{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-426.510","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 426.510","heading":"Restrictions on use of service animal and white or metallic cane; duties of pedestrian; penalty.","body":"1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2, 3 and 4, a person shall not:\n(a) Use a service animal; or\n(b) Carry or use on any street or highway or in any other public place a cane or walking stick which is white or metallic in color, or white tipped with red.\n2. A person who is blind may use a service animal and a cane or walking stick which is white or metallic in color, or white tipped with red.\n3. A person who is deaf may use a service animal.\n4. A person with a disability not described in subsection 2 or 3 may use a service animal.\n5. Any pedestrian who approaches or encounters a person who is blind using a service animal or carrying a cane or walking stick, white or metallic in color, or white tipped with red, shall immediately come to a full stop and take such precautions before proceeding as may be necessary to avoid accident or injury to the person who is blind.\n6. Any person other than a person who is blind who:\n(a) Uses a service animal or carries a cane or walking stick such as is described in this section, contrary to the provisions of this section;\n(b) Fails to heed the approach of a person using a service animal or carrying such a cane as is described by this section;\n(c) Fails to come to a stop upon approaching or coming in contact with a person so using a service animal or so carrying such a cane or walking stick; or\n(d) Fails to take precaution against accident or injury to such a person after coming to a stop as provided for in this section,\nÊ is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n7. This section does not apply to any person who is instructing a person who is blind, person who is deaf or person with any other disability or training a service animal.","path":["TITLE 38 — PUBLIC ASSISTANCE","CHAPTER 426 - PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES","USE OF SERVICE ANIMALS AND WHITE OR METALLIC CANES"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-426.html#NRS426Sec510","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:39Z","sha256":"ff8541d544e371301441308756b306b79ae7ce6c3cd08458e2efcd45d690273c","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-426.461","next":"us-nv/nrs-426.515"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}