Title 49

NRS 550.090 Erection of buildings on Camp property by counties. 1. Any county in which is maintained an active 4-H club program as disclosed by the records of the Director may erect a building on the lands occupied by the State 4-H Camp and its branches, subject to uniform regula…

NRS 550.100 Title vested in Board of Regents. The title to the site of the State 4-H Camp in Douglas County, Nevada, as existing on January 1, 1965, is hereby vested in the Board of Regents, who are hereby authorized and directed to take possession of the State 4-H Camp property.…

NRS 551.005 Definitions. [Effective on the date the agreement between the Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Washoe County required pursuant to section 11 of chapter 125, Statutes of Nevada 2025, p. 697, …

NRS 551.007 “Department” defined. [Effective on the date the agreement between the Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Washoe County required pursuant to section 11 of chapter 125, Statutes of Nevada 2025,…

NRS 551.008 “Director” defined. [Effective on the date the agreement between the Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Washoe County required pursuant to section 11 of chapter 125, Statutes of Nevada 2025, p…

NRS 551.010 Nevada Mineral Exhibition; authority of agricultural district to collect and disseminate information regarding mineral industries. [Replaced in revision by NRS 551.100.]

NRS 551.030 State and regional fairs. [Effective until the date the agreement between the Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Washoe County required pursuant to section 11 of chapter 125, Statutes of Nevad…

NRS 551.100 Nevada Mineral Exhibition; authority of agricultural district to collect and disseminate information regarding mineral industries. 1. A statewide mining, petroleum and industrial exhibition, to be known as the Nevada Mineral Exhibition, may be held under the administr…

NRS 551.200 Establishment; duties of Department; authority of Director. [Effective on the date the agreement between the Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Washoe County required pursuant to section 11 of…

NRS 551.210 Account for the Maintenance and Operation of the Nevada State Fairgrounds: Creation; use of money in Account; acceptance of gifts and donations; interest and income. [Effective on the date the agreement between the Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the S…

NRS 552.085 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 552.0851 to 552.0862, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1959, 252, 253; A 1977, 911; 1985, 524; 1987, 564; 1…

NRS 552.0851 “Apiary” defined. “Apiary” means any hive or other place where bees are kept, located or found, and all appliances used in connection therewith. (Added to NRS by 1987, 564)

NRS 552.0852 “Appliance” defined. “Appliance” means any implement or device used in manipulating bees or their brood, including honey-extracting equipment, and any container thereof. (Added to NRS by 1987, 564)

NRS 552.0853 “Bees” defined. “Bees” means honey-producing insects of the genus Apis, and includes adults, eggs, larvae, pupae, and all material, excluding honey and rendered beeswax, that is deposited into beehives by the adults. (Added to NRS by 1987, 564)

NRS 552.0854 “Colony” defined. “Colony” means the bees, comb and honey contained in the hive. (Added to NRS by 1987, 564)

NRS 552.0855 “Colony strength” defined. “Colony strength” means the potential of a hive of bees to pollinize horticultural or agricultural crops. (Added to NRS by 1987, 564)

NRS 552.08555 “Department” defined. “Department” means the State Department of Agriculture. (Added to NRS by 1999, 3634)

NRS 552.08575 “Director” defined. “Director” means the Director of the Department. (Added to NRS by 1999, 3634)

NRS 552.0858 “Disease” defined. “Disease” means any condition adversely affecting bees, or their brood, which may become epidemic, including, without limitation, bacteria, viruses or invertebrate pests and the presence of undesirable genetic characteristics including those associ…

NRS 552.086 “Hive” defined. “Hive” means any receptacle or container made or prepared for the use of bees. (Added to NRS by 1987, 564)

NRS 552.0861 “Inspector” defined. “Inspector” means any person authorized by the Department to enforce the provisions of this chapter. (Added to NRS by 1987, 564; A 1993, 1704; 1999, 3635)

NRS 552.0862 “Location” defined. “Location” means any place where an apiary is located. (Added to NRS by 1987, 564)

NRS 552.095 Control of apiary industry: Authority of Department; adoption of regulations; imposition and use of civil penalty. 1. The Department has control of all matters pertaining to the apiary industry in this State. 2. The Director may adopt regulations to carry out the prov…

NRS 552.160 Inspection of apiaries; order for destruction or treatment; quarantine; abatement of certain nuisances. 1. The Department may order the inspection of any or all apiaries and all buildings used in connection with those apiaries in any district or districts of the State…

NRS 552.170 Abatement of nuisance for failure to comply with order for destruction or treatment. If the owner or person in possession of an apiary neglects or refuses to comply with an order issued under NRS 552.160, the Department may authorize the inspector or other agent to ab…

