705.190 - Owner or operator of railroad to provide notice upon injuring or killing livestock; notice to be posted at stations and forwarded to State Department of Agriculture; contents of notice.
705.190 Owner or operator of railroad to provide notice upon injuring or killing livestock; notice to be posted at stations and forwarded to State Department of Agriculture; contents of notice.
1. Every owner or operator of a railroad in this state who injures or kills any livestock of any description by running an engine or car over or against the livestock shall:
(a) Within 5 days thereafter post for at least 30 days, at the first railroad station in each direction from the place of the injury or killing, notices in writing in a conspicuous place on the outside of the stations; and
(b) Within 10 days after injuring or killing the livestock, forward by registered or certified mail a duplicate of each notice to the State Department of Agriculture.
2. The notice must:
(a) Contain the number and kind of the animals injured or killed, with a full description of the animals, including brands and marks and sex.
(b) Give the time and place, as near as possible, of the injury or killing.
(c) Be dated and signed by an officer or agent of the owner or operator of the railroad concerned.
[8:88:1923; NCL § 6352]—(NRS A 1969, 95; 1993, 1925; 1999, 3740)