Nev. Admin. Code § 503.212

Current through October 11, 2024

Section 503.212 - Banding of raptors

1. Except as otherwise provided in NAC 503.214 and 503.217, the owner of a raptor shall attach a leg band to the raptor pursuant to the provisions of this section.

2. For a raptor originally taken from the wild:

(a) For a goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), Harris's hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus), peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) or gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus):

(1) Unless the raptor is already so banded, the owner of the raptor shall attach to the raptor a permanent, nonreusable and numbered leg band which is supplied by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and

(2) The owner of the raptor may implant in the raptor a 134.2 -kilohertz microchip that complies with the standards established by the International Organization for Standardization or its successor; and

(b) For a raptor that is not of a species listed in paragraph (a), a person shall not attach to the raptor a nonreusable and numbered leg band which is supplied by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

3. For a captive-bred raptor, unless the raptor is already banded, the owner of the raptor shall attach to the raptor a nonreusable and numbered leg band which is supplied by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

Nev. Admin. Code § 503.212

Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs by R046-11 & R047-11, eff. 4-5-2013; A by R053-23A, eff. 2/13/2024

NRS 501.105, 501.181, 503.582, 503.583