503.580 - Unlawful to set trap within 200 feet of public road or highway; exception. - Nevada Statutes

503.580  Unlawful to set trap within 200 feet of public road or highway; exception.

      1.  For the purposes of this section, “public road or highway” means:

      (a) A highway designated as a United States highway.

      (b) A highway designated as a state highway pursuant to the provisions of NRS 408.285.

      (c) A main or general county road as defined by NRS 403.170.

      2.  It is unlawful for any person, company or corporation to place or set any steel trap, used for the purpose of trapping mammals, larger than a No. 1 Newhouse trap, within 200 feet of any public road or highway within this State.

      3.  This section does not prevent the placing or setting of any steel trap inside, along or near a fence which may be situated less than 200 feet from any public road or highway upon privately owned lands.

      [1:155:1931] + [2:155:1931]—(NRS A 1960, 229; 1967, 599; 1969, 1365; 1979, 1175; 1991, 268)