Gordie
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Count wrote:
This is with the change, before it was 24 hours whether you were a resident or not. It requied anyone who was in Clark County moe than 24 hours to register their guns, even tourists. To say that you have at least 60 days to register the gun is not the best way to put it. You can register it as soon as you like, but it must be done no more than 60 days after you arrive.
Residency is defined as:
Count wrote:
If you are a resident already, you have 72 hours.That law changed. You have at least 60 days to register it and you only have to if you are taking up residence in Clark county.
12.04.110 Registration of pistols within seventy-two hours.
Any resident of the county receiving title to a pistol, whether by purchase, gift, or any other transfer, and whether from a dealer or from any other person, shall, within seventy-two hours of such receipt, personally appear at the county sheriff’s office, together with the pistol, for the purpose of registering the same with the sheriff. It shall be the duty of the sheriff to register the pistol, and he may, and is hereby authorized to cooperate in any manner he sees fit with other law enforcement agencies, and with licensed dealers, relative to registration of pistols, so that efficient registration shall be secured at minimum cost and duplication. (Ord. 3571 §3, 2007: Ord. 242 §11, 1965)
12.04.200 Registration of firearms capable of being concealed.
It is unlawful for any person with at least sixty days of residency in the county to own or have in his possession, within the unincorporated area of Clark County, a pistol or other firearm capable of being concealed, unless the same has first been registered with the sheriff or with a police department of any of the incorporated cities of Clark County. (Ord. 3571 §4, 2007: Ord. 242 §20, 1965)
12.04.220 Penalty for violation of Sections 12.04.010--12.04.210.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of Sections 12.04.010 through 12.04.210 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed six months or by a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars, or by both. (Ord. 242 § 23, 1965)
This is with the change, before it was 24 hours whether you were a resident or not. It requied anyone who was in Clark County moe than 24 hours to register their guns, even tourists. To say that you have at least 60 days to register the gun is not the best way to put it. You can register it as soon as you like, but it must be done no more than 60 days after you arrive.
Residency is defined as:
If you live and work here, you are a resident, unless you fall into one of the exempted categories.NRS 483.141 “Resident” defined.
1. “Resident” includes, but is not limited to, a person:
(a) Whose legal residence is in the State of Nevada.
(b) Who engages in intrastate business and operates in such a business any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, or any person maintaining such vehicles in this State, as the home state of such vehicles.
(c) Who physically resides in this State and engages in a trade, profession, occupation or accepts gainful employment in this State.
(d) Who declares himself to be a resident of this State to obtain privileges not ordinarily extended to nonresidents of this State.
2. The term does not include a person who is an actual tourist, an out-of-state student, a foreign exchange student, a border state employee or a seasonal resident