{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-455.092","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 455.092","heading":"“Excavation” defined.","body":"1. “Excavation” means the movement or removal of earth, rock or other material in or on the ground by:\n(a) Use of mechanical equipment;\n(b) Use of non-mechanical equipment by:\n(1) A contractor; or\n(2) Any person, other than a contractor, if at any point the movement or removal of such material occurs more than 12 inches below the surface of the original groundline; or\n(c) The placement and discharge of explosives.\n2. The term includes augering, backfilling, boring, digging, ditching, drilling, grading, plowing-in, ripping, scraping, trenching and tunneling.","path":["TITLE 40 — PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 455 - EXCAVATIONS AND HIGH-VOLTAGE LINES","EXCAVATIONS","Excavation or Demolition Near Subsurface Installation"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-455.html#NRS455Sec092","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:40Z","sha256":"58c949474bf3447cbb6cb2b7e531d028d3dde53260bd32c7cefb18714e875143","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-455.090","next":"us-nv/nrs-455.093"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}