Nevada § 504.490 Unlawful acts; penalty

Nevada Statutes

§ 504.490 — Unlawful acts; penalty

Nevada § 504.490

Title 45WILDLIFE

Ch. 504Management

PRESERVATION OF WILD HORSES

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 504.490 (2026).

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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 .

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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 .