289.290 - Field agents and inspectors for State Department of Agriculture; officer appointed by Nevada Junior Livestock Show Board. - Nevada Statutes

289.290  Field agents and inspectors for State Department of Agriculture; officer appointed by Nevada Junior Livestock Show Board.

      1.  A person designated by the Director of the State Department of Agriculture as a field agent or an inspector pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 561.225 has the powers of a peace officer to make investigations and arrests and to execute warrants of search and seizure, and may temporarily stop a vehicle in the enforcement of the provisions of titles 49 and 50 of NRS and chapters 581, 582, 583, 586, 587, 588 and 590 of NRS.

      2.  An officer appointed by the Nevada Junior Livestock Show Board pursuant to NRS 563.120 has the powers of a peace officer for the preservation of order and peace on the grounds and in the buildings and the approaches thereto of the livestock shows and exhibitions that the Board conducts.

      3.  In carrying out the provisions of chapter 565 of NRS, an inspector of the State Department of Agriculture has the powers of a peace officer to make investigations and arrests and to execute warrants of search and seizure.

      (Added to NRS by 1993, 2523; A 1995, 703; 1999, 3621; 2001, 1728; 2003, 2166; 2005, 1104)