{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-244.3671","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 244.3671","heading":"Action to recover expenses incurred in extinguishing wildfire.","body":"1. A board of county commissioners may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction against any person, firm, association or agency that is responsible for willfully or negligently causing a wildfire to recover any expenses incurred by the county in extinguishing the wildfire and reasonable attorney’s fees and litigation expenses.\n2. In determining whether a person, firm, association or agency is responsible for willfully or negligently causing a wildfire, it must be considered, without limitation, whether the person, firm, association or agency failed to exercise reasonable care given:\n(a) The forecasted and existing weather conditions;\n(b) The conditions of fuel moisture; and\n(c) The topography of the area of the wildfire.\n3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections 1 and 2, a person, firm, association or agency is immune from liability for the payment of any expenses incurred by the county in extinguishing a wildfire and attorney’s fees and litigation expenses if the person, firm, association or agency immediately notified the nearest fire-fighting agency of the wildfire, was forthright and truthful in responding to questions from the State Forester Firewarden, any fire-fighting agency and any other state or local agency investigating the wildfire, and at least one of the following circumstances applies:\n(a) The person, firm, association or agency had permission from a federal, state or local agency to start a fire or conduct a controlled burn and was in compliance with the terms of such permission;\n(b) The person, firm, association or agency started a warming fire to protect human life due to dangerous weather conditions; or\n(c) The person, firm, association or agency is in the business of raising livestock and started a controlled campfire for the purpose of branding livestock.\n4. As used in this section:\n(a) “Fire-fighting agency” means a public fire department, fire protection district or other agency of this State or a political subdivision of this State, the primary functions of which are to control, extinguish, prevent and suppress fires.\n(b) “Livestock” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 569.0085.","path":["TITLE 20 — COUNTIES AND TOWNSHIPS: FORMATION, GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS","CHAPTER 244 - COUNTIES: GOVERNMENT","HEALTH AND SAFETY"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-244.html#NRS244Sec3671","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:35Z","sha256":"377afe33ec06144e2be76aaf1996104db41f390e6a0c8bb4b693839dfeac2016","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-244.367","next":"us-nv/nrs-244.3673"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}