Nevada Administrative Code|Section 503.220 - Introduction into or removal from State of raptors

                                                
 503.220. Introduction into or removal from State of raptors 
 
1. It is unlawful, except by the written consent and approval of the Department, for any person at any time to receive, bring, or have brought or shipped into the State of Nevada, or to remove from one portion of this State to any other portion or to any other state, any raptor or any eggs or young of any raptor.
 
2. Any falconry licensee whose license lists the raptors in his or her possession may bring into this State or remove to any other state any raptor listed on the license without having a permit for importation or exportation if a seamless leg band or a permanent, nonreusable and numbered leg band which is supplied by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service or the Department, as appropriate, is attached to the raptor.
 
3. A falconry licensee who: 
 
(a) Is a resident of this State;
 
(b) Possesses a raptor pursuant to his or her license; and
 
(c) Moves to another state and brings the raptor to the other state pursuant to subsection 2, shall, not later than 30 days after the move, notify the Department of the move and provide to the Department his or her current residential address.
 
4. A person who is not a resident of this State and who holds a valid falconry license issued by the appropriate agency of the jurisdiction in which the person resides may bring into or remove from this State a raptor in his or her possession under the authority of that falconry license without having a permit for the importation or exportation of a raptor issued by the Department if a seamless leg band or a permanent, nonreusable and numbered leg band which is supplied by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service or the appropriate agency of the jurisdiction which issued the license if required, as appropriate, is attached to the raptor.
 
5. A person who: 
 
(a) Moves to this State with the intent to make this State his or her permanent residence; and
 
(b) Brings a raptor into this State pursuant to subsection 4, may continue to possess the raptor for not more than 30 days after becoming a resident of this State pursuant to NRS 502.015 before he or she must obtain a falconry license from the Department.
 
6. A raptor taken from the wild in Nevada by a resident of this State may not be permanently removed from this State unless the: 
 
(a) Resident holds a valid license issued by the Department pursuant to NRS 503.583 and leaves this State to establish his or her domicile in another state; or
 
(b) Raptor has been held for at least 1 year.
 
Bd. of Fish & Game Comm'rs Gen. Reg. No. 15 & 25.13, eff. 6-1-72; A 9-20-75; 12-15-76; 12-30-77; 8-1-80-NAC A by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs, 4-27-84, eff. 5-25-84; 10-13-95; 7-1-97; R047-11, 4-5-2013
 
NRS 501.105, 501.181, 503.582, 503.583, 503.597