NAC503.135. Permit to release wildlife.

     1. An application for a permit to release wildlife must be made on a form provided by and available from the Department at its office in Reno, Fallon, Elko or Las Vegas.

     2. An applicant for a permit to release wildlife must include on the application:

     (a) The name of the applicant;

     (b) The physical and mailing address of his or her residence;

     (c) The telephone number of his or her residence;

     (d) The applicant’s driver’s license number, if he or she has been issued a driver’s license;

     (e) The name of the owner of the property where the wildlife is to be released;

     (f) The address and legal description of the property where the wildlife is to be released;

     (g) The species of each type of wildlife and the number of each such type of species to be released.

     (h) The purpose for the release;

     (i) The date on which the wildlife is to be released;

     (j) The location or source from which the applicant has acquired, or will acquire, the wildlife to be released; and

     (k) The applicant’s signature and the date on which he or she signed the application.

     3. If the Department determines, based on its evaluation of the application, that the condition of the wildlife to be released could pose potential harm to the existing wildlife of this State if released, the Department will require the applicant to submit to the Department a certificate of health issued by a licensed veterinarian or a fish pathologist approved by the Department, as appropriate, attesting to the health of the wildlife to be released.

     4. Based on its evaluation of the application for a permit to release wildlife, the Department may make such stipulations and conditions on the use and scope of a permit as the Department determines appropriate. A violation of a stipulation or condition is cause for the cancellation of the permit.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs, eff. 8-21-97)