Section 77-16-10 – Injuring fence.
Any person who is found guilty of wilfully cutting or otherwise destroying a fence or any part thereof is guilty of a petty misdemeanor. History: Laws 1869, ch. 20, § 2; C.L. 1884, § 1273; C.L. 1897, § 1815; Code 1915, § 2348; C.S. 1929, § 50-110; 1941 Comp., § 49-1809; 1953 Comp., § 47-17-9; […]
Section 77-16-11 – [Injuries by animals; liability; minors.]
When any animal, of whatsoever class or species it may be, [shall] break, obstruct or injure any rail, post, stake or any material of which a fence is constructed, the owner of such animal shall be compelled to pay the damages occasioned to the owner of the fence, according to the damages sustained and suffered: […]
Section 77-16-12 – [Damages for injuries.]
The person who shall violate the provisions of Section 77-16-11 NMSA 1978 shall be obliged at the time of his punishment, to indemnify the owner of any fence, for the damage that has followed therefrom, for the repairing of his fence, valued according to the gravity of the offense. History: Laws 1869, ch. 20, § […]
Section 77-16-3 – [Damages on fenced lands; right of action; lien on animals.]
When any trespassing shall have been done by any cattle, horses, sheep, goats, hogs or other livestock upon the cultivated or enclosed ground of any other person, when the same is fenced as provided by Section 77-16-1 NMSA 1978, but not otherwise, such person may recover any damage that he may sustain by reason thereof […]
Section 77-16-4 – [Barbed wire fence; specifications.]
When fences are constructed of barbed wire and posts they shall be built substantially as follows: posts set firmly in the ground aand [and] projecting above the ground not less than four feet, said posts to be not less than two inches in diameter at the smaller end, and to be set not over thirty-three […]
Section 77-16-5 – [Applicability of act.]
This act [77-16-4, 77-16-5 NMSA 1978] shall not apply to territory within an incorporated city, town or village nor shall it be construed to repeal, amend or in anywise affect the provisions of Chapter 88 of the Session Laws of 1919, as amended by Chapter 70 of the Session Laws of 1921 [repealed]. History: Laws […]
Section 77-16-1 – [Necessity for fence.]
Every gardener, farmer, planter or other person having lands or crops that would be injured by trespassing animals, shall make a sufficient fence about his land in cultivation, or other lands that may be so injured, the same to correspond with the requirements of the laws of this state prescribing and defining a legal fence. […]
Section 77-16-2 – Definition.
As used in Article 16 of Chapter 77 [NMSA 1978], “livestock” shall include domestic animals such as cattle, horses, sheep, hogs, goats and buffaloes. History: 1953 Comp., § 47-17-1.1, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 189, § 2. ANNOTATIONS Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the […]