Title 50

NRS 573.030 Bond required for issuance of license or limited license; deposit in lieu of bond. Before a license is issued by the Department to an operator of a public livestock auction or a limited license is issued by the Department to conduct an annual sale of livestock, the ap…

NRS 573.033 Details and amount of bond; liability of surety. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 573.025, if an applicant delivers a surety bond to the Director pursuant to the provisions of NRS 573.025 or subsection 1 of NRS 573.030, the surety bond must be: (a) In the amount…

NRS 573.037 Deposit in lieu of bond: Amount; action for recovery against deposit; retention by Department. 1. As authorized by NRS 573.025 or subsection 2 of NRS 573.030, in lieu of filing the bond described in NRS 573.033, the applicant may deliver to the Director the receipt of…

NRS 573.040 Fee for license or limited license. The State Board of Agriculture shall establish by regulation the fee for: 1. A license to operate a public livestock auction. 2. A limited license to conduct an annual sale of livestock. [Part 4:78:1947; 1943 NCL § 3825.04]—(NRS A 1…

NRS 573.050 Issuance of license. Upon receipt of an application for a license to operate a public livestock auction under this chapter, accompanied by the required bond and license fee, the Department shall examine the application, and if it finds the application to be in proper …

NRS 573.060 Separate license required for each establishment or premises. A separate license shall be required for each establishment or premises where a public livestock auction is operated or conducted. [Part 5:78:1947; 1943 NCL § 3825.05]

NRS 573.070 Form of license. A license to operate a public livestock auction must be in such form as the Department may prescribe, and set forth: 1. The name and address of the operator of the public livestock auction. 2. The location of the establishment or premises licensed. 3.…

NRS 573.080 Renewal of license. A license to operate a public livestock auction must be renewed annually upon like application and procedure as in the case of an original license to operate a public livestock auction. An application for the renewal of the license must be accompan…

NRS 573.090 Display of license. The original license or a certified copy thereof shall be displayed conspicuously by the licensee in the sale ring or in some other like prominent place in the licensed establishment or premises. [Part 5:78:1947; 1943 NCL § 3825.05]

NRS 573.100 Denial, suspension or revocation of license; notice and hearing. 1. The Department may refuse to grant or to renew a license or may suspend or revoke a license if, after notice and a hearing, the Department finds: (a) That the licensee has violated any provision of th…

NRS 573.103 Audits of accounts; filing copies of audits. Every operator of a public livestock auction whose accounts are audited under the provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 7 U.S.C. § 204, as amended, shall file a copy of each such audit with the Director. (Added to N…

NRS 573.104 Custodial accounts for consignors’ proceeds; annual audits. 1. Each licensee shall deposit the gross proceeds received by him or her from the sale of livestock handled on a commission or agency basis in a separate account established and maintained by the licensee in …

NRS 573.105 Line of credit: Duty to notify Department of change in amount or replacement; suspension of license for failure to maintain. An operator of a public livestock auction shall notify the Department within 30 days after any change in the amount of the line of credit shown…

NRS 573.106 Payment of net proceeds of sales to consignors. Within 24 hours after a sale of livestock by an operator of a public livestock auction, the operator of the public livestock auction shall pay to the consignor of such livestock the net proceeds of the sale due such cons…

NRS 573.107 Actions by consignor creditor or Director on bond. 1. A consignor creditor claiming to be injured by the fraud of a licensee may bring an action upon the bond against the principal and the surety in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover the damages caused by …

NRS 573.108 Duties of Director when licensee fails to pay consignor creditor; settlement or compromise on bond; action by Director; subpoenas. 1. In case of failure by a licensee to pay the amount due a consignor creditor whose livestock was handled or sold through or at the lice…

NRS 573.109 District court’s power to compel attendance of witnesses and production of books and papers; orders. 1. The district court in and for the county in which any investigation is conducted by the Director pursuant to the provisions of subsections 7 and 8 of NRS 573.108 ma…

NRS 573.110 Records to be maintained by licensee: Contents; location; inspection; retention. 1. Each operator of a public livestock auction shall keep the following records for each lot of livestock consigned to or sold or exchanged through the public livestock auction: (a) The n…

NRS 573.120 Records to be maintained by person buying or receiving livestock for slaughter on consignment or for commission or fee: Contents; inspection; retention. 1. Any person buying, or receiving on a consignment, commission or fee basis, any livestock for slaughter at a slau…

NRS 573.125 Issuance of receipts to purchasers. Each operator of a livestock auction or person who conducts an annual sale of livestock shall issue to each purchaser of livestock a receipt on a form approved by the Department, and the receipt must contain: 1. The name and address…

NRS 573.130 Regulation of sales of livestock under quarantine or infected or exposed to contagious, infectious or parasitic livestock disease; testing, treating and examination of livestock. 1. Livestock that is under quarantine because of any contagious, infectious or communicab…

NRS 573.140 Cleaning and maintenance of premises; facilities for feed and water. 1. The yards, pens and premises where livestock is held or handled must be cleaned and maintained for the purpose of preventing infectious, contagious or parasitic livestock diseases. 2. If livestock…

NRS 573.150 Inspection and testing of scales. If any public livestock auction shall sell livestock by weight, the scales upon which such livestock is weighed shall be regularly inspected and tested. [Part 8:78:1947; A 1949, 550; 1943 NCL § 3825.08]

NRS 573.160 Inspection of premises and records by Department. To carry out the provisions of this chapter and to conduct inspections pursuant thereto, the Department or any authorized representative thereof may enter the establishment or premises where any public livestock auctio…

NRS 573.165 Approved space and facilities to be provided for brand inspection. Public livestock auction facilities must include space and facilities approved by the Director for brand inspectors to carry out their duties in a safe and expeditious manner. (Added to NRS by 1961, 51…

NRS 573.170 Change of sale days: Procedure; special sales. 1. The operator of a public livestock auction may apply to the Department for a change of the weekly or monthly sales day or days specified in the operator’s license. The application is subject to a hearing and approval b…

NRS 573.175 Security agreements not impaired. No provision of this chapter shall impair the validity of any security agreement. (Added to NRS by 1965, 386; A 1969, 29)

NRS 573.180 Exemption from provisions of chapter for nonprofit organizations and associations. None of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to apply to the Nevada Mineral Exhibition, 4-H clubs, the Future Farmers of America, the Nevada Junior Livestock Show, the Nevada …

NRS 573.183 Cease and desist orders. If the Director determines, on the basis of any verified complaint or of any inspection or investigation made by him or her pursuant to this chapter, that any operator of a public livestock auction or person who conducts an annual sale of live…

NRS 573.185 Injunctions; restraining orders. If any operator of a public livestock auction or person who conducts an annual sale of livestock has engaged or is about to engage in any acts or practices which violate or will violate any of the provisions of this chapter or the rule…

NRS 573.190 Penalties; use of money collected. 1. Any person who: (a) Operates a public livestock auction without a license required by this chapter; (b) Conducts an annual sale of livestock without a limited license issued pursuant to NRS 573.025; or (c) Violates any of the prov…