Section 77-9-3 – Necessity of brand; rebranding required; exceptions.
A. A person who owns livestock shall have and adopt a brand for them. The brand shall be applied with a hot iron on each animal except registered livestock that are properly identified by a legible tattoo and whose owner has been issued a certificate of brand exemption for the owner’s herd by the board. […]
Section 77-9-1 – Repealed.
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1999, ch. 282, § 104 repealed 77-9-1 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1884, ch. 47, § 1, relating to branding and marking of cattle and sheep, effective July 1, 1999. For provisions of former section, see the 1998 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com. For present comparable provisions, see 77-9-4 NMSA 1978.