The magistrate court has jurisdiction in all cases arising under Chapter 17 NMSA 1978 and regulations promulgated by the state game commission. In addition to other jurisdiction, a magistrate has jurisdiction over such cases arising in any magistrate district adjoining at any point that in which he serves with the consent of the accused.
History: Laws 1931, ch. 117, § 9; 1941 Comp., § 43-208; 1953 Comp., § 53-2-8; Laws 1963, ch. 213, § 1; 1971, ch. 184, § 1.
Jurisdiction extends to game law violations. — It is within the jurisdiction of justices of the peace (now magistrates) to try game law violation cases. 1953 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 53-5860.
Jurisdiction does not extend to revocation of licenses. — The revocation of a hunting or fishing license is not within the jurisdiction of a justice of the peace (now magistrate) but such power rests exclusively with the director of the department of game and fish of this state, as an administrative matter. 1965 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 65-79.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation
Article 2 - Hunting and Fishing Regulations
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 17-2-4.1 - Jaguar to be protected.
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 17-2-7.2 - 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 17-2-10.2 - 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 17-2-15 - [Horned toads; killing, selling or shipping from state unlawful.]
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 17-2-20.1 - Seizure and forfeiture; property subject.
Section 17-2-20.3 - Penalties.
Section 17-2-22 - Sale of evidence in cases of appeal.
Section 17-2-23 - [Reports of seizures and sales.]
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 17-2-31 - Use of artificial light while hunting prohibited.