Nevada Code § 571.190

Destruction of animal infected with or exposed to disease: Determination by State Quarantine Officer; owners compensation
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1. The State Quarantine Officer may order
and have destroyed any animal infected with or exposed to any infectious,
contagious or parasitic disease.
2. If the State Quarantine Officer deems
it necessary to destroy any infected or exposed livestock in order to prevent
the spread of an infectious, contagious or parasitic disease which, according
to the rules, regulations and standards adopted by the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, cannot be
extirpated by means other than destroying the infected or exposed livestock,
the State Quarantine Officer may have the livestock destroyed and burned,
buried or otherwise disposed of in any manner specified by the Department.
3. The State Board of Agriculture shall
enter into an agreement with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of
the United States Department of Agriculture or take any other action required
to determine the amount of compensation owed, if any, to the owner of any
livestock destroyed pursuant to subsection 2 and the party responsible for
paying such compensation.
4. Any natural person or corporation
purchasing any animal which was at the time of purchase under quarantine by any
state, county or municipal authorities or any agency of the Federal Government
authorized to lay such quarantine, or who purchases any animal which due
diligence and caution would have shown to be diseased or which was shipped or
transported in violation of the rules and regulations of any agency of the
Federal Government or the State of Nevada, is not entitled to receive
compensation, and the Department may order the destruction of the animal
without making any compensation to the owner.

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