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Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 17-3-1 - Current license required. - Each license issued under Chapter 17 NMSA 1978, runs from...
Section 17-3-2 - Classes of licenses. - A. As used with reference to licenses in Chapter 17...
Section 17-3-3 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1983, ch. 117, § 6, repealed 17-3-3...
Section 17-3-4 - Residence. - As used in Chapter 17 NMSA 1978: A. a "resident"...
Section 17-3-5 - Application for hunting or fishing licenses; contents; filing. - A. The director of the department of game and fish...
Section 17-3-6 - False statements; using license issued to another; hunting without license lawfully procured; altering licenses. - It is a misdemeanor: A. to certify or sign any...
Section 17-3-7 - Blank forms; license issued only on application; false statement voids license; records; reports; accounting for fees collected; refund of fees; transfer of hunting license. - A. The director of the department of game and fish...
Section 17-3-8 - Loss of application blanks by license collector; accounting. - In the event that a license collector shall lose any...
Section 17-3-9 - Application blanks lost by license collector to be void. - Upon the receipt of a notice from the license collector...
Section 17-3-10 - Presumption of loss [sale] - In any case where a license collector has notified the...
Section 17-3-11 - Possession of license declared void is unlawful. - Any person in possession of a hunting or fishing license...
Section 17-3-12 - Accounting for licenses. - When a license vendor is unable to account for hunting...
Section 17-3-13 - License fees. - A. The director of the department of game and fish...
Section 17-3-13.1 - Disabled veteran; license fee exemption; lifetime license. - A. The director of the department of game and fish...
Section 17-3-13.2 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1985, ch. 118, § 2 repealed 17-3-13.2,...
Section 17-3-13.3 - Big game depredation damage stamp required; disposition of receipts. - A. Each license to hunt big game shall include a...
Section 17-3-13.4 - Big game depredation damage fund; creation; expenditure. - A. The "big game depredation damage fund" is created in...
Section 17-3-13.6 - Disabled military members and veterans; fishing license fee exemption. - The director of the department of game and fish shall...
Section 17-3-13.7 - Nonresident disabled military members and veterans; hunting licenses at resident fee. - A nonresident disabled active duty member or veteran of the...
Section 17-3-14 - Director authorized to issue license when agreement to hunt antelope on deeded or leased property is made. - In any case where the department of game and fish...
Section 17-3-14.1 - Landowner permits for elk. - The director of the department of game and fish shall...
Section 17-3-14.2 - Landowner permits; management of certain big game species. - The director of the department of game and fish may...
Section 17-3-15 - Additional deer license. - A. It is a misdemeanor for any person to procure...
Section 17-3-16 - Funds; special drawings for licenses. - A. The director of the department of game and fish...
Section 17-3-16.1 - Bighorn sheep enhancement permits; issuance; use. - A. The state game commission shall direct the department of...
Section 17-3-16.2 - Elk enhancement permit; issuance; use. - A. The state game commission shall direct the department of...
Section 17-3-16.3 - Lieutenant governor's deer enhancement permits; issuance; use. - A. The state game commission shall direct the department of...
Section 17-3-16.4 - Gould's turkey enhancement permits; issuance; use. - A. The state game commission may direct the department of...
Section 17-3-16.5 - Hunting and fishing authorizations; governor's special events. - The director of the department of game and fish may...
Section 17-3-16.6 - Enhancement authorization packages; habitat enhancement. - The state game commission shall adopt rules for the department...
Section 17-3-17 - Fishing without license; exceptions. - A. It is a misdemeanor for any person, except children...
Section 17-3-18 - Director authorized to issue fishing permit without license to certain handicapped persons. - The director of the department of game and fish is...
Section 17-3-19 - Special license; minors fishing on scout property. - Every citizen of the United States who is a resident...
Section 17-3-20 - Fee disposition. - Of the two dollars ($2.00) collected for each temporary license...
Section 17-3-21 - [Season and bag limits applicable to minors holding special license.] - All fishing under the privileges granted to the holders of...
