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2006 New Mexico Statutes - Article 2 — Hunting and Fishing Regulations, 17-2-1 through 17-2-46.
Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 17-2-1 — Commission powers.
- 17-2-2 — Game to be protected.
- 17-2-2.1 — Artificial wildlife.
- 17-2-3 — Protected wildlife species and game fish defined.
- 17-2-4 — Repealed.
- 17-2-4.1 — Jaguar to be protected.
- 17-2-4.2 — Amphibians and reptiles; protected; permits; unlawful taking; misdemeanor; penalties.
- 17-2-5 — Adoption of regulations; effective date.
- 17-2-6 — Game and fish management areas; closed lakes or streams; notice.
- 17-2-7 — Unlawful hunting or fishing.
- 17-2-7.1 — Interference prohibited; criminal penalties; civil penalties; revocation of license, certificate or permit.
- 17-2-7.2 — Landowner taking; conditions; department responsibilities.
- 17-2-8 — Waste of game.
- 17-2-9 — Jurisdiction of magistrate court.
- 17-2-10 — Violation of game and fish laws or regulations; penalties.
- 17-2-10.1 — Game and fish penalty assessment misdemeanors; definition; schedule of assessments.
- 17-2-10.2 — Game and fish penalty assessment; payment.
- 17-2-10.3 — Game and fish penalty assessment; license revocation.
- 17-2-10.4 — Game and fish penalty assessment revenue; disposition.
- 17-2-11 — Witness testifying for state; evidence not to be used against him.
- 17-2-12 — Refuges; firearms on; prohibited; exceptions.
- 17-2-13 — Songbirds; trapping, killing or injuring prohibited.
- 17-2-14 — Hawks, vultures and owls; taking, possessing, trapping, destroying, maiming or selling prohibited; exception by permit; penalty.
- 17-2-15 — Horned toads; killing, selling or shipping from state unlawful.
- 17-2-16 — Repealed.
- 17-2-17 — Storage of game or fish.
- 17-2-18 — Menu as evidence of possession of game or fish.
- 17-2-19 — Enforcement of game laws; powers of conservation officers.
- 17-2-20 — Seizure of devices used for violating law; nuisance; destruction; firearms excepted.
- 17-2-20.1 — Seizure and forfeiture; property subject.
- 17-2-20.2 — Repealed.
- 17-2-20.3 — Penalties.
- 17-2-21 — Sale or disposition of game or fish after seizure; invoice furnished purchaser or donee; disposition of proceeds of sale.
- 17-2-22 — Sale of evidence in cases of appeal.
- 17-2-23 — Reports of seizures and sales.
- 17-2-24 — Officer's right to use animal or vehicle transporting seized game or fish; public conveyances excepted.
- 17-2-25 — Game or fish in possession of passenger; carrier exempt from liability; seizure.
- 17-2-26 — Civil liability.
- 17-2-27 — District attorneys to prosecute and defend actions under fish and game laws.
- 17-2-28 — Indians hunting off reservations; hunting on reservations; application of laws.
- 17-2-29 — Hunting and boating while intoxicated or under the influence of narcotic drugs prohibited.
- 17-2-30 — Person convicted of hunting or boating while intoxicated or under influence of narcotic drugs; revocation and withholding of hunting and fishing license privileges.
- 17-2-31 — Hunting by spotlight or artificial light prohibited.
- 17-2-32 — Diseased rabbits; hunting and trapping.
Part 2. HUNTER TRAINING ACT
- 17-2-33 — Use of firearms by minors.
- 17-2-34 — Hunter training program; instructor certification; certificate of competency.
- 17-2-35 — Exemption.
- 17-2-36 — Short title.
Part 3. WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ACT
- 17-2-37 — Short title.
- 17-2-38 — Definitions.
- 17-2-39 — Findings and declarations.
- 17-2-40 — Biennial review; investigations; recommendations of the director; procedures.
- 17-2-40.1 — Recovery plans; procedures.
- 17-2-41 — Endangered species.
- 17-2-42 — Management programs.
- 17-2-43 — Commission; power to regulate.
- 17-2-43.1 — Judicial review; administrative actions.
- 17-2-44 — Director; land or aquatic habitat interest acquisition.
- 17-2-45 — Penalty.
- 17-2-46 — Enforcement; powers of conservation officers.
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