New Mexico Statutes
Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 17-2-22 - Sale of evidence in cases of appeal.

A. For the purpose of avoiding waste, game or fish confiscated and held as evidence in any prosecution for violation of the game laws, if fit for human consumption, shall be sold by the conservation officer or other officer having jurisdiction in the prosecution as soon as possible after the filing of any appeal from the decision of the court to any higher court.
B. The evidence shall be sold for the highest cash price offered and the proceeds of the sale forwarded to the main office of the department of game and fish at Santa Fe to be deposited in the game protection fund. A copy of the receipt of sale shall be delivered to the court and shall be attached to the papers forwarded to the higher court on appeal.
C. If the higher court finds the defendant to be not guilty of the charge he shall be reimbursed within ten days after such decision by the department of game and fish for the full amount of the proceeds from the sale of evidence.
History: 1953 Comp., § 53-2-24.1, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 216, § 1.

Structure New Mexico Statutes

New Mexico Statutes

Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation

Article 2 - Hunting and Fishing Regulations

Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 17-2-1 - Commission powers.

Section 17-2-2 - Game to be protected.

Section 17-2-2.1 - Artificial wildlife.

Section 17-2-3 - Protected wildlife species and game fish defined.

Section 17-2-4 - Repealed.

Section 17-2-4.1 - Jaguar to be protected.

Section 17-2-4.2 - Amphibians and reptiles; protected; permits; unlawful taking; misdemeanor; penalties.

Section 17-2-5 - Adoption of regulations; effective date.

Section 17-2-6 - Game and fish management areas; closed lakes or streams; notice.

Section 17-2-7 - Unlawful hunting or fishing.

Section 17-2-7.1 - Interference prohibited; criminal penalties; civil penalties; revocation of license, certificate or permit.

Section 17-2-7.2 - Landowner taking; conditions; department responsibilities.

Section 17-2-8 - Unlawful taking of big game and waste of game.

Section 17-2-9 - Jurisdiction of magistrate court.

Section 17-2-10 - Violation of game and fish laws or rules; penalties.

Section 17-2-10.1 - Game and fish penalty assessment misdemeanors; definition; schedule of assessments.

Section 17-2-10.2 - Game and fish penalty assessment; payment.

Section 17-2-10.3 - Game and fish penalty assessment; license revocation.

Section 17-2-10.4 - Game and fish penalty assessment revenue; disposition.

Section 17-2-11 - [Witness testifying for state; evidence not to be used against him.]

Section 17-2-12 - Refuges; firearms on; prohibited; exceptions.

Section 17-2-13 - Songbirds; trapping, killing or injuring prohibited.

Section 17-2-14 - Hawks, vultures and owls; taking, possessing, trapping, destroying, maiming or selling prohibited; exception by permit; penalty.

Section 17-2-15 - [Horned toads; killing, selling or shipping from state unlawful.]

Section 17-2-16 - Repealed.

Section 17-2-17 - [Storage of game or fish.]

Section 17-2-18 - [Menu as evidence of possession of game or fish.]

Section 17-2-19 - Enforcement of game laws; powers of conservation officers.

Section 17-2-20 - [Seizure of devices used for violating law; nuisance; destruction; firearms excepted.]

Section 17-2-20.1 - Seizure and forfeiture; property subject.

Section 17-2-20.2 - Repealed.

Section 17-2-20.3 - Penalties.

Section 17-2-21 - [Sale or disposition of game or fish after seizure; invoice furnished purchaser or donee; disposition of proceeds of sale.]

Section 17-2-22 - Sale of evidence in cases of appeal.

Section 17-2-23 - [Reports of seizures and sales.]

Section 17-2-24 - [Officer's right to use animal or vehicle transporting seized game or fish; public conveyances excepted.]

Section 17-2-25 - [Game or fish in possession of passenger; carrier exempt from liability; seizure.]

Section 17-2-26 - Civil liability.

Section 17-2-27 - [District attorneys to prosecute and defend actions under fish and game laws.]

Section 17-2-28 - [Indians hunting off reservations; hunting on reservations; application of laws.]

Section 17-2-29 - [Hunting and boating while intoxicated or under the influence of narcotic drugs prohibited.]

Section 17-2-30 - [Person convicted of hunting or boating while intoxicated or under influence of narcotic drugs; revocation and withholding of hunting and fishing license privileges.]

Section 17-2-31 - Use of artificial light while hunting prohibited.

Section 17-2-32 - Diseased rabbits; hunting and trapping.