NAC503.225. Transfer, sale, trade, barter, purchase or acquisition by trade or barter of raptors.

     1. A falconry licensee may receive by transfer legally acquired raptors from other persons authorized to possess raptors and may transfer a raptor in his or her lawful possession to any other person authorized to possess a raptor.

     2. A person authorized to possess a raptor may transfer or acquire by transfer a raptor which was originally taken from the wild.

     3. A person shall not sell, trade, barter, purchase, acquire by trade or barter, or attempt to sell, trade, barter, purchase or acquire by trade or barter, a raptor which was originally taken from the wild.

     4. A person authorized to possess a raptor may transfer, sell, trade, barter, purchase, acquire by trade or barter, or attempt to transfer, sell, trade, barter, purchase, or acquire by transfer, trade or barter, a captive-bred raptor only if the raptor is:

     (a) Two weeks of age or more; and

     (b) Except as otherwise provided in NAC 503.217, banded pursuant to NAC 503.212 or 503.214.

     5. If a person acquires a raptor pursuant to this section:

     (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), the raptor does not count toward the number of raptors the person may obtain from the wild pursuant to his or her permit, NRS 503.583 and NAC 503.300, regardless of whether the raptor was bred in captivity or was originally taken from the wild; and

     (b) If the person acquired the raptor with the intent to keep the raptor, and if the raptor was acquired from a raptor rehabilitator and was originally taken from the wild, the raptor counts toward the number of raptors the person may obtain from the wild pursuant to his or her permit, NRS 503.583 and NAC 503.300.

     [Bd. of Fish & Game Comm’rs Gen. Reg. No. 15 § 25.14, eff. 6-1-72; A 12-15-76; 12-30-77]—(NAC A by Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs, 4-27-84, eff. 5-25-84; 7-1-97; R047-11, 4-5-2013)