Except as otherwise provided in NRS 576.042, the provisions of this chapter do not apply to:

1. The Nevada Mineral Exhibition, 4-H clubs, the Future Farmers of America, the Nevada Junior Livestock Show, the Nevada State Livestock Show, the Nevada Hereford Association, or any other nonprofit organization or association.

2. Any railroad transporting livestock interstate or intrastate.

3. Any farmer or rancher purchasing or receiving livestock for grazing, pasturing or feeding on his or her premises within the State of Nevada and not for immediate resale.

4. Operators of public livestock auctions as defined in NRS 573.010, and all buyers of livestock at those auctions at which the public livestock auction licensee does not control title or ownership to the livestock being sold or purchased at those auctions, and any person buying for interstate shipments only and subject to and operating under a bond required by the United States pursuant to the provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 7 U.S.C. § 204, and the regulations adopted pursuant to those provisions.

5. Persons who conduct annual sales of livestock as defined in NRS 573.010.

6. Any farmer or rancher whose farm or ranch is located in the State of Nevada, who buys or receives farm products or livestock from another farmer or rancher not for immediate resale.

7. Any retail merchant having a fixed and established place of business in this state and who conducts a retail business exclusively.

(Added to NRS by 1959, 559; A 1960, 418; 1961, 560; 1963, 392; 1965, 393; 1989, 337; 1993, 1772; 1999, 3714; 2015, 3619; 2019, 2613)