NAC502.403. Transportation of animal legally harvested to taxidermist: Use of taxidermy record stub as transportation permit; restrictions.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person to whom a game tag has been lawfully issued may use that portion of his or her game tag designated as the taxidermy record stub in the following manner:

     (a) The person may ship by commercial carrier any nonedible game parts taken from the animal lawfully harvested under the authority of the tag to a commercial or noncommercial taxidermist licensed and located in this State. If such parts are placed for shipment, the taxidermy record stub must accompany the shipment.

     (b) If the person reaches his or her place of residence with an animal which has been lawfully harvested under the authority of the tag or delivers the animal to a commercial processor for processing, the person may authorize another person to transport any nonedible game parts taken from the animal to a commercial or noncommercial taxidermist licensed and located in this State. The person shall, at the time of making the authorization, print in ink on the taxidermy record stub both the name of the authorized transporter and the date of the authorization. The taxidermy record stub must accompany the transportation of the parts.

     (c) The person who is specified on the tag may deliver any nonedible game parts taken from the animal lawfully harvested under the authority of the tag to a commercial or noncommercial taxidermist licensed in any state.

     2. Whenever antlers are shipped, transported or delivered in the manner provided in subsection 1, the holder of the game tag shall indicate in ink on the taxidermy record stub the number of both the left and right antler points.

     3. If a person who holds a game tag delivers any nonedible game parts of a game animal which he or she has lawfully harvested under the authority of the tag to a taxidermist before the carcass of the animal is delivered for processing to a commercial processing plant or before the carcass of the animal is taken to or left at the holder’s place of residence, the holder shall obtain from the taxidermist, and the taxidermist shall provide to the holder, an itemized receipt which includes the following printed information:

     (a) The date on which the nonedible game parts were received;

     (b) The species of game from which the nonedible game parts were taken;

     (c) A brief description of each of the nonedible game parts received; and

     (d) The number of antler points, both left and right, if any, of the animal.

Ê Both the holder of the tag and the taxidermist shall sign the receipt. The holder of the tag shall retain possession of the receipt until he or she acquires physical possession of the nonedible game parts specified in the receipt from the taxidermist to whom the parts were delivered.

     4. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a taxidermy record stub may not be used or possessed by any person other than the person to whom the game tag to which the stub is attached was issued.

     5. A taxidermy record stub is valid only for the type of hunt, season and animal specified on the tag and may only be used as authorized in this section.

     6. Nonedible game parts taken from a harvested game animal which is required to be presented to a representative of the Department for inspection and branding or sealing may not be shipped, transported or delivered pursuant to the provisions of this section until the animal has been properly inspected and branded or sealed by the Department.

     7. The provisions of NAC 503.173 do not apply to a person who ships, transports or delivers nonedible game parts in compliance with the provisions of this section.

     8. As used in this section, “nonedible game parts” means the hide, head, skull, antlers, horns, paws, hooves or claws of any game animal. The term does not include the carcass of the animal.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs, 10-12-94, eff. 3-1-95; A by R003-13, 10-4-2013)