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2014 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 12 - Miscellaneous Public Affairs Matters
Section 3 State Seal, Song and Symbols
Section 12-3-1 State seal; design.

NM Stat § 12-3-1 (2014) What's This?
12-3-1. [State seal; design.]
The coat of arms of the state shall be the Mexican eagle grasping a serpent in its beak, the cactus in its talons, shielded by the American eagle with outspread wings, and grasping arrows in its talons; the date 1912 under the eagles and, on a scroll, the motto: "Crescit Eundo." The great seal of the state shall be a disc bearing the coat of arms and having around the edge the words "Great Seal of the State of New Mexico."
History: Laws 1887, ch. 70, 1; C.L. 1897, 3798; Code 1915, 5422; C.S. 1929, 135-101; 1941 Comp., 3-1301; 1953 Comp., 4-14-1.

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