The Department may enter into a cooperative agreement for the management, control, placement or disposition of the livestock with another agency of this state or with a county, city, town, township, peace officer, poundmaster or nonprofit organization. If an agreement is entered into, it must provide for:
1. The responsibility for the payment of the expenses incurred in taking up, holding, advertising and making the disposition of the estray or feral livestock, and any damages for trespass allowed pursuant to NRS 569.440...
3. The protection of the rights of a lawful owner of an estray or feral livestock pursuant to NRS 569.040 to 569.130, inclusive...
The Department shall annually review the actions of the cooperating person or entity for compliance with the agreement. The Department may cancel the agreement upon a finding of noncompliant actions.
Citation: Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 569.031.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, NRS 569.040 to 569.130, inclusive, or pursuant to a cooperative agreement established pursuant to NRS 569.031 for the management, control, placement or disposition of estrays and feral livestock, it is unlawful for any person or the person's employees or agents, other than an authorized agent of the Department, to:
(a) Take up any estray or feral livestock and retain possession of it; or
(b) Feed any estray or feral livestock.
2. For a first violation of paragraph (b) of subsection 1, a person must not be cited or charged criminally but must be informed that it is unlawful to feed an estray or feral livestock.
3. For a second or subsequent violation of paragraph (b) of subsection 1, a person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Citation: Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 569.040.
1. Before any person gathers any estrays or feral livestock, the person must cause notice of the gathering to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the county in which the gathering is to take place.
2. The notice must:
(a) Be published at least once a week for the 4 weeks preceding the gathering;
(b) Clearly identify the area in which the gathering is to take place and the date and time of the gathering;
(c) If feral livestock are to be gathered, include a full description of the species of feral livestock to be gathered;
(d) Indicate a location where owners or possible owners of the estrays or feral livestock may go to claim an estray or feral livestock that was gathered; and
(e) List the name and telephone number of a person who may be contacted if an owner or possible owner is interested in viewing the estrays or feral livestock gathered.
Citation: Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 569.045.
1. The Department may sell all feral livestock which it has gathered if the Department determines that the sale of the feral livestock is necessary to facilitate the placement or other disposition of the feral livestock.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, before the Department may sell feral livestock, the Department must publish notice of the sale of the feral livestock in a newspaper published at the county seat of the county in which the gathering of the feral livestock occurred. If there is no newspaper published at the county seat of the county, the notice must be published in the newspaper published at the nearest point to that county seat. A notice of a sale published pursuant to this section need not include full descriptions of the feral livestock, but may include such information and details as the Department determines necessary.
3. The Department may sell injured, sick or otherwise debilitated feral livestock if, as determined by the Department, the sale of the feral livestock is necessary to facilitate the placement or other disposition of the feral livestock. If feral livestock is sold pursuant to this subsection, the Department shall give a brand inspection clearance certificate to the purchaser.
Citation: Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 569.075.
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2. If feral livestock is not claimed by the date of sale published pursuant to NRS 569.075, the feral livestock must be sold by the Department pursuant to NRS 569.075 or placed pursuant to a cooperative agreement established pursuant to NRS 569.031 for the management, control, placement or disposition of estrays and feral livestock.
3. If the Department sells the estray or feral livestock, the Department shall give a brand inspection clearance certificate to the purchaser.
4. Estrays and feral livestock must be marked, branded or identified with an individual animal identification before sale or placement.
Citation: Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 569.080.
1. A person who takes up an estray or feral livestock as provided for in NRS 569.040 to 569.130, inclusive, is entitled to hold the estray or feral livestock lawfully until relieved of custody by the Department.
2. A person shall not use or cause to be used, for profit or otherwise, any estray or feral livestock in the person's keeping under the provisions of NRS 569.040 to 569.130, inclusive. A violation of this subsection shall be deemed grand larceny or petit larceny, as set forth in NRS 205.2175 to 205.2707, inclusive, and the person shall be punished as provided in those sections.
3. Any person taking, leading or driving an estray or feral livestock away from the possession of the lawful holder, as specified in NRS 569.040 to 569.130, inclusive, except as otherwise provided in this section, is subject to all the penalties under the law, whether or not the person is the claimant of the estray or feral livestock.
Citation: Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 569.100.
If any estray or feral livestock, after having been taken up by a person in accordance with the provisions of NRS 569.040 to 569.130, inclusive, escapes or is removed from the custody of the person before being disposed of under the provisions of NRS 569.040 to 569.130, inclusive, the person has the legal right to recover the estray or feral livestock wherever found and to hold it until it is disposed of as provided in NRS 569.040 to 569.130, inclusive.
Citation: Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 569.110.
Any person, including, without limitation, any firm, company, association or corporation, who takes up or retains in his or her possession any estray or feral livestock not the person's property, without the owner's consent, or except in accordance with the provisions of NRS 569.040 to 569.130, inclusive, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Citation: Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 569.130.