NAC502.401. Use of tag as transportation permit; requirements.

     1. A person to whom a game tag has been lawfully issued may use his or her game tag as a transportation permit in the manner described in this section if:

     (a) Pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NAC 502.385, the game tag includes the signature of the holder of the game tag and the date on which and time at which the holder signed the game tag;

     (b) The game tag has been validated pursuant to NAC 502.390; and

     (c) The game tag has been attached to the carcass, hide or pelt of the animal pursuant to NAC 502.400.

     2. The holder of the game tag, the person who will transport the carcass, hide or pelt of the animal and a witness each shall, at the time the carcass, hide or pelt is transferred from the holder of the game tag to the person who will transport the carcass, hide or pelt:

     (a) Sign the portion of the game tag designated as the tag holder copy of the transportation permit and the portion of the game tag designated as the transporter copy of the transportation permit; and

     (b) Include on each portion of the game tag described in paragraph (a):

          (1) The date and time that the carcass, hide or pelt of the animal is transferred from the holder of the game tag to the person who will transport the carcass, hide or pelt of the animal; and

          (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, his or her driver’s license number or the number of any other identification card issued by a governmental agency to the person.

     3. If the holder of the game tag, the person who will transport the carcass, hide or pelt of the animal or the witness does not have a driver’s license or any other identification card issued by a governmental agency, he or she shall include on each portion of the game tag described in paragraph (a) of subsection 2 his or her date of birth.

     4. In addition to the requirements of subsections 2 and 3, the holder of the game tag shall include on each portion of the game tag described in paragraph (a) of subsection 2 the destination of the carcass, hide or pelt being transported.

     5. A person who provides a signature pursuant to this section shall be deemed to have attested, under penalty of perjury, to the transfer of the carcass, hide or pelt of the animal from the holder of the game tag to the person who will transport the carcass, hide or pelt.

     6. A person shall not remove from the carcass, hide or pelt of an animal either portion of the game tag described in paragraph (a) of subsection 2 until the carcass, hide or pelt has been transferred from the holder of the game tag to the person who will transport the carcass, hide or pelt.

     7. The holder of the game tag shall retain the portion of the game tag designated as the tag holder copy of the transportation permit and the person who transports the carcass, hide or pelt shall retain the portion of the game tag designated as the transporter copy of the transportation permit for at least 1 year after the date that the carcass, hide or pelt of the animal is transferred from the holder of the game tag to the person who transports the carcass, hide or pelt.

     8. If the carcass, hide or pelt of an animal is transferred from the holder of a game tag to a person who will transport the carcass, hide or pelt, that portion of the cape or scalp of the animal which includes the ears to the base of the muzzle and any antlers or horns must be kept with the carcass, hide or pelt until the carcass, hide or pelt is frozen, smoked, dried, consumed or accepted by a commercial processing plant for processing.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs by R003-13, eff. 10-4-2013)