Title 50

NRS 576.0125 “Broker” defined. “Broker” means any person other than a dealer, commission merchant or cash buyer, who negotiates the purchase or sale of any farm product and who does not handle either the farm product involved or the proceeds of a sale. (Added to NRS by 1993, 434)

NRS 576.013 “Cash buyer” defined. “Cash buyer” means any person other than a commission merchant, dealer or broker, who purchases or offers to purchase any farm products or livestock for the purpose of processing or resale and who pays for the farm products or livestock in lawful…

NRS 576.0135 “Commission merchant” defined. “Commission merchant” means any person other than a dealer, broker or cash buyer, who receives on consignment or solicits from the producer thereof for the purpose of resale, or who sells or offers for sale on commission any farm produc…

NRS 576.014 “Consignor” defined. “Consignor” means any person who ships or delivers to any commission merchant or dealer any farm products for handling, sale or resale. (Added to NRS by 1993, 435)

NRS 576.0145 “Dealer” defined. “Dealer” means any person other than a commission merchant, broker or cash buyer, who solicits, contracts for or obtains from the producer, agent or consignee thereof title, possession or control of any farm product or livestock, or who buys or agre…

NRS 576.015 “Department” defined. “Department” means the State Department of Agriculture. (Added to NRS by 1993, 435; A 1995, 514; 1999, 3703)

NRS 576.0152 “Director” defined. “Director” means the Director of the Department. (Added to NRS by 1999, 3703)

NRS 576.0155 “Farm products” defined. “Farm products” includes all agricultural, horticultural, viticultural and vegetable products of the soil, poultry and poultry products, livestock and livestock products and hay. The term does not include timber products or milk and milk prod…

NRS 576.016 “Fixed and established place of business” defined. “Fixed and established place of business” means any warehouse, building, storeroom or stockyard, either owned or leased, at which the owner conducts a legitimate permanent business in good faith, and at which stocks o…

NRS 576.0162 “Free-sale certificate” defined. “Free-sale certificate” means a document which certifies that an agricultural product which is proposed to be exported is the same type of agricultural product freely marketed and sold in this State. (Added to NRS by 2015, 3614)

NRS 576.0165 “Immediate resale” defined. “Immediate resale” means a sale of farm products or livestock made within 60 days after the purchase thereof. (Added to NRS by 1993, 435)

NRS 576.017 “Livestock” defined. “Livestock” includes all kinds and ages, and both sexes, singular and plural, of the bovine and equine species and sheep, goats and hogs. (Added to NRS by 1993, 435)

NRS 576.0175 “Produce vendor” defined. “Produce vendor” means any person engaged in the sale of farm products other than any poultry, livestock or livestock product. (Added to NRS by 2015, 3614)

NRS 576.018 “Producer” defined. “Producer” means any person engaged in the business of growing or producing any farm product. (Added to NRS by 1993, 435)

NRS 576.020 Acting as broker, dealer, commission merchant or agent without license prohibited; license not required for cash buyer or agent of cash buyer. 1. A person shall not act as a broker, dealer, commission merchant or agent without having obtained a license from the Depart…

NRS 576.030 Application for license: Contents; additional requirements for agents; appointment of Director as attorney upon whom process may be served. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for wit…

NRS 576.032 Additional requirements for issuance and renewal of license: Statement regarding obligation of child support; grounds for denial of license; duty of Department. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establi…

NRS 576.035 Previous convictions and violations by applicant may be considered as adverse showing of character, responsibility and good faith; rejection of application for certain period after date of adjudication for bankruptcy or collection by court order. 1. A previous convict…

NRS 576.037 Petition to review criminal history to determine if criminal history disqualifies applicant. 1. The Department shall develop and implement a process by which a person with a criminal history may petition the Department to review the criminal history of the person to d…

NRS 576.040 Bonds and other security; penalty for selling or encumbering security for bond. 1. Each applicant to whom a license to act as a dealer, broker or commission merchant is issued shall: (a) File one of the following: (1) A bond of a surety company authorized to do busine…

NRS 576.042 Civil action for violation of chapter or misrepresentation or fraud; limitation of actions; service of process. 1. Any: (a) Producer of livestock or farm products or the producer’s agent or consignee or produce vendor; (b) Licensed broker, dealer or commission merchan…

NRS 576.045 Retention of money or securities deposited in lieu of bond after operations cease. If any licensed dealer, broker or commission merchant for any reason ceases to operate as such, the amount of money or securities deposited in lieu of a bond must be retained by the Dep…

NRS 576.048 Revocation for default; publication of notice of revocation. 1. If the Department receives notice from a producer of livestock or farm products or the producer’s agent or consignee or produce vendor of the default of a licensed dealer, broker or commission merchant, t…

