NRS574.645. Required contents of agreement for sterilization; determination of date for sterilization and date for notification of sterilization.

      1.  An agreement for sterilization required pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 574.640 must contain:

      (a) The date on which the agreement was executed;

      (b) The date on which the new owner will receive the pet, if that date is different than the date on which the agreement was executed;

      (c) The name and address of the new owner and the releasing agency;

      (d) The signature of the new owner and the signature, official stamp or seal of the releasing agency;

      (e) A physical description of the pet to be adopted;

      (f) The date by which the pet must be sterilized, as determined pursuant to subsection 2;

      (g) The date by which the new owner must notify the releasing agency that the pet has been sterilized, as determined pursuant to subsection 3;

      (h) The conditions pursuant to which the releasing agency will return to the new owner the deposit paid pursuant to NRS 574.640;

      (i) A clause which provides that, if the new owner fails to comply with the terms of the agreement, the new owner must pay a penalty to the releasing agency in an amount equal to not less than three times the amount of the deposit required pursuant to NRS 574.640, plus the amount of court costs incurred in the action to enforce the clause;

      (j) A clause which provides that, if the new owner fails to comply with the terms of the agreement, the releasing agency may require the new owner to return the pet to the releasing agency within 5 days after the new owner receives from the releasing agency written notice of the intent of the releasing agency to enforce the clause;

      (k) A clause which provides that a new owner is not released from his or her obligations under the agreement merely because the new owner is experiencing a financial hardship; and

      (l) A statement printed in at least 14-point bold type that a new owner who fails to comply with subsection 1 or 2 of NRS 574.655:

             (1) Will forfeit his or her deposit;

             (2) May be required to pay a penalty to the releasing agency if the releasing agency brings a successful action to enforce the clause set forth in paragraph (i); and

             (3) May be required to return the pet to the releasing agency within 5 days after the new owner receives written notice from the releasing agency of the intent of the releasing agency to enforce the clause set forth in paragraph (j).

      2.  The releasing agency shall determine the date by which each unsterilized pet that it releases for adoption must be sterilized. The date must be the date on which the pet is 4 months old, as estimated by the releasing agency. If the date determined pursuant to this subsection falls on a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, the pet must be sterilized by 5 p.m. on the next following business day.

      3.  The date by which the new owner must notify the releasing agency that the pet has been sterilized must be the 14th day after the date by which the pet must be sterilized. If that date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, the new owner must notify the releasing agency by 5 p.m. on the next following business day.

      (Added to NRS by 1997, 2555)