NAC504.488. Possession of live animals under authority of permit or license held on February 28, 1994.

A person who, on February 28, 1994, holds any permit or license issued by the Department that authorizes the possession of a live animal may, except as otherwise provided in the particular permit or license, continue to possess that animal and its progeny for the life of that animal and its progeny. The animal and its progeny:

     1. Must not, if the animal is of a species listed in NAC 503.110, be released, sold, bartered, given away or traded within this State.

     2. Must not, if the animal is not of a species listed in NAC 503.110, be:

     (a) Released in this State without the prior written authorization of the Department; or

     (b) Sold, bartered, given away or traded within this State except:

          (1) Pursuant to the conditions set forth in the permit or license under which the animal and its progeny are held; and

          (2) To a person who holds a commercial or noncommercial license for the same species.

     3. May be exported out of this State pursuant to applicable federal and state laws and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs, eff. 2-28-94)