Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.005
Definitions
As used in NRS 569.005 to 569.130, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 569.0065 to 569.0085, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 569 — Estrays and Livestock
Nevada · statute · Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. 569 · 27 active provisions
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.006
“Alternative livestock” defined
Repealed. (See chapter 222, Statutes of Nevada 2025, at page 1368.)
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.0065
“Department” defined
“Department” means the State Department of Agriculture.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.007
“Director” defined
“Director” means the Director of the Department.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.0075
“Estray” defined
“Estray” means any domesticated livestock or progeny of domesticated livestock showing signs of domestication, running at large upon public or private lands in the State of Nevada, whose owner is unknown in the section where the animal is found.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.008
“Feral livestock” defined
“Feral livestock” means any formerly domesticated livestock or progeny of domesticated livestock which have become wild and are running at large upon public or private lands in the State of Nevada, and which have no physical signs of domestication. The term does not include horses or burros that are subject to the juri…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.0085
“Livestock” defined
“Livestock” means: 1. All cattle or animals of the bovine species; 2. All horses, mules, burros and asses or animals of the equine species; 3. All swine or animals of the porcine species; 4. All goats or animals of the caprine species; 5. All sheep or animals of the ovine species; and 6. All poultry or domesticated fow…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.010
Estrays and feral livestock deemed property of Department; management, control, placement and disposition of estrays and feral livestock; disposition of money; liability
1. Except as otherwise provided by law, all estrays and feral livestock within this state shall be deemed for the purpose of this section to be the property of the Department. 2. The Department has all rights accruing pursuant to the laws of this state to owners of those animals, and may: (a) Dispose of estrays and fer…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.020
Duties of certain officers who impound livestock to notify Department; contents of notice
1. Any county, city, town, township or other peace officer or poundmaster who impounds under the provisions of any state law or county or municipal ordinance any livestock shall, immediately after impounding the livestock, send a written notice to the Department. 2. The notice must contain a full description, including…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.031
Cooperative agreements for management, control, placement or disposition of livestock: Required provisions; annual review by Department; cancellation
The Department may enter into a cooperative agreement for the management, control, placement or disposition of the livestock with another agency of this state or with a county, city, town, township, peace officer, poundmaster or nonprofit organization. If an agreement is entered into, it must provide for: 1. The respon…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.040
Unlawful to take up or feed estray or feral livestock; enforcement; penalties
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, NRS 569.040 to 569.130, inclusive, or pursuant to a cooperative agreement established pursuant to NRS 569.031 for the management, control, placement or disposition of estrays and feral livestock, it is unlawful for any person or the person’s employees or agents, other th…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.045
Person gathering estray or feral livestock to publish notice in newspaper; requirements of notice
1. Before any person gathers any estrays or feral livestock, the person must cause notice of the gathering to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the county in which the gathering is to take place. 2. The notice must: (a) Be published at least once a week for the 4 weeks preceding the gathering; (…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.050
Written notice to Department when person takes up estray
If a person takes up an estray, the person shall, within 5 days thereafter, make out a written description of the animal, setting forth all marks or brands appearing upon the animal, and other marks of identity, including color, age and sex, and forward the description by mail to the Department at its office.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.060
Examination by Department of brand records upon receipt of notice of taking up of estray; notice to owner; payment of charges incurred for care; authority for closer examination of brands
1. Upon receiving notice of the taking up of an estray, the Department, or its authorized agent, shall make or cause to be made an examination of the state brand records. 2. If from the records the name of the owner or probable owner can be determined, the Department, or its authorized agent, shall forthwith notify the…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.070
Publication of notice of estray required if owner cannot be determined; reimbursement of expenses for publication; sale of injured or debilitated estray
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if the owner or probable owner of an estray cannot with reasonable diligence be determined by the Department or its authorized agent, the Department shall advertise the estray or cause it to be advertised. 2. A notice of the estray, with a full description, giving brands…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.075
Sale of feral livestock gathered by Department; publication of notice of sale of feral livestock; sale of injured or debilitated feral livestock
1. The Department may sell all feral livestock which it has gathered if the Department determines that the sale of the feral livestock is necessary to facilitate the placement or other disposition of the feral livestock. 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, before the Department may sell feral livestock, th…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.080
Sale, placement or other disposition of unclaimed estray; sale or placement of unclaimed feral livestock; issuance of brand inspection clearance certificate upon sale; marking, branding or identifying required before sale or placement
1. If an estray is not claimed within 5 working days after the last publication of the advertisement required by NRS 569.070, it must be: (a) Sold by the Department; or (b) Held by the Department until the estray is given a placement or other disposition through a cooperative agreement established pursuant to NRS 569.0…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.090
Deposit of balance of proceeds of sale; records; payment to owner
1. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to a cooperative agreement established pursuant to NRS 569.031 for the management, control, placement or disposition of estrays and feral livestock, the Department shall: (a) Pay the reasonable expenses incurred in taking up, holding, advertising and selling the estray or feral…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.100
Person taking up estray or feral livestock entitled to hold animal until relieved of custody; unlawful use or taking of estray or feral livestock; penalties
1. A person who takes up an estray or feral livestock as provided for in NRS 569.040 to 569.130, inclusive, is entitled to hold the estray or feral livestock lawfully until relieved of custody by the Department. 2. A person shall not use or cause to be used, for profit or otherwise, any estray or feral livestock in the…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.110
Escaped or removed estray or feral livestock may be recovered by person who took it up
If any estray or feral livestock, after having been taken up by a person in accordance with the provisions of NRS 569.040 to 569.130, inclusive, escapes or is removed from the custody of the person before being disposed of under the provisions of NRS 569.040 to 569.130, inclusive, the person has the legal right to reco…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.120
Estrays and feral livestock may be taken up by agents of Department; procedure for disposal
Estrays and feral livestock may be taken up by authorized agents of the Department. The disposal of the estrays and feral livestock must be conducted in the manner set forth in the provisions of NRS 569.040 to 569.130, inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.130
Penalties
Any person, including, without limitation, any firm, company, association or corporation, who takes up or retains in his or her possession any estray or feral livestock not the person’s property, without the owner’s consent, or except in accordance with the provisions of NRS 569.040 to 569.130, inclusive, is guilty of…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.431
“Legal fence” defined
As used in NRS 569.431 to 569.471, inclusive, “legal fence” means a fence with not less than four horizontal barriers, consisting of wires, boards, poles or other fence material in common use in the neighborhood, with posts set not more than 20 feet apart. The lower barrier must be not more than 12 inches from the grou…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.440
Liability caused by trespassing livestock; liability of landowner for injury to trespassing livestock; trespassing livestock treated as estrays
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 569.461 and 569.471: (a) If any livestock break into any grounds enclosed by a legal fence, the owner or manager of the livestock is liable to the owner of the enclosed premises for all damages sustained by the trespass. If the trespass is repeated by neglect of the owner or manag…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 569.450
Trespass on cultivated land: No award of damages unless land enclosed by legal fence
No person is entitled to collect damages, and no court in this state may award damages, for any trespass of livestock on cultivated land in this state if the land, at the time of the trespass was not enclosed by a legal fence.
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