No persons shall transport or sell, keep or expose or offer for transportation or sale any game or game fish, taken from any park, enclosure, lake or body of water, public or private, unless the same be licensed as provided in this chapter, and then only as provided in this division, and this section shall apply to game and fish held by private ownership as well as to game and fish the ownership of which may be acquired under this chapter.
History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 61; Code 1915, § 2484; C.S. 1929, § 57-303; 1941 Comp., § 43-408; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-8.
Compiler's notes. — The words "this division" refer to Laws 1912, ch. 85, §§ 59 to 80, which comprised Division A of that law, and are compiled as 17-4-8 to 17-4-29 NMSA 1978.
For meaning of words "this chapter," see compiler's note to 17-2-11 NMSA 1978.
Fee may be charged for breeder's license. — The state game commission and the state game warden (now director) may charge a fee for a game breeder's license. 1953 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 53-5874.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation
Article 4 - Propagation of Fish and Game
Section 17-4-1 - [Power of state game commission to acquire land.]
Section 17-4-2 - Eminent domain power; abandonment or relinquishment of property acquired.
Section 17-4-3 - [Exchange, sale, lease, sublease and assignment of lands by commission; proceeds.]
Section 17-4-5 - [Fish hatcheries established by United States; exemption from state laws.]
Section 17-4-6 - Hunting and fishing on private property; posting; penalty.
Section 17-4-8 - [Parks or waters for propagation of game or fish; license required.]
Section 17-4-10 - [Transportation of game or fish taken from unlicensed parks or waters prohibited.]
Section 17-4-11 - [Licensing of private lakes and parks; "proprietor" defined.]
Section 17-4-12 - [Application for license; contents; maximum area; fencing.]
Section 17-4-13 - [Form of license.]
Section 17-4-14 - [Reduction in flow of water detrimental to fish in stream prohibited.]
Section 17-4-16 - [Invoice to be delivered to purchaser; form; duplicate mailed to director.]
Section 17-4-17 - [Invoice to be attached during shipment.]
Section 17-4-19 - [Copy of invoice to be furnished purchaser upon resale.]
Section 17-4-21 - [Proprietors of licensed private parks and lakes to furnish reports to director.]
Section 17-4-22 - [Channels connecting private lakes under one license; use of screens.]
Section 17-4-23 - [Lease or grant of private park or lake; lessee or grantee deemed proprietor.]
Section 17-4-24 - [Series of lakes may be included in one license.]
Section 17-4-25 - [Diverse proprietorship; joint or separate licenses.]
Section 17-4-26 - [Notices against trespassing to be posted.]
Section 17-4-27 - [Transfer of license required upon transfer of interest.]
Section 17-4-28 - Parks, lakes and preserves; license; fees.
Section 17-4-29 - Floating logs in fish stream; restocking; penalty.
Section 17-4-30 - [Federal aid.]
Section 17-4-31 - [Federal funds; disbursement.]
Section 17-4-32 - Destruction of boundary markers[; penalty].
Section 17-4-34 - Habitat management stamp; fund; expenditure for habitat management; exception.