NAC502.321. Replacement tags.

     1. The Department shall issue a replacement tag at no charge to the holder of a big game tag who has tagged an animal which is diseased and unfit for human consumption if:

     (a) A biologist or game warden of the Department or a veterinarian who is licensed to practice in this State avers on the affidavit of diseased big game that the animal is diseased; and

     (b) The holder of the tag completes the portion of the affidavit of diseased big game required to apply for a replacement tag, including the selection of a season for which the replacement tag will be issued.

     2. Upon receipt of a completed affidavit of diseased big game, the Department shall, during normal business hours, issue a replacement tag for the appropriate season pursuant to NRS 502.215 at any office of the Department that issues replacement tags for that purpose.

     3. If the holder of the big game tag requests a replacement tag for the next similar season, he or she must possess a valid hunting license and provide the number of the hunting license to the Department in order to obtain the replacement tag.

     4. The Department may determine if a replacement tag will be issued from the tags remaining in the quota for that hunt or from tags issued in excess of the quota as an oversubscription for that hunt.

     5. As used in this section, “affidavit of diseased big game” means a form provided by the Department which must be used by a person who has tagged an animal which is diseased and unfit for human consumption to apply for a replacement tag.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs, eff. 6-24-96; A by R133-01, 12-17-2001, eff. 1-1-2002)