Nevada Code § 503.570

Minimum visitation of traps, snares and similar devices; removal of animals; regulations
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1. A person taking or causing to be taken
wild mammals by means of traps, snares or similar devices shall, if the traps,
snares or similar devices are placed or set to take mammals, visit or cause to
be visited each trap, snare or similar device at a frequency specified in
regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to subsection 3 during all of
the time the trap, snare or similar device is placed, set or used to take wild
mammals, and remove therefrom any animals caught therein.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not
apply to employees of the State Department of Agriculture or the United States
Department of Agriculture when acting in their official capacities.
3. The Commission shall adopt regulations
setting forth the frequency at which a person who takes or causes to be taken
wild mammals by means of traps, snares or similar devices must visit a trap,
snare or similar device. The regulations must require the person to visit a
trap, snare or similar device at least once each 96 hours. In adopting the
regulations, the Commission shall consider requiring a trap, snare or similar
device placed in close proximity to a populated or heavily used area by persons
to be visited more frequently than a trap, snare or similar device which is not
placed in close proximity to such an area.

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