NAC502.422. Cancellation of tag issued in error; return of tag; provision of refund.

     1. The Department may cancel a tag and provide a refund if the Department issues the tag in error.

     2. The Department shall provide a refund if the holder of a tag:

     (a) Or a person to whom the holder is related within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity dies, as verified by a certificate of death;

     (b) Or a person to whom the holder is related within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity incurs a disability, as verified in writing by a physician, which prevents him or her from hunting during the season for which the tag was issued;

     (c) Is serving in the Armed Forces of the United States and is transferred, as verified by a copy of his or her orders or other proof satisfactory to the Department, to a location which makes it impracticable for the holder to hunt in the area for which the tag was issued; or

     (d) Is a recipient of a Dream Tag issued pursuant to NRS 502.219 and returns the drawn tag to the Department pursuant to NAC 502.42695,

Ê and, except as otherwise provided in NAC 502.336, his or her tag is received by the Department at least 1 business day before the opening day of the season for which the tag was issued. If the holder obtained his or her hunting license with his or her tag, the hunting license may be returned with the tag.

     3. If a refund is provided pursuant to subsection 1 or 2, the Department shall:

     (a) Return all the fees submitted with the application for the tag except the fees required pursuant to NRS 502.253 and NAC 502.331; and

     (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NAC 502.4225, treat the recipient of the refund, with respect to his or her eligibility to obtain a tag and to be awarded a bonus point, as if the tag had not been issued and the applicant was unsuccessful.

     4. If a tag for any subspecies of bighorn sheep or mountain goat is returned for a reason other than the reasons set forth in subsection 1 or 2, the Department shall:

     (a) If the tag is received not later than July 15, return all the fees submitted with the application for the tag except the fees required pursuant to NRS 502.253 and NAC 502.331; and

     (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NAC 502.4225, treat the recipient of the refund, with respect to his or her eligibility to obtain a tag and to be awarded a bonus point, as if the tag had not been issued and the applicant was unsuccessful.

     5. If a tag for antelope, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, bear, turkey, deer or elk is returned for a reason other than the reasons set forth in subsection 1 or 2, and if the tag is received at least 1 business day before the opening day of the season for which the tag was issued, the Department:

     (a) Shall, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NAC 502.4225, treat the applicant, with respect to his or her eligibility to obtain a tag and to be awarded a bonus point, as if the tag had not been issued and the applicant was unsuccessful; and

     (b) Shall not return any fee paid for the tag.

     6. Except as otherwise provided in NAC 502.421, the Department is not required to refill a quota for the issuance of tags if the application of this section reduces the number of tags issued to less than a quota.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs, eff. 3-7-91; A 10-26-93; 10-12-94; R114-05, 10-31-2005; R156-05, 2-23-2006; R068-08, 8-26-2008; A by Dep’t of Wildlife by R110-11, 3-9-2012; A by Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs by R159-12, 12-20-2012)