Current through February 27, 2024
1.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person shall not trap, other
than with a box or cage trap, within one-half mile of a residence, if the
residence is located within a congested area of a county whose population is
100,000 or more.
2. The provisions
of this section do not apply to:
(a) An
officer, employee or agent of any state agency, the Federal Government or a
local government acting in his or her official capacity for the purpose of
animal control or control of depredating wildlife;
(b) A person acting under written authority
from a state agency, the Federal Government or a local government for the
purpose of animal control or control of depredating wildlife;
(c) A person trapping on private
property;
(d) A person trapping in
a waterway that is not within an incorporated city; or
(e) A person trapping in a waterway with the
use of a suitcase-style trap, under written authority from a state agency, the
Federal Government or a local governmental agency.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Congested area of a county" means:
(1) An area of a county in which the
discharge of firearms is prohibited by a county ordinance; or
(2) The area within the boundaries of an
incorporated city in a county.
(b) "Residence" means any house, room,
apartment, tenement or other building designed or intended for occupancy as a
residence.
(c) "Suitcase-style
trap" means a device that is composed of:
(1)
Two opposing metal frames which are spring-loaded and surrounded on one or both
sides by wire mesh; and
(2) A
trigger mechanism located in the middle of the trap which, when triggered,
causes the two opposing metal frames to close together and encase the animal
within the device.
The term includes, without limitation, a "Bailey
Beaver Live Trap," "Bailey Beaver Trap," "Hancock Live Trap" and "KORO Live
Beaver Trap."
(d) "Waterway" means any river, stream, canal
or channel that contains water, including, without limitation, the banks and
bed of any such river, stream, canal or channel.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife
Comm'rs by R062-12, eff. 11-1-2012; A by
R087-14,
eff. 4/4/2016; A by
R009-21A,
eff. 2/28/2022; A by
R009-21CAP,
eff. 3/3/2022
NRS
501.105,
501.181
