Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds

NRS 555.005 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:...

NRS 555.010 - Director: Authorization to investigate and control pests, plant diseases and disorders, and noxious weeds; establishment of program to certify agricultural products as being free from noxious weeds and propagative parts. - Within the limits of any appropriation made by law: 1....

NRS 555.021 - Director: Cooperation for suppression of vertebrate pests. - The Director may cooperate, financially or otherwise, with any federal...

NRS 555.035 - Account for the Control of Weeds; creation; use of money in Account; acceptance of gifts and grants. - 1. There is hereby created in the State General Fund...

NRS 555.100 - Department to conduct inspections; notice to control pest, noxious weed or plant disease. - 1. The Department shall, if necessary or if a complaint...

NRS 555.110 - Premises infested with pest, noxious weed or plant disease declared to be public nuisance; abatement by Department. - 1. Any premises found to be infested with any pest,...

NRS 555.120 - Expenses for abatement of nuisance become lien against property; notice of lien; action to foreclose lien; sales. - 1. All sums paid by the Department constitute a lien...

NRS 555.125 - Regulation of host plants in infested areas: Hearing; notice; order; enforcement; civil penalty. - 1. If it appears that an area has or is...

NRS 555.130 - Declaration of noxious weeds; temporary designation; limitations. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the State...

NRS 555.140 - General powers and duties of State Quarantine Officer; use of funds received for purpose of control of noxious weeds. - 1. The State Quarantine Officer shall carry out and enforce...

NRS 555.150 - Control of noxious weeds by owner or occupant of land. - Every railroad, canal, ditch or water company, and every person...

NRS 555.160 - State Quarantine Officer to investigate noxious weeds; notice to owner or occupant of land where noxious weeds are found. - 1. The State Quarantine Officer shall make or cause to...

NRS 555.170 - Neglect of owner or occupant to control weeds after notice; action by county commissioners; payment of costs by county. - 1. If any owner or occupant of the lands described...

NRS 555.180 - County treasurer to mail itemized statement of costs to control weeds to owner or occupant; objections and hearing; costs constitute lien on land. - 1. Upon receipt of the itemized statements of the cost...

NRS 555.190 - Incorporated city to pay county for any expense incurred by county to control noxious weeds within city. - Any expense incurred by any county in controlling noxious weeds...

NRS 555.200 - Control of noxious weeds from public domain; reimbursement by Federal Government. - 1. Whenever a noxious weed is found growing upon the...

NRS 555.201 - Civil penalty. - Any person violating any of the provisions of NRS 555.130...

NRS 555.202 - Legislative declaration. - The Legislature declares that it is primarily the responsibility of...

NRS 555.203 - Creation of district: Initiation by board of county commissioners or petition; hearing; exclusion of land; addition of power to control noxious weeds. - 1. The board of county commissioners of any county may,...

NRS 555.205 - Board of directors: Appointment; number; qualifications; terms; vacancies. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 555.206: 1. The board...

NRS 555.206 - Board of directors: Alternative membership if district includes conservation district; agreement for supervisors of conservation district to serve ex officio; termination of agreement; expenditure of money. - 1. If the area included in a weed control district...

NRS 555.207 - Board of directors: Powers. - The board of directors of a weed control district may:...

NRS 555.208 - Review of action of board of county commissioners or board of directors by State Board of Agriculture; notice and hearing; judicial review; authorization for landowner to seek removal of member of board of directors. - 1. The board of directors of a weed control district...

NRS 555.209 - Regulations. - 1. The board of directors shall prepare regulations for the...

NRS 555.210 - Performance of necessary work by weed control officer on failure by landowner; charges as lien. - If any landowner fails to carry out a plan of...

NRS 555.215 - Assessments of real property in district; medium-term obligations; reconsideration of levy of assessment after creation of district; hearing to consider exclusions of land from district required under certain circumstances. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, upon the...

NRS 555.217 - Change of boundaries: Petition; notice and hearing; resolution; ratification by board of county commissioners. - 1. The boundaries of a weed control district may be...

NRS 555.220 - Civil penalty. - Any person violating any of the provisions of NRS 555.202...

NRS 555.235 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 555.235 to 555.249, inclusive, unless the...

NRS 555.23515 - "Broker" defined. - "Broker" means any person who acts as an agent for...

