554.180 - Procedure for indemnification for loss by destruction.
554.180 Procedure for indemnification for loss by destruction.
1. Any property ordered to be destroyed, if acquired by the owner and the same came into the owner’s possession prior to the date of the proclamation of quarantine, before being destroyed shall be appraised as to its value by two disinterested appraisers, one to be appointed by the owner, or if the owner is absent, by the owner’s agent, manager or foreman, and one by the State Quarantine Officer. If the two so chosen cannot agree, they shall name a third appraiser. If they are unable to agree upon a third appraiser, the State Quarantine Officer may name some disinterested person to name a third appraiser.
2. Two of the three persons so named as appraisers agreeing upon the valuation of the property destroyed, the valuation shall be final.
3. The valuation so appraised shall be divided into three equal parts, one part of which the owner shall lose. One part shall be paid to the owner by the county wherein the property is situated by order of the board of county commissioners from the county general fund upon receipt of a certified copy of the appraisement. Payment from the county general fund shall be in the same manner as payment of other bills against the county is made. One part shall be paid to the owner by the Department upon receipt of a certified copy of the appraisement attested by the State Quarantine Officer.
4. No property destroyed under the provisions of NRS 554.170 and this section, if acquired or the same came into the possession of the owner after the date of the proclamation of quarantine, shall be subject to such part payment by the county or by the Department.
[Part 8:280:1913; 1919 RL p. 2627; NCL § 442]—(NRS A 1961, 519)