NRS 576.050 Annual license fee. Each applicant for a license as a broker, dealer, commission merchant or agent shall pay to the Department an annual license fee established by regulation of the State Board of Agriculture. (Added to NRS by 1959, 558; A 1961, 559; 1965, 392; 1993, …

NRS 576.060 Investigation of applicant; issuance of license. [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 professional, occupational and recreational licens…

NRS 576.080 Form and contents of licenses. Licenses must be in such form as the Department may prescribe, must be under the seal of the Department and must set forth: 1. The name and address of the dealer, broker, commission merchant or agent. 2. The period of the license. 3. Suc…

NRS 576.090 Expiration of licenses. All licenses shall expire 1 year after the issuance thereof. (Added to NRS by 1959, 558; A 1960, 417)

NRS 576.095 Licensing of other classifications without payment of fee. Any person who has applied for and obtained a license as a dealer, broker or commission merchant as provided in this chapter may apply for and secure a license in any other classification or classifications wi…

NRS 576.100 Agents: Designation; licensing; notice to Department; responsibility of principal; application. 1. An agent shall not act for any dealer, broker or commission merchant unless: (a) The dealer, broker or commission merchant is licensed and has designated the agent to ac…

NRS 576.105 Application for renewal of license required to include information relating to state business license; grounds for denial of renewal of license. 1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in this chapter, an applicant for the renewal of a license to act as a b…

NRS 576.110 Investigation of transactions involving farm products. 1. The Department on its own motion may, or upon the verified complaint of any interested party shall, investigate, examine or inspect any transaction involving solicitation, receipt, sale or attempted sale of far…

NRS 576.120 Grounds for refusing to grant or renew or for suspension or revocation of license; notice and hearing. 1. The Department may refuse to grant or renew a license or may suspend or revoke a license if, after notice and a hearing, the Department is satisfied of the existe…

NRS 576.121 Mandatory 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 establish procedures for withho…

NRS 576.123 Records of commission merchants, dealers and brokers. 1. Every commission merchant, having received any farm products for sale as a commission merchant, shall promptly make and keep a correct record showing in detail the following with reference to the handling, sale …

NRS 576.125 Accounting and remittances by commission merchants; records of sales; payments by dealers; penalties for nonpayment. 1. If requested by his or her consignor, a commission merchant shall, before the close of the next business day following the sale of any farm products…

NRS 576.127 Cargo manifests required to be carried on motor vehicles operated by dealers and commission merchants; suspension or cancellation of license for false statements on manifest. 1. Each dealer and commission merchant operating a motor vehicle in the conduct of his or her…

NRS 576.128 Certification as actual producer of certain farm products: Regulations of Department; fees for certification; exemption from certain taxes and fees. 1. The Department shall adopt regulations pursuant to which a person who is an actual producer of farm products other t…

NRS 576.1285 Registration as produce vendor; regulations; exception for person certified as actual producer of farm products. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Department shall adopt regulations pursuant to which a person must register as a produce vendor. 2. A…

NRS 576.129 Importation, possession or propagation of alternative livestock unlawful. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 571.210, it is unlawful for any person to import, possess or propagate any alternative livestock. (Added to NRS by 1993, 435; A 1995, 514; 2003, 1583; 2025, 1…

NRS 576.131 Alternative livestock: Recapture of escaped livestock; impoundment; liability of owner. Repealed. (See chapter 222, Statutes of Nevada 2025, at page 1368.)

NRS 576.132 Free-sale certificate for agricultural product; submission of application; requirements. The Department may provide a free-sale certificate for an agricultural product if: 1. An application is submitted in the manner prescribed by the Director; 2. The applicant is loc…

NRS 576.133 Cease and desist orders. If the Director believes, on the basis of a verified complaint or of an investigation made pursuant to NRS 576.110, that any licensee or person assuming to transact business for which a license is required under this chapter is violating or is…

NRS 576.135 Injunctions; restraining orders. If any licensee or person assuming to transact business for which a license is required under this chapter has engaged or is about to engage in any acts or practices which constitute or will constitute an offense against this chapter o…

NRS 576.137 Exemption for cash buyer purchasing for own use. A cash purchaser, purchasing for his or her own use, may be exempted by the Department from the requirements of this chapter upon the purchaser’s filing of an affidavit stating such facts as may be required by the Depar…

NRS 576.140 Inapplicability of chapter. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 576.042, the provisions of this chapter do not apply to: 1. The Nevada Mineral Exhibition, 4-H clubs, the Future Farmers of America, the Nevada Junior Livestock Show, the Nevada State Livestock Show, the …

NRS 576.150 Civil and criminal penalties; venue; use of money collected. 1. Except as otherwise provided by a specific statute, a person who acts as a dealer, broker, commission merchant or agent without a license therefor as required by the provisions of this chapter, or who vio…