NRS 555.23523 - "Dangerously injurious plant pest" defined. - "Dangerously injurious plant pest" means a plant pest that constitutes...

NRS 555.23525 - "Dealer of nursery stock" defined. - "Dealer of nursery stock" means a person who produces, holds,...

NRS 555.23537 - "Hold" defined. - "Hold" means to have and maintain possession of nursery stock...

NRS 555.2354 - "Infested" defined. - "Infested" means contaminated with a pest or so exposed to...

NRS 555.23542 - "Inspecting officer" defined. - "Inspecting officer" means a person authorized by the Department to...

NRS 555.23544 - "Inspection certificate" defined. - "Inspection certificate" means a document which is issued by an...

NRS 555.2355 - "License" defined. - "License" means a license issued pursuant to NRS 555.235 to...

NRS 555.23551 - "Licensee" defined. - "Licensee" means a person licensed under the provisions of NRS...

NRS 555.2356 - "Nursery" defined. - "Nursery" means any location: 1. Where nursery stock is grown,...

NRS 555.23562 - "Nursery stock" defined. - "Nursery stock" means a plant for planting, propagation or ornamentation,...

NRS 555.2357 - "Peddler" defined. - "Peddler" means any person who sells, solicits or offers for...

NRS 555.23575 - "Phytosanitary certificate" defined. - "Phytosanitary certificate" means a certificate from an authorized state plant...

NRS 555.23577 - "Quarantine pest" defined. - "Quarantine pest" means a pest listed by the State Quarantine...

NRS 555.2358 - "Sell" defined. - "Sell" means exchange, offer for sale, expose for sale, have...

NRS 555.236 - License required to produce, hold, distribute, collect or sell nursery stock; exceptions; waivers. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person...

NRS 555.237 - Application for license; transfer of license prohibited; display of license. - 1. Any person applying for a license must do so...

NRS 555.238 - Schedule of annual fees for licenses. - The State Board of Agriculture may establish by regulation a...

NRS 555.239 - Renewal of license; fee. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS...

NRS 555.241 - Revocation or suspension of or refusal to issue or renew license; notice and hearing. - The Director may refuse to issue or renew, or may...

NRS 555.242 - Terminal inspection of nursery stock. - The Director may order any nursery stock to be held...

NRS 555.243 - Regulations; standards. - The Director may adopt such regulations as the Director may...

NRS 555.244 - Inspection of businesses, invoices and applicable certificates. - 1. The Director or any inspecting officer may enter any...

NRS 555.245 - Certification of pest conditions or quality of nursery stock for shipment; fees. - 1. Any person may request the Director to certify to...

NRS 555.246 - Certificates required for shipments of nursery stock; carrier prohibited from delivering nursery stock without appropriate certificate; exemption. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, nursery stock...

NRS 555.247 - Labeling of containers of nursery stock; bulk shipments. - 1. All nursery stock shipped from other states to points...

NRS 555.248 - Infected or infested nursery stock: Shipment from State; destruction; treatment. - Any nursery stock brought into this State which the Director...

NRS 555.2485 - Enforcement by Director: Administrative fine; order to correct violation; request for action by district attorney; regulations. - 1. The Director shall adopt regulations specifying a schedule of...

NRS 555.249 - Penalties. - Any person violating the provisions of NRS 555.235 to 555.249,...

NRS 555.2605 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 555.2605 to 555.460, inclusive, unless the...

NRS 555.261 - "Agent" defined. - "Agent" means any person who solicits business on behalf of...

NRS 555.2615 - "Aircraft" defined. - "Aircraft" means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used...

NRS 555.26155 - "Applicator" defined. - "Applicator" means a natural person, including, without limitation, a natural...

NRS 555.26157 - "Authorized commercial applicator" defined. - "Authorized commercial applicator" means an applicator who for hire or...

NRS 555.2616 - "Business license" defined. - "Business license" means a license to engage in pest control...

NRS 555.2617 - "Certificate" defined. - "Certificate" means a certificate of competency issued by the Director...

NRS 555.2618 - "Certified applicator" defined. - [Replaced in revision by NRS 555.2657.]

NRS 555.2619 - "Commercial applicator" defined. - "Commercial applicator" means an applicator who is licensed to apply...

