NRS 504.490
Unlawful acts

  • penalty.

1.

Any person, not authorized to do so, who:

(a)

Removes or attempts to remove a wild horse from the public lands;

(b)

Converts a wild horse to private use;

(c)

Harasses a wild horse or, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, kills a wild horse;

(d)

Uses an aircraft or a motor vehicle to hunt any wild horse;

(e)

Pollutes or causes the pollution of a watering hole on public land to trap, wound, kill or maim a wild horse;

(f)

Makes or causes the remains of a wild horse to be made into any commercial product; or

(g)

Sells a wild horse which strays onto private property,
Ê is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

2.

A person who willfully and maliciously kills a wild horse is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

Source: Section 504.490 — Unlawful acts; penalty., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-504.­html#NRS504Sec490.

Last Updated

Feb. 5, 2021

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