Section 17-3-22 - [Administration of 17-3-19 to 17-3-22.] - The state game and fish department is hereby charged with...
Section 17-3-23 - Fishing on lands of New Mexico boy's school near Springer authorized for resident children without a license. - It is lawful for any child who has been committed...
Section 17-3-24 - [Supervision of fishing at boys' school.] - Provided however, that such fishing by said wards [resident children]...
Section 17-3-25 - Patients at Carrie Tingley crippled children's hospital; fishing on hospital lands by patients; supervision. - Any person between the age of fourteen and the age...
Section 17-3-26 - Taking minnows and nongame fish to sell as bait; license required; exception. - It is unlawful for any person, except children under the...
Section 17-3-27 - Bait license; bond; fee; issuance. - Any person desiring to procure a license for the purpose...
Section 17-3-28 - [Exceptions from 17-3-26, 17-3-27; taking bait for own use; persons under 15; unlawful to place nongame fish in certain waters.] - Nothing in this act [17-3-26 to 17-3-28 NMSA 1978] shall...
Section 17-3-29 - Permit to take game, birds or fish as specimens or for scientific or propagating purposes; eligibility; issuance; contents; nonassignable; sale for food purposes prohibited. - The state director may issue permits to any person to...
Section 17-3-30 - [Sending game animals, birds and fish to officers of other states.] - The state warden [director of the department of game and...
Section 17-3-31 - [Permit to capture or destroy protected game damaging crops or property; beavers.] - The state game and fish warden [director of the department...
Section 17-3-32 - Importing game animals; permits. - In order to protect game animals, birds and fish against...
Section 17-3-32.1 - Exceptions from certain permits. - The provisions of Sections 17-2-14 and 17-3-32 NMSA 1978 shall...
Section 17-3-33 - Presumption from possession of game or fish without license; showing license to officer. - The possession of game or fish at any time unaccompanied...
Section 17-3-34 - Revocation of license, certificate or permit for violation of law; notice and hearing; judicial review. - A. If the holder of any license, certificate or permit...
Part 2 - REGULATED SHOOTING PRESERVE ACT
Section 17-3-35 - Short title. - This act [17-3-35 to 17-3-42 NMSA 1978] may be cited...
Section 17-3-36 - Regulated shooting preserves; fees. - The state game commission may issue licenses authorizing the establishment...
Section 17-3-37 - Definition. - "Game bird," as used in the Regulated Shooting Preserve Act...
Section 17-3-38 - Tags. - All game birds taken from preserves shall be tagged, with...
Section 17-3-39 - Special nonresident licenses. - The commission may issue special nonresident bird licenses to nonresidents...
Section 17-3-40 - Regular licenses. - Residents or nonresidents may hunt on private shooting preserves when...
Section 17-3-41 - Commercial operation of. - Operators of private shooting preserves may charge fees for hunting...
Section 17-3-42 - Revocation of permits. - Any permit issued under the Private [Regulated] Shooting Preserve Act...
Part 3 - AIRBORNE HUNTING ACT
Section 17-3-43 - Short title. - Sections 17-3-43 through 17-3-47 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...
Section 17-3-44 - Definitions. - As used in the Airborne Hunting Act [17-3-43 to 17-3-47...
Section 17-3-45 - Shooting from aircraft; causing injury by aircraft; penalty. - It is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in excess of...
Section 17-3-46 - Applicability. - The Airborne Hunting Act [17-3-43 to 17-3-47 NMSA 1978] shall...
Section 17-3-47 - Permit. - The director of the department of game and fish may...
Part 4 - PENALTIES
Section 17-3-48 - Purchase or use of license, certificate or permit, or hunting or fishing while under suspension or revocation; penalty. - Any person who purchases a hunting or fishing license, or...
Section 17-3-49 - Computer-assisted remote hunting prohibited; penalties. - A. A person shall not: (1) engage in computer-assisted remote...