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2025 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 574 - Cruelty to Animals: Prevention and Penalties
NRS 574.240 - "Animal shelter" defined.
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NV Rev Stat § 574.240 (2025)
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"Animal shelter" means a facility:
1. For receiving and holding animals;
2. Designated by a local government for receiving and holding animals; or
3. Operated by a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, which is in compliance with the provisions of NRS 574.010 to 574.040, inclusive, for receiving and holding animals.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2145)
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