Nevada Administrative Code|Section 503.460 - Disposition of dead raptor

                                                
 503.460. Disposition of dead raptor 
 
1. An owner of a raptor that dies may, without limitation: 
 
(a) Keep or donate the feathers of the raptor pursuant to subsection 6 of NAC 503.205;
 
(b) Donate the body of the raptor to any person authorized by permit to acquire and possess the body of a raptor or to any person or institution exempt from that requirement pursuant to 50 C.F.R. § 21.12;
 
(c) If a leg band was attached to the raptor or the raptor had a microchip implanted in its body, have the raptor mounted by a taxidermist; or
 
(d) Dispose of the body and feathers of the raptor.
 
2. If a taxidermist mounts the raptor: 
 
(a) The mount may be used in a conservation education program; and
 
(b) The leg band must remain on the raptor or the microchip must remain in place.
 
3. If a taxidermist does not keep, donate or mount the body and feathers of the raptor, they must be burned, buried or otherwise destroyed not later than 10 days after: 
 
(a) The final examination by a veterinarian to determine the cause of death; or
 
(b) If such an examination is not conducted, the death of the raptor.
 
Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs by R047-11, eff. 4-5-2013
 
NRS 501.105, 501.181, 503.582, 503.583