'Releasing agency' means: 1. A society incorporated pursuant to NRS 574.010 to prevent cruelty to animals; 2. An animal shelter designated by a local government for receiving and holding animals; 3. A nonprofit entity that provides for the temporary shelter, care or placement of pets; or 4. An organization that takes into custody pets which have been abandoned, abused or neglected and places those pets with new owners. (Added to NRS by 1997, 2554)
Nevada Legal Code