NAC502.347. Bobcats: Miscellaneous requirements; prohibited and unlawful acts; transportation; fee for seal.

     1. Any person who kills a bobcat shall, within 10 days after the close of the season, personally:

     (a) Present its pelt for inspection by and give its lower jaw to a representative of the Department;

     (b) Have the Department’s seal affixed to the pelt; and

     (c) Complete a report of the killing in accordance with the Department’s instructions.

     2. A person shall not sell, offer for sale, barter, trade, purchase, transfer ownership, tan, offer for out-of-state shipment by a common carrier or, except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, transport from this State any pelt of a bobcat unless the Department has affixed its seal to the pelt.

     3. During the season designated by the Commission for the taking of bobcats, a person who holds a valid resident trapping license may transport from this State, for not more than 2 hours:

     (a) The pelt of a bobcat that has not been stretched, dried or cured; or

     (b) The entire unskinned carcass of a bobcat,

Ê lawfully taken by the person in this State, without the seal being affixed to the pelt pursuant to subsection 2, for the purpose of returning to the person’s residence within this State by the most expedient route or checking any additional trap set by the person that is located in an area of this State which is most readily accessed from any state. The provisions of this subsection do not authorize a person to import, transport, export or possess an unsealed pelt in violation of a law or regulation of any state.

     4. A person shall not possess a pelt of a bobcat 10 days or more after the close of the season unless the Department’s seal is permanently attached to the pelt.

     5. A resident of Nevada must pay the Department $5 for such a seal.

     6. It is unlawful for a person to present for sealing or to have sealed in this State the pelt of any bobcat taken in another state.

     7. As used in this section, “pelt” means the hide or skin of a bobcat that is not permanently tanned or has not been processed to a finished form or product beyond initial fleshing, cleaning, temporary tanning, curing, stretching, salting or drying. The term includes, without limitation, any green pelt or raw pelt.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs, eff. 9-1-80; A 11-5-81; 8-22-86, eff. 9-15-86; R107-05, 9-18-2007)