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2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 77: Livestock Code
Article 9: Brands, Ownership, Transportation and Sale of Animals, 77-9-1 through 77-9-63
- Section 77-9-1: Repealed.
- Section 77-9-1.1: Definition.
- Section 77-9-2: Earmarks; cutting; penalty.
- Section 77-9-3: Necessity of brand; rebranding required; exceptions.
- Section 77-9-4: Penalty for failure to brand or rebrand; certain sales prohibited.
- Section 77-9-5: Brands of livestock; recording; evidence of ownership.
- Section 77-9-6: to 77-9-20 Repealed and Recompiled.
- Section 77-9-21: Bills of sale; necessity and presumptions; definition of livestock.
- Section 77-9-22: Bills of sale; requirements; evidence of larceny.
- Section 77-9-23: Bill of sale of livestock; duty to exhibit; violation; penalty.
- Section 77-9-24: Failure to exhibit; knowledge, intent, purpose and motive to be presumed.
- Section 77-9-25: Repealed.
- Section 77-9-26: Sale by person not brand owner; bill of sale.
- Section 77-9-27: Violation; penalty.
- Section 77-9-28: Importation of livestock; permit required; penalty.
- Section 77-9-29: Inspection rules.
- Section 77-9-30: Exported livestock; inspection of brands and ear marks; record.
- Section 77-9-31: Export livestock to be inspected; penalties.
- Section 77-9-32: Inspection of livestock for export; application; place; payment for delay.
- Section 77-9-33: Inspection of exported livestock; report; inspection of slaughterhouses; penalty.
- Section 77-9-34: Repealed.
- Section 77-9-35: Offense by inspectors; penalty.
- Section 77-9-36: , 77-9-37 Repealed.
- Section 77-9-38: Inspection fees; lien; record.
- Section 77-9-39: Repealed.
- Section 77-9-40: Exporting of livestock without brand of shipper or bill of sale; inspection; definition of estrays.
- Section 77-9-41: Transportation of horses, mules, asses, cattle, sheep or goats or carcasses thereof; inspection certificate.
- Section 77-9-42: Transportation permits for horses, mules and asses; brand and health certificate good for length of time of ownership.
- Section 77-9-43: Notice of transport; inspection date and place.
- Section 77-9-44: Hides and pelts; exhibiting, tagging and marking.
- Section 77-9-45: Ownership; possession; transportation; seizure; disposition of livestock; refusal of certificate.
- Section 77-9-46: Officers may stop vehicles; failure to have certificate; arrest and seizure.
- Section 77-9-47: , 77-9-48 Repealed.
- Section 77-9-49: Penalty.
- Section 77-9-50: Repealed.
- Section 77-9-51: Suspected transportation of stolen livestock; search of vehicles; requiring proof of ownership; arrest; seizure.
- Section 77-9-52: , 77-9-53 Repealed.
- Section 77-9-54: Transportation of hides.
- Section 77-9-55: Inspection of hides; butchers; offenses; penalty.
- Section 77-9-56: Hide purchases; bill of sale; contents; penalty.
- Section 77-9-57: Magistrate jurisdiction.
- Section 77-9-58: to 77-9-63 Recompiled and Repealed.
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