Nevada § 476.090 - Unusual sale, purchase, theft or loss of explosive: Report required; penalty; exceptions; rebuttable presumption
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§ 476.090. Unusual sale, purchase, theft or loss of explosive: Report required; penalty; exceptions; rebuttable presumption
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, any person who has knowledge of an
unusual sale, purchase, theft or loss of any explosive shall, within 24 hours after
the discovery, report the sale, purchase, theft or loss to the local law enforcement
agency and local fire department in whose jurisdiction the sale, purchase, theft or
loss occurred. The report must contain, when possible: (a) The name, birth date and address of the persons involved. (b) The amount and type of explosive involved. (c) Any other information the person making the report believes to be useful. 2. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. 3. The provisions of this section do not apply with respect to a person who is acting
in his or her official capacity as an owner, officer or employee of a company, corporation
or partnership engaged in the business of mining. 4. For the purposes of this section, there is a rebuttable presumption that a sale,
purchase, theft or loss of any explosive is “unusual” if that type of sale, purchase,
theft or loss does not regularly occur in the ordinary course of business.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 476.090 ("Unusual sale, purchase, theft or loss of explosive: Report required; penalty; exceptions; rebuttable presumption") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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