2014 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 576 - Livestock and Farm Products: Dealers, Brokers, Commission Merchants, Cash Buyers and Agents; Alternative Livestock
NRS 576.140 - Inapplicability of chapter.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 576.042, the provisions of this chapter do not apply to:

1. The Nevada Fair of Mineral Industries, 4-H clubs, the Nevada Junior Livestock Show, the Nevada State Livestock Show, the Nevada Hereford Association, or any other nonprofit organization or association.

2. Any railroad transporting livestock interstate or intrastate.

3. Any farmer or rancher purchasing or receiving livestock for grazing, pasturing or feeding on his or her premises within the State of Nevada and not for immediate resale.

4. Operators of public livestock auctions as defined in NRS 573.010, and all buyers of livestock at those auctions at which the public livestock auction licensee does not control title or ownership to the livestock being sold or purchased at those auctions, and any person buying for interstate shipments only and subject to and operating under a bond required by the United States pursuant to the provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 7 U.S.C. 204, and the regulations adopted pursuant to those provisions. Each person exempted by the provisions of this subsection shall register annually with the Department, giving the location of his or her place of business, the number of his or her license and bond and the expiration date thereof. Each such registrant shall pay an annual registration fee of $40 to the Department.

5. Any farmer or rancher whose farm or ranch is located in the State of Nevada, who buys or receives farm products or livestock from another farmer or rancher not for immediate resale.

6. Any retail merchant having a fixed and established place of business in this state and who conducts a retail business exclusively.

(Added to NRS by 1959, 559; A 1960, 418; 1961, 560; 1963, 392; 1965, 393; 1989, 337; 1993, 1772; 1999, 3714)