§ 555.005 Definitions
§ 555.010 Director: Authorization to investigate and control pests, plant diseases and disorders, and noxious weeds; establishment of program to certify agricultural products as being free from noxious weeds and propagative parts
§ 555.021 Director: Cooperation for suppression of vertebrate pests
§ 555.035 Account for the Control of Weeds; creation; use of money in Account; acceptance of gifts and grants
§ 555.100 Department to conduct inspections; notice to control pest, noxious weed or plant disease
§ 555.110 Premises infested with pest, noxious weed or plant disease declared to be public nuisance; abatement by Department
§ 555.120 Expenses for abatement of nuisance become lien against property; notice of lien; action to foreclose lien; sales
§ 555.125 Regulation of host plants in infested areas: Hearing; notice; order; enforcement; civil penalty

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 555 > General Provisions

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Control: means to cut, destroy or eradicate established noxious weed populations in order to prevent:

    (a) The spread, maturation and dispersal of any propagative part of the noxious weed; and

    (b) The reproduction and spread of the noxious weed. See Nevada Revised Statutes 555.005

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
  • Department: means the State Department of Agriculture. See Nevada Revised Statutes 555.005
  • Director: means the Director of the Department. See Nevada Revised Statutes 555.005
  • 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.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Noxious weed: means any species of plant which is, or is likely to be, a public nuisance, detrimental or destructive and difficult to control. See Nevada Revised Statutes 555.005
  • 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
  • Pest: means any form of animal or vegetable life detrimental to the crops, horticulture, livestock, public health, wildlife, quality of water and beneficial uses of land in this State, including, without limitation, any insect, snail, nematode, fungus, virus, bacterium, microorganism, mycoplasma, weed, parasitic plant or any other plant that is normally considered to be a pest of cultivated plants, uncultivated plants, agricultural commodities, horticultural products or nursery stock, or that the Director declares to be a pest. See Nevada Revised Statutes 555.005
  • Propagative part: means any seed, cutting or other plant part from which a noxious weed can grow. See Nevada Revised Statutes 555.005
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.