1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 503.590, or unless otherwise specified by a regulation adopted by the Commission, no person may:
(a) Possess any live wildlife unless the person is licensed by the Department to do so.
(b) Capture live wildlife in this State to stock a commercial or noncommercial wildlife facility.
(c) Possess or release from confinement any mammal for the purposes of hunting.
2. The Commission shall adopt regulations for the possession of live wildlife. The regulations must set forth the species of wildlife which may be possessed and propagated, and provide for the inspection by the Department of any related facilities.
3. In accordance with the regulations of the Commission, the Department may issue commercial and noncommercial licenses for the possession of live wildlife upon receipt of the applicable fee.
4. The provisions of this section do not apply to alternative livestock and products made therefrom.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 563; A 1993, 432, 1679; 1995, 514; 2003, 1555)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 504 - Management and Propagation
NRS 504.140 - Agreements with landowners; closed zones; limitation on number of hunters and anglers.
NRS 504.147 - Leases of grazing rights and sales of agricultural products by Department.
NRS 504.155 - Receipt of money by Department; accounting and disbursement.
NRS 504.165 - Disbursement of money: Regulations of Commission; proof required from claimant.
NRS 504.185 - Inapplicability to certain alternative livestock and game mammals.
NRS 504.295 - Prohibited acts; regulations; licenses; inapplicability to alternative livestock.
NRS 504.300 - Establishment of commercial or private shooting preserve.
NRS 504.310 - License: Application; issuance; fee.
NRS 504.320 - Rules and regulations governing species that may be taken.
NRS 504.330 - Shooting hours on preserves.
NRS 504.340 - Private preserves open to public during regular open season; charge may be made.
NRS 504.350 - Invoices for birds taken.
NRS 504.360 - Records and reports of licensees; inspections.
NRS 504.370 - Rules and regulations for operation and maintenance of preserves.
NRS 504.395 - Acting as guide without license; penalty; forfeiture; revocation.
NRS 504.397 - Compensation of master guide or subguide; proof of licensure; penalty.