NRS555.246. Certificates required for shipments of nursery stock; carrier prohibited from delivering nursery stock without appropriate certificate; exemption.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, nursery stock that is shipped from other states to points within this State and all nursery stock shipped intrastate must be accompanied by an inspection certificate which:

      (a) Is dated within a reasonable time before shipment;

      (b) Is issued by an authorized state plant regulatory officer; and

      (c) Affirms, declares or verifies that the nursery stock, nursery or premises from which the nursery stock originated has been inspected and found free of dangerously injurious plant pests, pests and disease symptoms.

      2.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, nursery stock that is shipped from other states to points within this State, and nursery stock that is shipped intrastate, for which a quarantine has been issued pursuant to chapter 554 of NRS or to which a federal quarantine applies, must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate.

      3.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, a corporation, company or natural person engaged in the transportation of freight or express shall not make delivery of any nursery stock in this State without the inspection certificate or phytosanitary certificate, as appropriate, required by subsections 1 and 2.

      4.  A shipment of nursery stock which is in the possession of an in-state dealer of nursery stock licensed with the Department and which is being delivered to an in-state customer need not be accompanied by the inspection certificate or phytosanitary certificate, as appropriate, required by subsections 1 and 2, except that the dealer of nursery stock must provide such documents to the Department upon request.

      (Added to NRS by 1959, 566; A 1961, 528; 1999, 710; 2003, 537)