Nevada · statute · Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. 555 · 129 active provisions
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: 1. “Control” means to cut, destroy or eradicate established noxious weed populations in order to prevent: (a) The spread, maturation and dispersal of any propagative part of the noxious weed; and (b) The reproduction and spread of the noxious weed. 2. “Dep…
Within the limits of any appropriation made by law: 1. The Director may: (a) Investigate the prevalence of; and (b) Take the necessary action to control, Ê vertebrate and invertebrate pests of plants and animals, plant diseases, physiological plant disorders and noxious weeds for the protection of the crops, livestock,…
The Director may cooperate, financially or otherwise, with any federal agency or Department, any other state agency or department, any county, city, public district or political subdivision of this State, any public or private corporation, and any natural person or group of natural persons in suppressing vertebrate pes…
1. There is hereby created in the State General Fund the Account for the Control of Weeds to be administered by the Director. Money in the Account must be used for the abatement of weeds. The Director may adopt regulations for the administration of the Account. 2. The Account is a continuing account without reversion t…
1. The Department shall, if necessary or if a complaint is made to the Department, cause an inspection to be conducted of any premises, land, means of conveyance or article of any person in this State if it is found to be infested with any pest, noxious weed or plant disease that is injurious to: (a) The public health…
1. Any premises found to be infested with any pest, noxious weed or plant disease is hereby adjudged and declared to be a public nuisance. If such a nuisance exists at any place within the jurisdiction of the Department and the owner or occupant of the premises, after notification, refuses or neglects to abate the nuis…
1. All sums paid by the Department constitute a lien on the property and premises from which the nuisance has been removed or abated pursuant to NRS 555.100 and 555.110, and may be recovered by an action against that property and premises. 2. A notice of lien must be filed and recorded in the office of the county recor…
1. If it appears that an area has or is likely to become infested with a pest which cannot be practically controlled except by the means provided in this section, the Department shall hold a public hearing to determine the necessity of declaring a time during which or an area in which plants capable of acting as hosts…
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the State Quarantine Officer may declare by regulation the weeds of the state that are noxious weeds. 2. After holding a public meeting, the State Quarantine Officer may temporarily designate a weed as a noxious weed if he or she determines that immediate control of the…
1. The State Quarantine Officer shall carry out and enforce the provisions of NRS 555.130 to 555.220, inclusive. 2. To secure information better to carry out the provisions of NRS 555.130 to 555.220, inclusive, the State Quarantine Officer may conduct reasonably limited trials of various methods of controlling noxious…
Every railroad, canal, ditch or water company, and every person owning, controlling or occupying lands in this State, and every county, incorporated city or district having the supervision and control over streets, alleys, lanes, rights-of-way, or other lands, shall control all weeds declared and designated as noxious…
1. The State Quarantine Officer shall make or cause to be made a careful examination and investigation of the spread, development and growth of noxious weeds in this State. Upon the discovery of those weeds, the State Quarantine Officer shall ascertain the name of the owner or occupant of the land and the description o…
1. If any owner or occupant of the lands described in the notice served, as provided in NRS 555.160, shall fail, neglect or refuse to control the weeds designated, upon the land described, in accordance with the requirements of the notice, the State Quarantine Officer may notify the board of county commissioners of the…
1. Upon receipt of the itemized statements of the cost of controlling the weeds pursuant to NRS 555.170, the county treasurer shall forthwith mail one copy to the owner or occupant of the land on which the weeds were controlled, together with a statement that objections may be made to the whole or any part of the state…
Any expense incurred by any county in controlling noxious weeds from any street, lane, alley or other property owned or controlled by an incorporated city in that city, in accordance with the provisions of NRS 555.170, must be repaid to the county from the general fund of the incorporated city, upon presentation to the…
1. Whenever a noxious weed is found growing upon the public domain or any other lands in this State owned by the Federal Government, the State Quarantine Officer may serve notice, as provided in NRS 555.160, upon the person within the county or this State who is in charge of the activities of the federal agency having…
Any person violating any of the provisions of NRS 555.130 to 555.200, inclusive, or failing, refusing or neglecting to perform or observe any conditions or regulations prescribed by the State Quarantine Officer, in accordance with the provisions of NRS 555.130 to 555.200, inclusive, is subject to a civil penalty not to…
The Legislature declares that it is primarily the responsibility of each owner or occupier of land in this State to control weeds on his or her own land, but finds that in certain areas this responsibility can best be discharged through control by organized districts.
1. The board of county commissioners of any county may, in accordance with chapter 308 of NRS, create one or more weed control districts in that portion of the county which lies outside any incorporated city. Creation of such a district may be initiated by the board of county commissioners or by a petition which: (a) D…
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 555.206: 1. The board of county commissioners of any county in which a weed control district has been created shall appoint a board of directors of the district composed of three or five persons who: (a) Are landowners in the district, whether or not they signed the petition for its…
1. If the area included in a weed control district is entirely within the boundaries of one county and entirely within the boundaries of one conservation district organized pursuant to chapter 548 of NRS, the board of county commissioners of the county and the supervisors of the conservation district may enter into an…
The board of directors of a weed control district may: 1. With the approval of the State Quarantine Officer, appoint a weed control officer. 2. Receive and expend any moneys provided by assessment, voluntary contribution or otherwise for the control of weeds in the district. 3. Exercise any other power necessary or pro…
1. The board of directors of a weed control district or the board of county commissioners of any county having lands situated in a weed control district or proposed for inclusion in such a district may request that the State Board of Agriculture review any action taken by the board of county commissioners of a county,…
1. The board of directors shall prepare regulations for the weed control district, which shall include but are not limited to: (a) The species of weeds to be controlled in the district. (b) The means of direct control by spray, cultivation or otherwise. (c) The means of indirect control, including the movement from, to…
If any landowner fails to carry out a plan of weed control for his or her land in compliance with the regulations of the district, the weed control officer may enter upon the land affected, perform any work necessary to carry out the plan, and charge such work against the landowner. Any such charge, until paid, is a li…