Section 77-9-4 – Penalty for failure to brand or rebrand; certain sales prohibited.
A. All livestock required to be branded pursuant to the provisions of Section 77-9-3 NMSA 1978 shall bear the identical and complete brand recorded in the name of the present owner with the board or, in the alternative, the livestock shall bear the identical and complete brand of a former owner as recorded with the […]
Section 77-9-5 – Brands of livestock; recording; evidence of ownership.
No brands of livestock except those recorded pursuant to the provisions of The Livestock Code [Chapter 77, Articles 2 to 18 NMSA 1978] and are peeled shall be recognized in law as evidence of ownership of the livestock upon which the brand is used unless the owner has other means of identification, including freeze brands […]
Section 77-9-6 to 77-9-20 – Repealed and Recompiled.
ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s notes. — Laws 1999, ch. 282, § 104 repealed 77-9-6 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 50, § 2, relating to certified copies of brands, effective July 1, 1999. For provisions of former section, see the 1998 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com. For present comparable provisions, see 77-9-5 NMSA 1978. Laws 1999, […]
Section 77-9-21 – Bills of sale; necessity and presumptions; definition of livestock.
A. No person shall buy, receive, sell, dispose of or have in his possession any livestock in this state unless the person selling or disposing of such livestock gives and the person buying or receiving such livestock takes a written bill of sale giving the number, kind, marks and brand of each animal sold which […]
Section 77-9-22 – Bills of sale; requirements; evidence of larceny.
A. A duly executed bill of sale is an instrument in writing by which the owner or his authorized agent transfers to the buyer the title to livestock described in the bill of sale and guarantees to defend the title against all lawful claims. It shall fully describe in detail the livestock, and such description […]
Section 77-9-23 – Bill of sale of livestock; duty to exhibit; violation; penalty.
A. A person who has purchased or received or has in his possession any livestock either for himself or another shall exhibit the bill of sale for the livestock at the reasonable request of an inspector or other peace officer. A person who fails to produce the bill of sale required in Section 77-9-21 NMSA […]
Section 77-9-24 – [Failure to exhibit; knowledge, intent, purpose and motive to be presumed.]
The provisions of the last two sections shall be liberally construed in favor of the people, and in order to convict of any offense made punishable in said sections it shall not be necessary for the prosecution to prove knowledge, intent, purpose or motive on the part of the accused, but such knowledge, intent, purpose […]
Section 77-8A-7 – Funding.
In order to accomplish the purposes of the New Mexico Sheep and Goat Act, the council is empowered to: A. receive any funds that may be returned to the New Mexico sheep and haired goat industry as its share of assessments collected by a national sheep promotion research and information board or any similar entity; […]
Section 77-8A-8 – Assessments.
There is levied and imposed upon all sheep and haired goats involved in a transfer of ownership in the state an assessment to be called the “council assessment”. The council assessment is to be fixed by the council at a rate not more than seventy-five cents ($.75) per head. The board shall collect this council […]
Section 77-8A-9 – Refunds.
Any person who has paid a council assessment is entitled to a refund of the amount paid by making written application for the refund to the council. The application form shall be returned within thirty days after the inspection was made giving rise to the council assessment and shall contain enough detail to enable the […]