Lease of grazing and pasturage rights; sale of agricultural products; solicitation of bids; disposition of money collected.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 407.0653
in effect1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, for any real property owned by the State and assigned to the Division for administration, the Administrator may, in accordance with the requirements of this section:
(a) Lease, for a term of not more than 5 years, grazing and pasturage rights in and to the real property; or
(b) Sell any agricultural product of any kind, including, without limitation, any crop, that is produced on the real property.
2. The Administrator may not lease rights in or to real property or sell agricultural products pursuant to subsection 1 if such a lease or sale would:
(a) Interfere with the use of the real property for the outstanding scenic, recreational, scientific or historical importance of such real property; or
(b) Conflict with the provisions of any special act relating to a particular area.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, if the Administrator intends to carry out a lease or sale pursuant to subsection 1:
(a) The Administrator shall advertise for bids and reserve in such advertising the right to reject any or all bids received; and
(b) If the Administrator finds that the highest or best bid received pursuant to paragraph (a) is less than the amount that should be paid, the Administrator:
(1) May reject all bids and instead negotiate with any interested person for such lease or sale; and
(2) Shall not accept any price negotiated pursuant to subparagraph (1) if the price is less than the highest bid received by the Administrator for the same lease or sale.
4. If the deed to any real property assigned to the Division for administration contains a covenant or provision giving to the grantor an option to meet the highest bid for any lease offered by the Administrator for grazing or pasturage rights in or to such real property or the sale of agricultural products produced on such real property, the Administrator shall comply with the terms of the covenant or provision in the deed.
5. The Administrator may enter into a lease with or sale to a state agency without advertising for bids if the rent agreed to be paid by the state agency for the lease or the sale price agreed to be paid for any agricultural products to be sold is, in the opinion of the Administrator, equal to the amount that would be obtained by the Administrator by advertising for bids.
6. Any money collected pursuant to this section for the lease of the grazing or pasturage rights in or to real property assigned to the Division for administration or the sale of agricultural products produced on such real property must be deposited in the Account for the Maintenance of State Parks within the Division created by NRS 407.0762 . The money deposited in the Account pursuant to this section must be accounted for separately for each area assigned to the Division for administration, or if the Administrator has organized the areas into regions pursuant to NRS 407.065 , for each region and must only be used in the area or region in which the money was collected.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-407.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026