Nevada Administrative Code. Chapter 503. Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures. Possession, Transportation, Importation, Exportation and Release of Wildlife

Game fish taken under the authority of a fishing license or fishing permit may not be transported alive from the body of water where the game fish was taken.

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(Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs by R093-05, eff. 10-31-2005) 

The Department will notify a person permitted to import wildlife of the time and place of inspection of imported wildlife subject to inspection.

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[Bd. of Fish & Game Comm'rs, No. 20 § 27.7, eff. 9-20-75]

1. An application for a permit to release wildlife must be made on a form provided by and available from the Department at its office in Reno, Fallon, Elko or Las Vegas.

2. An applicant for a permit to release wildlife must include on the application:

(a) The name of the applicant;

(b) The physical and mailing address of his or her residence;

(c) The telephone number of his or her residence;

(d) The applicant's driver's license number, if he or she has been issued a driver's license;

(e) The name of the owner of the property where the wildlife is to be released;

(f) The address and legal description of the property where the wildlife is to be released;

(g) The species of each type of wildlife and the number of each such type of species to be released.

(h) The purpose for the release;

(i) The date on which the wildlife is to be released;

(j) The location or source from which the applicant has acquired, or will acquire, the wildlife to be released; and

(k) The applicant's signature and the date on which he or she signed the application.

3. If the Department determines, based on its evaluation of the application, that the condition of the wildlife to be released could pose potential harm to the existing wildlife of this State if released, the Department will require the applicant to submit to the Department a certificate of health issued by a licensed veterinarian or a fish pathologist approved by the Department, as appropriate, attesting to the health of the wildlife to be released.

4. Based on its evaluation of the application for a permit to release wildlife, the Department may make such stipulations and conditions on the use and scope of a permit as the Department determines appropriate. A violation of a stipulation or condition is cause for the cancellation of the permit.

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(Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs, eff. 8-21-97)

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 and NAC 503.500 to 503.535, inclusive, the following animals may be possessed, transported, imported and exported without a permit or license issued by the Department:

(a) Canaries;

(b) Toucans;

(c) Lovebirds;

(d) Nonindigenous house finches;

(e) Parakeets;

(f) Cockatiels;

(g) Mynah birds;

(h) Parrots;

(i) Hamsters;

(j) Domesticated races of rats and mice;

(k) Gerbils;

(l) Guinea pigs;

(m) Monkeys and other primates;

(n) Aquarium fish;

(o) Marsupials;

(p) Elephants;

(q) All felines, except mountain lions and bobcats;

(r) Wolves that are lawfully acquired and bred in captivity;

(s) Camels (Camelus spp.);

(t) European ferret (Mustela putorius);

(u) Llamas (Lama glama);

(v) American Bison;

(w) Marine mammals;

(x) Ostrich (Struthio spp.);

(y) Emus (Dromiceius spp.);

(z) Rheas (Rhea spp.);

(aa) Nonvenomous, nonindigenous reptile species and subspecies;

(bb) Albino forms of indigenous reptile species;

(cc) Alpaca (Lama pacos);

(dd) Guinea fowl (Numida meleagris);

(ee) Old World species of pheasants, partridges, quails, francolin, peafowl and jungle fowl (nonendemic species of the subfamily Phasianae), except:

(1) Chukar partridge;

(2) Hungarian (gray) partridge;

(3) Snow cock; and

(4) Ring-necked and white, winged pheasant;

(ff) Domesticated races of turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), distinguished morphologically from wild birds;

(gg) Domesticated races of ducks and geese (Anatidae), distinguished morphologically from wild birds;

(hh) Domesticated races of chinchillas;

(ii) Domesticated races of mink;

(jj) Waterfowl reared in captivity that are lawfully acquired pursuant to the regulations adopted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;

(kk) Those species of ducks, geese and swans not listed as protected pursuant to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 703 et seq.;

(ll) Yak (Bos grunniens);

(mm) Cassowary;

(nn) Coturnix quail (Coturnix coturnix);

(oo) Zebra (Equus spp.);

(pp) Salt water fish, crustaceans and mollusks;

(qq) Nonindigenous species of amphibians, except:

(1) Bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana); and

(2) Species listed in NAC 503.110;

(rr) African pygmy hedgehogs (Atelerix albiventris); and

(ss) California kingsnakes (Lampropeltis getulus californiae) that do not have between their head and vent a continuous pattern of bands or rings regardless of whether the bands or rings are opened or closed.

2. Species listed in this section must not be released into the wild, except as otherwise authorized by the Department in writing.

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, lawfully acquired species listed in this section may be sold in Nevada.

4. This section does not authorize the sale, possession, transportation, importation or exportation of animals in violation of any applicable federal or state law, county or city ordinance, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto.

5. As used in this section:

(a) “Aquarium fish” includes any species of fish, except the species listed in NAC 503.110, which is:

(1) Not used as bait or for human consumption; and

(2) Maintained for personal or pet industry purposes in a closed system that does not allow the species of fish to exit an aquarium or pond and does not allow any other live aquatic species to enter the aquarium or pond.

(b) “Wolves” includes any wolf or hybrid of a wolf. As used in this paragraph, “hybrid” means any canid hybrid resulting from the mating of a wolf and a dog.

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[Bd. of Fish & Game Comm'rs, No. 20 § 27.11, eff. 10-1-76]--(NAC A by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs, 11-5-81; 2-28-94; 5-22-97; R056-11, 12-30-2011)