A person who violates the provisions of Section 77-8-2, 77-8-3, 77-8-14 or 77-8-22 NMSA 1978 or rules adopted pursuant to any of those sections is guilty of a misdemeanor for each head and, upon conviction shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978.
History: 1941 Comp., § 49-891, enacted by Laws 1951, ch. 188, § 30; 1953 Comp., § 47-8-30; Laws 1999, ch. 282, § 43.
The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, rewrote the section, which formerly read: "Any person who violates the provisions of Sections 11, 12, 16, or 26 of this act or rules and regulations made in pursuance thereof, upon his conviction before any justice of the peace or district court in this state, shall be fined in any sum not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) and in addition thereto may at the discretion of the court trying the case be imprisoned in jail for any period of time not to exceed six (6) months."
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 77 - Animals and Livestock
Section 77-8-2 - Quarantine; treatment.
Section 77-8-3 - Importation; notice; inspection; fees.
Section 77-8-4 - Sheep imported without inspection; inspection.
Section 77-8-5 - Infected sheep or goats; notice to board.
Section 77-8-7 - Exportation; notice; inspection and permit fees; penalty.
Section 77-8-10 - Recording or rerecording by person with lien or interest.
Section 77-8-13 - Evidential value of mark or brand records.
Section 77-8-14 - Altering marks or brands.
Section 77-8-15 - Bills of sale; evidence of larceny.
Section 77-8-16 - Report of estray sheep or goats; sale.
Section 77-8-17 - Enforcement of provisions; recovery of costs and expenses.
Section 77-8-20 - Commuting sheep or goats; fees.
Section 77-8-22 - Necessity of branding or marking sheep and goats.