1. As used in this section, "open range" means all unenclosed lands outside of cities and towns upon which animals by custom, license, lease or permit are grazed or permitted to roam.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, every owner of animals in this State, who permits his or her animals to graze upon the open range, shall design, adopt and record a brand or a brand and mark and shall brand or brand and mark his or her animals as provided in this chapter.
3. Every owner of animals who brings such animals from another state into this State, if the animals have a recorded or registered brand of that other state, and who permits those animals to graze upon the open range, shall apply to the Department for a temporary use of the brand. The application must state the period for which the animals will remain in this State. The Department may grant a temporary use of the brand for a designated period, which may not exceed the period stated in the application, or require a new brand or a brand and mark as required by this section.
4. This section does not apply to animals that are less than 6 months of age.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 408; A 1993, 1734; 1999, 3671)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 564 - Brands and Marks
NRS 564.020 - Owner may adopt brand or mark; recording; unlawful earmark.
NRS 564.030 - Powers and duties of Director.
NRS 564.040 - Application for recording of brand or mark.
NRS 564.055 - Recording of cattle brands.
NRS 564.075 - Amendment of record of brands and marks; application; form.
NRS 564.090 - Evidentiary effect of certificates of recordation.
NRS 564.100 - Legal status of certificates of rerecordation issued pursuant to 1923 law.
NRS 564.115 - Transfer of brands and marks upon death of owner.
NRS 564.130 - Brand books and supplements: Issuance by Department; costs.