NRS 555.2625 - "Defoliant" defined. - "Defoliant" means any substance or mixture of substances intended to...

NRS 555.263 - "Desiccant" defined. - "Desiccant" means any substance or mixture of substances intended to...

NRS 555.2634 - "Environment" defined. - "Environment" includes the water, air, land and all plants and...

NRS 555.264 - "Fungi" defined. - "Fungi" means all non-chlorophyll-bearing thallophytes (that is, all non-chlorophyll-bearing plants...

NRS 555.2641 - "General-use pesticide" defined. - "General-use pesticide" means a pesticide that has not been determined...

NRS 555.2642 - "Government applicator" defined. - Repealed. (See chapter 34, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page...

NRS 555.2643 - "Governmental agency certificate" defined. - Repealed. (See chapter 34, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page...

NRS 555.2645 - "Ground equipment" defined. - "Ground equipment" means any machine or device (other than aircraft)...

NRS 555.265 - "Insect" defined. - "Insect" means any of the numerous small invertebrate animals generally...

NRS 555.2654 - "Location principal" defined. - "Location principal" means the primary principal of a pest control...

NRS 555.2655 - "Nematode" defined. - "Nematode" means invertebrate animals of the phylum nemathelminthes and class...

NRS 555.2657 - "Non-private applicator" defined. - "Non-private applicator" means: 1. A natural person who is employed...

NRS 555.266 - "Person" defined. - "Person" includes a government, a governmental agency and a political...

NRS 555.2667 - "Pest control" defined. - "Pest control" means publicly holding oneself out as being in...

NRS 555.267 - "Pesticide" defined. - "Pesticide" includes, without limitation: 1. Any substance or mixture of...

NRS 555.2675 - "Plant regulator" defined. - "Plant regulator" means any substance or mixture of substances intended...

NRS 555.2677 - "Primary principal" defined. - "Primary principal" means a principal who has been designated by...

NRS 555.2679 - "Principal" defined. - "Principal" means an owner, officer, partner, member or technician of...

NRS 555.2681 - "Private applicator" defined. - "Private applicator" means an applicator who is certified to apply...

NRS 555.2683 - "Restricted-use pesticide" defined. - "Restricted-use pesticide" means any pesticide, including any highly toxic pesticide,...

NRS 555.2685 - "Snails or slugs" defined. - "Snails or slugs" include all harmful mollusks. (Added to NRS...

NRS 555.2687 - "Supervision" defined. - "Supervision" of the application of a restricted-use pesticide by an...

NRS 555.2688 - "Unlicensed employee" defined. - Repealed. (See chapter 34, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page...

NRS 555.269 - "Weed" defined. - "Weed" means any plant or part thereof which grows where...

NRS 555.2695 - "Wildlife" defined. - "Wildlife" means all living things that are neither human, domesticated...

NRS 555.270 - Policy of this State; purpose of provisions. - It is the policy of this State and the purpose...

NRS 555.273 - Applicability of provisions concerning restricted-use pesticides. - All state agencies, municipal corporations and public utilities or any...

NRS 555.277 - Exemption from certain provisions for farmer-owners and gardeners. - 1. The provisions of NRS 555.2605 to 555.460, inclusive, relating...

NRS 555.2771 - Governmental agency certificate. - Repealed. (See chapter 34, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page...

NRS 555.2772 - License as government applicator. - Repealed. (See chapter 34, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page...

NRS 555.2773 - Application for governmental agency certificate or license as government applicator. - Repealed. (See chapter 34, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page...

NRS 555.2774 - Examination and qualifications of applicant for license as government applicator; testing fee established by regulation. - Repealed. (See chapter 34, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page...

NRS 555.2775 - Issuance and renewal of license as government applicator; fee; written explanation of denial. - Repealed. (See chapter 34, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page...

NRS 555.280 - License as applicator required for natural person to engage in pest control; business license required for natural person or business entity to operate as pest control business. - 1. A natural person, including, without limitation, any consultant, demonstrator,...

NRS 555.285 - License as applicator required for natural person to engage in activities concerning control of wood-destroying pests or organisms. - A natural person shall not engage in, offer to engage...

NRS 555.290 - Application for business license or license as applicator. [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 the professi... - 1. An application for a business license or license as...

NRS 555.300 - Examination and qualifications of applicant for license as applicator or business license. - 1. If an applicant for a license as an applicator...

