Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 381 > Preservation of Prehistoric and Historic Sites > Enforcement; Penalties

• culturally affiliated: means that there is a relationship of shared group identity that may be reasonably traced historically or prehistorically between a present-day Indian tribe and an identifiable earlier group which is associated with a particular artifact or site. See Nevada Revised Statutes 381.001
• Department: means the Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs. See Nevada Revised Statutes 381.001
• Director: means the Director of the Department. See Nevada Revised Statutes 381.001
• Division: means the Division of Museums and History of the Department. See Nevada Revised Statutes 381.001
• Funerary object: means an object that, as a part of the death rite or ceremony of an Indian tribe is reasonably believed to have been placed with individual prehistoric native Indian human remains either at the time of death or later. See Nevada Revised Statutes 381.001
• Historic: has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 381. See Nevada Revised Statutes 381.001
• Indian tribe: has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 383. See Nevada Revised Statutes 381.001
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Museum director: means the executive director of an institution of the Division appointed by the Administrator pursuant to NRS 381. See Nevada Revised Statutes 381.001
• person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
• Prehistoric: has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 381. See Nevada Revised Statutes 381.001
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.