Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.010
Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 576.0115 to 576.018, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 576 — Livestock and Farm Products: Dealers, Brokers, Commission Merchants, Cash Buyers and Agents; Alternative Livestock
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Provisions
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.0115
“Agent” defined
“Agent” means any person who, on behalf of any commission merchant, dealer or broker, receives, contracts for or solicits the sale, exchange or transfer of farm products or livestock from a producer thereof, or who negotiates the consignment or purchase of any farm product or livestock on behalf of any commission merch…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.0117
“Agricultural product” defined
“Agricultural product” means a product of the soil, a farm product and any product commonly used to enhance agricultural production, including, without limitation, a product produced by hydroponic or aquatic farming. The term does not include a product inspected by a federal or other state agency.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.012
“Alternative livestock” defined
“Alternative livestock” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 501.003.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.0125
“Broker” defined
“Broker” means any person other than a dealer, commission merchant or cash buyer, who negotiates the purchase or sale of any farm product and who does not handle either the farm product involved or the proceeds of a sale.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.013
“Cash buyer” defined
“Cash buyer” means any person other than a commission merchant, dealer or broker, who purchases or offers to purchase any farm products or livestock for the purpose of processing or resale and who pays for the farm products or livestock in lawful money of the United States or by certified check at the time of purchase…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.0135
“Commission merchant” defined
“Commission merchant” means any person other than a dealer, broker or cash buyer, who receives on consignment or solicits from the producer thereof for the purpose of resale, or who sells or offers for sale on commission any farm product or livestock, or who in any way handles for the account of, or as an agent of, the…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.014
“Consignor” defined
“Consignor” means any person who ships or delivers to any commission merchant or dealer any farm products for handling, sale or resale.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.0145
“Dealer” defined
“Dealer” means any person other than a commission merchant, broker or cash buyer, who solicits, contracts for or obtains from the producer, agent or consignee thereof title, possession or control of any farm product or livestock, or who buys or agrees to buy any farm product or livestock from the producer thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.015
“Department” defined
“Department” means the State Department of Agriculture.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.0152
“Director” defined
“Director” means the Director of the Department.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.0155
“Farm products” defined
“Farm products” includes all agricultural, horticultural, viticultural and vegetable products of the soil, poultry and poultry products, livestock and livestock products and hay. The term does not include timber products or milk and milk products.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.016
“Fixed and established place of business” defined
“Fixed and established place of business” means any warehouse, building, storeroom or stockyard, either owned or leased, at which the owner conducts a legitimate permanent business in good faith, and at which stocks of farm products or livestock are kept in quantities usually carried and reasonably adequate to meet the…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.0162
“Free-sale certificate” defined
“Free-sale certificate” means a document which certifies that an agricultural product which is proposed to be exported is the same type of agricultural product freely marketed and sold in this State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.0165
“Immediate resale” defined
“Immediate resale” means a sale of farm products or livestock made within 60 days after the purchase thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.017
“Livestock” defined
“Livestock” includes all kinds and ages, and both sexes, singular and plural, of the bovine and equine species and sheep, goats and hogs.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.0175
“Produce vendor” defined
“Produce vendor” means any person engaged in the sale of farm products other than any poultry, livestock or livestock product.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.018
“Producer” defined
“Producer” means any person engaged in the business of growing or producing any farm product.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.020
Acting as broker, dealer, commission merchant or agent without license prohibited; license not required for cash buyer or agent of cash buyer
1. A person shall not act as a broker, dealer, commission merchant or agent without having obtained a license from the Department as provided in this chapter. 2. A cash buyer or an agent of a cash buyer is not required to obtain a license pursuant to this chapter before acting as a cash buyer or an agent of a cash buye…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.030
Application for license: Contents; additional requirements for agents; appointment of Director as attorney upon whom process may be served. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
1. Every person, before acting as a broker, dealer, commission merchant or agent, shall file an application with the Department for a license to transact such business. Separate applications must be filed for each class of business. 2. The application must be on a form prescribed and furnished by the Department and mus…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.032
Additional requirements for issuance and renewal of license: Statement regarding obligation of child support; grounds for denial of license; duty of Department. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
1. A natural person who applies for the issuance or renewal of a license as a broker, dealer, commission merchant or agent shall submit to the Department the statement prescribed by the Division of Social Services of the Department of Human Services pursuant to NRS 425.520. The statement must be completed and signed by…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.035
Previous convictions and violations by applicant may be considered as adverse showing of character, responsibility and good faith; rejection of application for certain period after date of adjudication for bankruptcy or collection by court order
1. A previous conviction of a felony, previous bankruptcy, voluntary or involuntary, or previous violation of this chapter may be considered by the Department as adverse to a showing of character, responsibility or good faith on the part of an applicant for a license as a broker, dealer, commission merchant or agent. 2…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.037
Petition to review criminal history to determine if criminal history disqualifies applicant
1. The Department shall develop and implement a process by which a person with a criminal history may petition the Department to review the criminal history of the person to determine if the person’s criminal history will disqualify the person from obtaining a license as a broker, dealer, commission merchant or agent p…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.040
Bonds and other security; penalty for selling or encumbering security for bond
1. Each applicant to whom a license to act as a dealer, broker or commission merchant is issued shall: (a) File one of the following: (1) A bond of a surety company authorized to do business in this state. (2) A bond with individual sureties owning unencumbered real property within this state subject to execution and w…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 576.042
Civil action for violation of chapter or misrepresentation or fraud; limitation of actions; service of process
1. Any: (a) Producer of livestock or farm products or the producer’s agent or consignee or produce vendor; (b) Licensed broker, dealer or commission merchant; or (c) Nonprofit organization or association, including the Nevada Mineral Exhibition, 4-H clubs, the Future Farmers of America, the Nevada Junior Livestock Show…
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