NRS 555.305 - Petition to review criminal history to obtain license; requirements; fee; report. - 1. The Director shall develop and implement a process by...

NRS 555.310 - Fees established by regulation. - 1. The Director shall collect from each person applying for...

NRS 555.320 - Issuance, expiration and renewal of business license or license as applicator. [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 rest... - 1. If the Director finds an applicant for a business...

NRS 555.322 - Application for renewal of license required to include information relating to state business license; grounds for denial of renewal. - 1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in...

NRS 555.325 - Application for license: Statement by applicant concerning payment of child support; grounds for denial; duty of Director. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish pro... - 1. A natural person who applies for the issuance or...

NRS 555.330 - Proof of insurance required of applicant for business license; actions by injured persons; limitation of actions; investigations by Director. - 1. The Director shall require from each applicant for a...

NRS 555.345 - Refusal to issue license as applicator; submission of fingerprints or other information for background check of applicant; fees. - 1. The Director may refuse to issue a license as...

NRS 555.350 - Suspension, revocation or modification of business license or license issued to applicator; background check required when disciplinary action initiated. - 1. The Director may suspend, pending inquiry, for not longer...

NRS 555.3505 - 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... - 1. If the Director receives a copy of a court...

NRS 555.3507 - Primary principal required for licensee’s business. - The holder of a business license shall ensure that the...

NRS 555.351 - Restricted-use pesticides: Certificate and permits required for use; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a person...

NRS 555.353 - Restricted-use pesticides: Application for certificate. - Application for a certificate must be made to the Director...

NRS 555.355 - Restricted-use pesticides: Qualifications and examination of applicant for certificate; fees established by regulation. - 1. The Director may require the applicant to show, upon...

NRS 555.357 - Restricted-use pesticides: Issuance, expiration and renewal of certificates; regulations concerning validity and renewal; written explanation of denial. - 1. If the Director finds that the applicant is qualified,...

NRS 555.359 - Restricted-use pesticides: Denial, suspension, revocation or modification of certificate. - The Director may deny or suspend, pending inquiry, for not...

NRS 555.360 - Judicial review of action of Director. - 1. Any person aggrieved by any action of the Director...

NRS 555.370 - Inspection of equipment; repairs. - The Director may provide for the inspection of any ground...

NRS 555.380 - Regulations of Director: Materials and methods for application. - 1. The Director may, by regulation, prescribe materials or methods...

NRS 555.390 - Regulations of Director: Records and reports of licensees and other applicators. - 1. The Director may, by regulation, require any licensee or...

NRS 555.400 - Regulations of Director: General authority; limitations. - 1. The Director may adopt regulations to carry out the...

NRS 555.410 - Publication of information regarding injuries from improper application and prevention of injuries. - The Director may, in cooperation with the Nevada System of...

NRS 555.420 - Authority of Director and inspectors to enter and inspect public or private premises. - To carry out the provisions of NRS 555.2605 to 555.460,...

NRS 555.460 - Violation of provisions: Criminal penalty; administrative fine. - Any person violating the provisions of NRS 555.2605 to 555.420,...

NRS 555.470 - Enforcement by Director: Administrative fine; order to correct violation; request for action by district attorney; regulations. - 1. The Director shall adopt regulations specifying a schedule of...

NRS 555.500 - Legislative declaration. - The Legislature declares that it is primarily the responsibility of...

NRS 555.510 - Creation of district: Petition; notice and hearing; exclusion of land. - 1. The board of county commissioners of any county shall...

NRS 555.520 - Board of directors: Number; qualifications; appointment; terms; vacancies. - 1. The board of county commissioners of any county in...

NRS 555.530 - Board of directors: Powers. - The board of directors of a rodent control district may:...

NRS 555.540 - Regulations. - The State Board of Agriculture shall, after a hearing held...

NRS 555.550 - Submission of plans by landowners after promulgation of regulations; performance of necessary work by rodent control officer on failure by landowner; charges as lien. - 1. Within 60 days after regulations have been promulgated for...

NRS 555.560 - Assessments; liens; loans. - 1. Upon the preparation and approval of a budget in...

NRS 555.570 - Civil penalty. - 1. Any person violating any of the provisions of NRS...

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Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds

Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds