1. Except as otherwise provided by law, it is unlawful for any person, firm, company or corporation, his, her, its or their agent or agents, willfully or negligently to cut, destroy, mutilate, remove or possess any Christmas tree, cactus, yucca or branches thereof, or knowingly transport or sell any Christmas tree, cactus, yucca or its branches from any of the lands owned by or under the jurisdiction of the State of Nevada or its counties, or on any reserved or unreserved lands owned by the United States, or from any privately owned lands, without written permission from the legal owner, or the legal owner’s duly authorized agent, specifying locality by legal land description and number of plants to be removed or possessed.
2. For the purpose of sustaining productivity and preservation of the water-supplying functions of Nevada forest lands, the State Forester Firewarden shall adopt such reasonable regulations governing removal or possession of Christmas trees, cacti or yucca as are deemed necessary.
3. This section does not apply to necessary cutting or trimming of such plants if done for maintenance of electric power lines, telephone lines or other property of a public utility, or to a logging operation.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 319; A 1961, 108; 1977, 780, 1167)