates 9 or more demerit points,...
NRS 501.1817 - System of assessing demerit points for wildlife convictions: Judicial review of suspension or revocation of license, permit or privilege. - Any person whose license, permit or privilege has been suspended...
NRS 501.1818 - System of assessing demerit points for wildlife convictions: Regulations. - The Commission may adopt such regulations as are necessary to...
NRS 501.182 - Cooperative agreements with adjoining states. - The Commission may enter into cooperative agreements with adjoining states...
NRS 501.243 - Enforcement of chapter 488 of NRS; regulations; cooperative agreements. - 1. The Department shall execute, administer and enforce, and perform...
NRS 501.260 - Creation; number of members; officers. - 1. There is hereby created a county advisory board to...
NRS 501.265 - Appointment of members; vacancies. - 1. The board of county commissioners shall appoint qualified persons...
NRS 501.270 - Qualifications of members. - The members of the board must be citizens of Nevada...
NRS 501.275 - Appointment and terms of members. - 1. The boards of county commissioners shall appoint members to...
NRS 501.285 - Compensation of members. - Members of the board shall serve without salary or compensation....
NRS 501.290 - Meetings. - The board shall meet before each meeting of the Commission...
NRS 501.293 - Removal of member. - Members of boards may be removed by the boards of...
NRS 501.297 - Duties: Evaluating local opinion and advising Commission. - The boards shall solicit and evaluate local opinion and advise...
NRS 501.303 - Duties: Submission of recommendations; attendance of chair or other members at meetings of Commission. - 1. The boards shall submit recommendations for the management of...
NRS 501.310 - Fund for advisory board. - There is hereby created in each of the counties of...
NRS 501.320 - Budgets. - 1. Annually, not later than May 1, each board shall...
NRS 501.325 - Duties of county auditor and county treasurer. - The county auditors and county treasurers in the respective counties...
NRS 501.331 - Creation; administration of laws. - The Department of Wildlife is hereby created. The Department shall...
NRS 501.333 - Director: Appointment; qualifications; classification. - 1. The Governor shall appoint a Director of the Department,...
NRS 501.337 - Director: Duties. - The Director shall: 1. Carry out the policies and regulations...
NRS 501.339 - Director: Exercise of powers of Commission in emergency; designation of deputies and game wardens. - The Director may: 1. In cases of emergency, with the...
NRS 501.341 - Offices. - The headquarters of the Department must be maintained at such...
NRS 501.343 - Collection and dissemination of certain information; publications. - The Department may: 1. Collect and disseminate, throughout the State,...
NRS 501.344 - Confidentiality of information obtained by Department. - Any information obtained by the Department or any agent of...
NRS 501.346 - Fees for advertising in printed materials or on website of Department. - 1. The Department may charge fees for advertising: (a) In...
NRS 501.349 - Game wardens. - Regular employees and others designated by the Director as game...
NRS 501.351 - Cooperative and reciprocal agreements. - 1. The Director may enter into cooperative or reciprocal agreements...
NRS 501.352 - Reporting of suspected communicable diseases in wildlife. - The Director shall require the personnel of the Department to...
NRS 501.3525 - Taking of wildlife by employee of Department. - An employee of the Department may take any wildlife from...
NRS 501.3535 - Fences constructed by Department: Requirements concerning construction and maintenance. - If the Department constructs or causes to be constructed a...
NRS 501.354 - Receipt, deposit and expenditure of money. - Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, the Department shall...
NRS 501.356 - Wildlife Account. - 1. Money received by the Department from: (a) The sale...
NRS 501.3575 - Wildlife Heritage Account. - 1. The Wildlife Heritage Account is hereby created in the...
NRS 501.3585 - Wildlife Trust Fund. - 1. The Department shall establish the Wildlife Trust Fund. The...
NRS 501.359 - Wildlife Imprest Account. - 1. The Wildlife Imprest Account in the amount of $15,000...
NRS 501.361 - Petty Cash Account. - A Petty Cash Account in the amount of $1,000 for...
NRS 501.363 - Change Account. - A Change Account in the amount of $3,000 is hereby...
NRS 501.375 - Powers and duties of game wardens, sheriffs and other peace officers. - 1. Every game warden, sheriff and other peace officer of...
NRS 501.376 - Unlawful killing or possession of bighorn sheep, mountain goat, elk, deer, moose, pronghorn antelope, mountain lion or black bear; exceptions; criminal penalties. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person...
NRS 501.3765 - Unlawful activities concerning traps, snares or similar devices owned by another person; criminal penalties. - 1. Any person who intentionally steals, takes and carries away...
NRS 501.377 - Unlawful to remove, tamper with or alter tag placed on wildlife or equipment seized as evidence. - It is unlawful to remove, tamper with or alter any...
NRS 501.379 - Unlawful sales of wildlife or importation of game mammals, game birds or game amphibians; exception. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section: (a) It...
NRS 501.381 - Unlawful sale of game fish. - 1. It is unlawful for any person to sell, or...
NRS 501.382 - Unlawful feeding of big game mammal; penalties; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a person...
NRS 501.383 - Unlawful vandalism of sign or notice erected by Department. - It is unlawful for any person maliciously to tear down,...
NRS 501.384 - Unlawful possession of certain wildlife from another state or country. - 1. It is unlawful for any person to possess in...
NRS 501.3845 - Unlawful to bring into this State or possess carcasses or any part of carcasses of certain animals susceptible to chronic wasting disease from another state, territory or country; exceptions; destruction or removal. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, it is...
NRS 501.385 - Unlawful acts; criminal penalties. - Except as otherwise provided by specific statute: 1. Any person...
NRS 501.3855 - Civil penalties. - 1. In addition to the penalties provided for the violation...
NRS 501.3857 - Forfeitures. - Any gun, ammunition, trap, snare, vessel, vehicle, aircraft or other...
NRS 501.386 - Citation of violators. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS...
NRS 501.3865 - Failure to appear by holder of license, tag or permit. - 1. If a person who holds: (a) A license, tag...
NRS 501.3867 - Failure to appear by person who does not hold license, tag or permit. - 1. If a person who does not hold: (a) A...
NRS 501.387 - Penalties concerning licenses; confiscation and disposal of wildlife. - 1. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, upon a...
NRS 501.388 - Revocation of license and of privilege to apply for big game tag on conviction of certain violations. - 1. The Commission may, in addition to any suspension, revocation...
NRS 501.389 - Sale, donation or retention of equipment seized as evidence. - 1. Except for property described in NRS 501.3857, equipment: (a)...
NRS 501.395 - Rewards. - 1. The Department may offer a reward for one or...