Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures
CLASSIFICATION AND TAKING OF WILDLIFE
Section 503.093 - Appropriate license, permit or authorization required to hunt, take or possess protected wildlife; exceptions; limitation on possession of desert tortoises

Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 503.093

Current through December 12, 2024

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person shall not hunt or take any wildlife which is classified as protected, or possess any part thereof, without first obtaining the appropriate license, permit or written authorization from the Department.

2. Such a license, permit or authorization is not required for:

(a) The possession of a desert tortoise which:

(1) Was held in captivity on or before August 4, 1989; or

(2) Is acquired through an adoption program or another method approved by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

(b) The possession of any species of wildlife classified as protected in Nevada which is:

(1) Lawfully killed in another state and imported to Nevada; and

(2) Possessed under the authority of the other state's appropriate license, tag, permit or other authorization.

(1) Which is found in a residence, school or other building open to the public; or

(2) If the taking is necessary to protect the life of any person in imminent danger of being attacked or bitten by the protected vector or protected venomous reptile.

3. A person possessing a desert tortoise pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) of subsection 2 shall not possess more than one desert tortoise.

4. As used in this section:

(a) "Classified as protected" includes wildlife that is classified as sensitive, threatened or endangered.

(b) "Vector" means a living nonhuman animal capable of carrying infectious disease from one person or animal to another.

Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs, eff. 12-13-91; A 1-24-92; R077-00, 8-18-2000; R133-04, 10-28-2004; R004-13, 10-23-2013

NRS 501.105, 501.181

REVISER'S NOTE.

The regulation of the Board of Wildlife Commissioners filed on October 23, 2013, which amended this section, became effective on that date and contains the following provision not included in NAC:

"The amendatory provisions of section 1 of this regulation [NAC 503.093 ] do not apply to a person who acquired a desert tortoise specified in subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of that section before May 1, 2013."

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