NAC503.335. Taking of raptors for falconry: Application for permit; falconry license required.

     1. An application for a permit to take raptors must be submitted to the Department at an address specified on the application by the deadline for the submission of such applications as established by the Commission.

     2. The applicant must include on the application:

     (a) The name of the applicant;

     (b) The physical and mailing address of the applicant’s residence;

     (c) The date of birth of the applicant;

     (d) The telephone number of the applicant’s residence;

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

     (f) The number of the applicant’s falconry license, the class of the license and the name of the state or country which issued the license;

     (g) A description of each raptor, by species:

          (1) In the applicant’s possession as of the date of the application, specifying those raptors which the applicant acquired during the 12 months immediately preceding the date of the application; and

          (2) Which the applicant acquired during the 12 months immediately preceding the date of the application but which is no longer in the applicant’s possession;

     (h) The age, sex and leg band number of each such raptor;

     (i) The date that each raptor was acquired;

     (j) If applicable, the date on which each raptor acquired by the applicant during the 12 months immediately preceding the date of the application was transferred, released, lost or died;

     (k) Whether each raptor in the possession of the applicant was caught in the wild or bred in captivity; and

     (l) The applicant’s signature and the date on which the application was signed.

Ê An incomplete application will be returned without action.

     3. An applicant must possess a valid falconry license from this State, another state or, if the applicant is not a resident of the United States, the country of which the applicant is a resident at the time that he or she applies for a permit to take raptors pursuant to this section. If the applicant does not possess such a license, the applicant must apply for a falconry license at the same time that he or she applies for the permit to take raptors pursuant to this section.

     [Bd. of Fish & Game Comm’rs, No. 78-2 § 2 subsecs. 1-6, eff. 6-29-78; A 10-1-79; 4-8-80]—(NAC A by Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs, 4-27-84, eff. 5-25-84; 7-1-97; R138-03, 1-20-2004; R046-11, 4-5-2013)