Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 575 - Miscellaneous Provisions; Collection of Taxes
NRS 575.205 - Assessment of certain past due special taxes on specified livestock; penalty and interest for failure to pay such taxes; waiver or reduction of interest or penalty; disclosure of waiver or reduction; taxes, penalties and interest consti...


1. If the Department determines that an owner of livestock was not assessed the tax required pursuant to NRS 575.185 in any year in which the tax became due, the Department may assess the tax at any time within 5 years after the date on which the tax became due.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, any person who fails to pay the tax levied by the Department pursuant to NRS 575.185, within the time required, shall pay, in addition to the tax, a penalty equal to 20 percent of the amount of the tax that is owed for each year the person fails to pay the tax, plus interest at the rate of 1.5 percent per month, or fraction of a month, from the date the tax was due until the date of payment.
3. The Department may waive or reduce the payment of the interest or penalty, or both, that is required to be paid pursuant to subsection 2, if the Department finds extenuating circumstances sufficient to justify the waiver or reduction. The Department shall, upon the request of any person, disclose:
(a) The name of the person whose interest or penalty was waived or reduced; and
(b) The amount so waived or the amount of the reduction.
4. All taxes levied by the Department on livestock pursuant to NRS 575.185, and all penalties and interest accrued thereon, constitute a lien upon the livestock until paid.
5. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 575.230, the Department shall not provide inspection or other services to an owner of livestock who is delinquent in the payment of the tax levied by the Department pursuant to NRS 575.185.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1567; A 2013, 1324, 2470)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 575 - Miscellaneous Provisions; Collection of Taxes

NRS 575.010 - Working horse, mule or cattle without consent of owner.

NRS 575.015 - Contracts for care or shelter of livestock: Notice of termination; removal of livestock; disposition of livestock; collection of costs; waiver of provisions and rights conferred; exclusive remedies.

NRS 575.020 - Allowing vicious animal to escape or run at large; penalty; vicious animal may be killed; liability of person having care or custody of animal which chases, worries, injures or kills livestock of another.

NRS 575.040 - Liability for damages caused by poisonous or injurious liquid.

NRS 575.050 - Governor authorized to enter into agreements with United States concerning financial aid; Livestock Aid Fund.

NRS 575.060 - Impounding and sale by State Department of Agriculture of cattle, horses and mules found in possession of person without evidence of ownership; disposition of proceeds.

NRS 575.080 - Definitions.

NRS 575.120 - Declaration of average number, kind and classification of livestock and sheep.

NRS 575.130 - Provision of declaration to owners of livestock or sheep; administrative penalty for failure to complete declaration.

NRS 575.150 - Estimation of livestock and sheep owned by persons failing to return declarations; review of completed declarations to determine accuracy; changes; notification of changes and of right to challenge accuracy.

NRS 575.160 - Exemption from tax if less than cost of collection.

NRS 575.170 - Challenge of report as changed: Filing of statement; review; appeal to State Board of Agriculture.

NRS 575.180 - Approval of report; copy; notification of change resulting from challenge of accuracy.

NRS 575.185 - Maximum rate of tax; minimum tax; deposit in Livestock Inspection Account.

NRS 575.190 - Calculation of total taxes due.

NRS 575.200 - Billing of owners; failure to receive bill not excuse from payment.

NRS 575.205 - Assessment of certain past due special taxes on specified livestock; penalty and interest for failure to pay such taxes; waiver or reduction of interest or penalty; disclosure of waiver or reduction; taxes, penalties and interest consti...

NRS 575.210 - Department to transmit revenue from taxes, penalties and interest to State Controller.

NRS 575.220 - Report of certain delinquent taxes.

NRS 575.230 - Payment of delinquent tax required for issuance of brand inspection clearance certificate; notification of collection.