1.  Any person who, without the right so to do, shall, on two or more separate days during any season, water more than 50 head of livestock at the watering place at which another shall have a subsisting right to water more than 50 head of livestock, or within 3 miles of such place, with intent to graze the livestock so watered on the portion of the public range readily accessible to livestock watering at the watering place of such other person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 533.505

  • 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

2.  Each day’s watering in violation of this section shall be deemed a separate offense.

3.  Whenever, in any prosecution for such offense, it shall appear that the watering by the accused was not done at the watering place of another, but was done within 3 miles thereof, it shall be a sufficient defense for the accused to prove that he or she had no knowledge of the existence of such other watering place.

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