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2025 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 574 - Cruelty to Animals: Prevention and Penalties
NRS 574.620 - "Releasing agency" defined.

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NV Rev Stat § 574.620 (2025)
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"Releasing agency" means:

1. A society incorporated pursuant to NRS 574.010 to prevent cruelty to animals;

2. An animal shelter designated by a local government for receiving and holding animals;

3. A nonprofit entity that provides for the temporary shelter, care or placement of pets; or

4. An organization that takes into custody pets which have been abandoned, abused or neglected and places those pets with new owners.

(Added to NRS by 1997, 2554)

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