New Mexico Statutes
Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 17-2-4.1 - Jaguar to be protected.

In the event the jaguar is de-listed as a federal endangered species, the department of game and fish shall prohibit the taking, possession and sale of jaguars or parts thereof.
History: 1978 Comp., § 17-2-4.1, enacted by Laws 1999, ch. 31, § 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Section 17-2-4 - Repealed.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Section 17-2-16 - Repealed.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.