As used in the Pet Sterilization Act:
A. "animal" means a cat or dog;
B. "animal shelter" means any animal facility operated privately or by or for a municipality or county, in which stray, lost or unwanted animals are kept and released for adoption;
C. "sterilization" means rendering an animal unable to reproduce, either by the spaying of a female animal or by the neutering of a male animal; and
D. "sterilization deposit" means that portion of the adoption fee charged by the animal shelter when a person adopts an unsterilized animal; the "sterilization deposit" is refunded when the animal is sterilized.
History: Laws 1993, ch. 43, ยง 2.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 77 - Animals and Livestock
Article 1 - Dogs and Domesticated Animals
Section 77-1-1 - [Dogs, cats, domesticated fowls and birds are personal property.]
Section 77-1-2 - Dog killing or injuring livestock; damages; dog to be killed.
Section 77-1-3 - Vaccination of dogs and cats required.
Section 77-1-5 - Vaccination of dogs and cats brought into state.
Section 77-1-9 - Dogs; destruction.
Section 77-1-10 - Vicious animals; rabid or unvaccinated dogs and cats; failure to destroy.
Section 77-1-12 - Local control by ordinance; dogs and cats running at large.
Section 77-1-17 - Abandoned dogs and cats; notice to owner; disposal without liability.
Section 77-1-18 - Short title.
Section 77-1-19 - Definitions.
Section 77-1-20 - Sterilization agreement and sterilization deposit required.