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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2, 3 and 4, a person shall not:
(a) Use a service animal; or
(b) Carry or use on any street or highway or in any other public place a cane or walking stick which is white or metallic in color, or white tipped with red.
2. A person who is blind may use a service animal and a cane or walking stick which is white or metallic in color, or white tipped with red.
3. A person who is deaf may use a service animal.
4. A person with a disability not described in subsection 2 or 3 may use a service animal.
5. Any pedestrian who approaches or encounters a person who is blind using a service animal or carrying a cane or walking stick, white or metallic in color, or white tipped with red, shall immediately come to a full stop and take such precautions before proceeding as may be necessary to avoid accident or injury to the person who is blind.
6. Any person other than a person who is blind who:
(a) Uses a service animal or carries a cane or walking stick such as is described in this section, contrary to the provisions of this section;
(b) Fails to heed the approach of a person using a service animal or carrying such a cane as is described by this section;
(c) Fails to come to a stop upon approaching or coming in contact with a person so using a service animal or so carrying such a cane or walking stick; or
(d) Fails to take precaution against accident or injury to such a person after coming to a stop as provided for in this section,
is guilty of a misdemeanor.
7. This section does not apply to any person who is instructing a person who is blind, person who is deaf or person with any other disability or training a service animal.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 38. Public Welfare § 426.510. Restrictions on use of service animal and white or metallic cane; duties of pedestrian; penalty - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-38-public-welfare/nv-rev-st-426-510/
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