2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 76 - Agriculture
Section 8 Protection of Native New Mexico Plants
Section 76-8-2 Removal of plants from state or private lands without permission prohibited.
76-8-2. [Removal of plants from state or private lands without permission prohibited.]
No person shall destroy, mutilate or remove any living plant, except seeds, of the protected group from any state or private [privately] owned lands without a written permit from the owner, provided that nothing in this act [76-8-1 through 76-8-4 NMSA 1978] shall be construed to prevent the cleaning, clearing or removal of plants from any canal, lateral, ditch, survey line, public road or railroad right-of-way or highway, when necessary to the full and proper use thereof, and provided further that the provisions of this act shall not apply when plants enumerated herein are more than four hundred yards from any public highway.
History: Laws 1933, ch. 116, 2; 1941 Comp., 48-1002; 1953 Comp., 45-11-2.
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