574.620 - “Releasing agency” defined. - Nevada Statutes

574.620  “Releasing agency” defined.  “Releasing agency” means:

      1.  A society incorporated pursuant to NRS 574.010 to prevent cruelty to animals;

      2.  An animal shelter designated by a local government for receiving and holding animals;

      3.  A nonprofit entity that provides for the temporary shelter, care or placement of pets; or

      4.  An organization that takes into custody pets which have been abandoned, abused or neglected and places those pets with new owners.

      (Added to NRS by 1997, 2554)