Nevada Code § 244.355

Animals running at large on highways may be prohibited by ordinance
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1. The boards of county commissioners of
the respective counties are authorized, upon petition of 20 percent of the
taxpayers residing in any district herein defined, to pass ordinances
prohibiting horses, cattle, swine, goats or sheep from running at large upon
any portion of the roads and highways within the district which are fenced on
both sides.
2. The petition may be presented at any
regular or special meeting of any board of county commissioners, and shall
define the boundaries of the district sought to be established, and shall pray
that such district may be established and that an ordinance may be passed by
the board of county commissioners prohibiting any of the livestock mentioned in
subsection 1 from running at large therein.
3. The boards of county commissioners are
authorized and empowered to provide in such ordinance for the impounding and
sale of any such livestock running at large within such district, and making a
violation of any of the provisions of the ordinance a misdemeanor and
punishable as such.

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