NRS 552.180 Right of access of inspectors. For the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, inspectors shall have access to all apiaries, appliances, structures and premises where bees or their products are kept. [Part 13:225:1921; NCL § 472]—(NRS A 1961, 514)

NRS 552.190 Duties of inspectors after inspections. After inspecting infected hives or fixtures, or handling diseased bees, the inspector shall, before leaving the premises or proceeding to any other apiary: 1. Thoroughly disinfect any portion of his or her own person and clothin…

NRS 552.205 Colony strength: Establishment of standards; inspectors; certification; fees. The Department may, if the demand for pollination service is found by the Department to warrant such action: 1. Establish standards of colony strength based upon: (a) The number of bees per …

NRS 552.212 Importation of queens or other bees in screened cages without comb: Certificate of inspection; holding and destruction of bees. 1. A person shall not ship or transport into this State any queens or other bees in screened cages without comb unless the shipment is accom…

NRS 552.215 Fees for inspections. If an inspection is requested by any person to determine the presence of disease or colony strength, the person who requests the inspection shall pay a reasonable fee as prescribed by the Department to pay the expenses of the inspection. (Added t…

NRS 552.230 Bees to be kept in movable frame hives. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to have in the person’s possession any bees kept in other than movable frame hives. 2. If any such bees are found by an inspector, the inspector shall serve written notice in person or by r…

NRS 552.240 Concealment of disease or exposure of bees to disease unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person to conceal the fact that any disease exists among the person’s bees or to expose to bees any infected bees, bee products, hives or appliances. [Part 17:225:1921; A 1955…

NRS 552.250 Regulation of neglected or abandoned used hives or appliances. Neglected or abandoned used hives or appliances containing beeswax or bee comb, unless kept in an enclosure so constructed as to prevent access by bees, are hereby declared to be public nuisances, and it s…

NRS 552.255 Public nuisances: Declaration; abatement. The following may be declared to be public nuisances and are subject to abatement under the provisions of this chapter: 1. Diseased bees and any apiary in which they are found. 2. Honey, honeycombs and beeswax containing honey…

NRS 552.260 Extraction of honey. 1. Any and all extracting of honey shall be done in a place to which bees cannot gain access either during or after such extracting process. 2. Any inspector shall prohibit or stop the extraction of honey in any place to which bees have access unt…

NRS 552.280 Removal or distribution of diseased bees without permission unlawful. It shall be unlawful for the owner, owners, lessee, lessees, agent or caretaker of any apiary, including appliances, structures, buildings and honey, wherein disease exists, to move or distribute an…

NRS 552.290 Chapter supplemental to state law governing quarantines. Except as provided in this chapter, nothing in this chapter shall be construed as in any way affecting the provisions of chapter 554 of NRS, but this chapter shall be considered as supplementary to chapter 554 o…

NRS 553.010 “Demonstration farm” defined. As used in this chapter, a demonstration farm is a farm unit of not less than 10 acres nor more than 80 acres. [Part 1:198:1917; 1919 RL p. 2629; NCL § 340]

NRS 553.020 “Demonstration plot” defined. As used in this chapter, a demonstration plot is a plot not less than 1 acre nor more than 10 acres. [Part 1:198:1917; 1919 RL p. 2629; NCL § 340]

NRS 553.030 Establishment by counties of agricultural demonstration farms and plots authorized; purposes. The boards of county commissioners are authorized to establish county agricultural demonstration farms and county agricultural demonstration plots, as provided in this chapte…

NRS 553.040 Written project agreements. 1. Every agricultural demonstration farm or plot under the provisions of this chapter must be conducted by the owner, lessee or manager thereof under the supervision of the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension of the Public Service Di…

NRS 553.050 Purposes of demonstration farms and plots. 1. The purpose of demonstration farms is to demonstrate the results of improved systems of farm management and accountancy as prescribed by the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension of the Public Service Division of the …

NRS 553.060 Demonstration farms or plots to be marked and open to public inspection; liability of visitors. 1. Every demonstration farm or plot conducted under the provisions of this chapter shall: (a) Be legibly marked for the information of visitors. (b) At all proper hours, be…

NRS 553.070 Resolution to pay owner, lessee or manager of demonstration farm or plot; amount of payments. 1. Any county desiring to avail itself of the provisions of this chapter shall, by resolution of its board of county commissioners, bind itself to pay to the owner, lessee or…

NRS 553.080 State to pay one-half of subsidy for demonstration farms or plots; legislative appropriations. Each county availing itself of the provisions of this chapter shall certify to the State Board of Examiners the sum expended by such county in the subsidy of farm demonstrat…

NRS 553.090 Annual report of results of demonstration; distribution free of charge. The University of Nevada Cooperative Extension of the Public Service Division of the Nevada System of Higher Education annually shall prepare the information resulting from the demonstration in a …