NRS503.583. Falconry license for practicing falconry or training birds of prey: Requirement; fee; limit; banding; limitations on capture and killing; exception in regulations.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person who practices falconry or trains birds of prey must obtain a falconry license from the Department upon payment of a license fee as provided in NRS 502.240.

      2.  The licensee, under permit, may obtain from the wild only two birds per year. All such birds of prey must be banded in accordance with regulations adopted by the Commission.

      3.  Birds of prey may not be taken, captured or disturbed during the months in which they breed.

      4.  This section does not prohibit the capture or killing of a hawk or an owl by holders of scientific collecting permits.

      5.  The Commission may adopt regulations authorizing a person to practice falconry or train birds of prey without obtaining a falconry license pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1.

      (Added to NRS by 1969, 774; A 1969, 1376; 1971, 1542; 1981, 608; 1993, 1675; 1995, 118; 2003, 1550)