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Nevada Revised Statutes Title 45. Wildlife § 501.385. Unlawful acts; criminal penalties

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Except as otherwise provided by specific statute:

1. Any person who:

(a) Performs an act or attempts to perform an act made unlawful or prohibited by a provision of this title;

(b) Willfully fails to perform an act required of the person by a provision of this title;

(c) Obstructs, hinders, delays or otherwise interferes with any officer, employee or agent of the Department:

(1) In the performance of any duty while enforcing or attempting to enforce any provision of this title or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto; or

(2) While lawfully obtaining or attempting to obtain biological samples of wildlife, hunting, fishing or trapping data, or any other biological data or information relating to wildlife;

(d) Violates any order issued or regulation adopted by the Commission under the provisions of this title; or

(e) Having been granted a privilege or been licensed or permitted to do any act under the provisions of this title, exercises the grant, license or permit in a manner other than as specified,

is guilty of a misdemeanor. An officer, employee or agent of the Department may not obtain or attempt to obtain biological samples of wildlife, hunting, fishing or trapping data, or any other biological data or information relating to wildlife on private property without the consent of the owner of the property.

2. Every person who is guilty of a misdemeanor under this title shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months, or by both fine and imprisonment.

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