Nevada § 569.440 - Liability caused by trespassing livestock; liability of landowner for injury to trespassing livestock; trespassing livestock treated as estrays

§ 569.440. Liability caused by trespassing livestock; liability of landowner for injury to trespassing livestock; trespassing livestock treated as estrays

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 569.461 and 569.471 : (a) If any livestock break into any grounds enclosed by a legal fence, the owner or

manager of the livestock is liable to the owner of the enclosed premises for all damages

sustained by the trespass. If the trespass is repeated by neglect of the owner or manager of the livestock, the

owner or manager of the livestock is for the second and every subsequent offense or

trespass, liable for double the damages of the trespass to the owner of the premises. (b) If any owner or occupier of any grounds or crops trespassed upon by livestock

entering upon or breaking into his or her grounds, whether enclosed by a legal fence

or not, kills, maims or materially injures the livestock so trespassing, the owner

or occupier of the grounds or crops is liable to the owner of the livestock for all

damages, and for the costs accruing from a suit for such damages, when necessarily

resorted to for their recovery. (c) The owner or occupier of grounds or crops so damaged and trespassed upon may take

up and safely keep, at the expense of the owner or owners thereof, after due notice

to the owners, if known, the livestock, or so many of them as may be necessary to

cover the damages the owner or occupier of grounds or crops may have sustained, for

10 days, and if not applied for by the proper owner or owners before the expiration

of 10 days, the livestock may be posted under the estray laws of the state, and before

restitution may be had by the owner or owners of the livestock, all damages done by

them, as well also as the expense of posting and keeping them, must be paid. Any justice of the peace in the township has jurisdiction of all such reclamation

of livestock, together with the damages, and expense of keeping and posting the same,

when the amount claimed does not exceed $2,500. 2. When two or more persons cultivate lands under one enclosure, neither of them may

place or cause to be placed any livestock on his or her ground, to the injury or damage

of the other or others, but is liable for all damages thus sustained by the other

or others. If repeated, after due notice is given, and for every subsequent repetition, double

damages are recoverable in any court having jurisdiction.