A. A person who owns horses, mules or asses and desires to transport them within the state for a purpose other than their sale or trade may, upon request to an inspector, be issued an owner's transportation permit in lieu of the required brand certificate for each horse, mule or ass to be transported.
B. The owner's transportation permit issued in lieu of a brand certificate is valid as long as the horse, mule or ass described in the certificate remains under the ownership of the person to whom the permit was issued.
C. The owner's transportation permit or the brand certificate shall accompany the animal for which it was issued at all times while the animal is in transit, and each shall identify the horse, mule or ass by brand, color, markings, sex, age and, where applicable, by registration number, tattoo or other mark as provided by rules of the board.
D. There shall be a fee in an amount set by the board for each owner's transportation permit.
History: 1953 Comp., § 47-9-38.1, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 174, § 4; 1973, ch. 234, § 2; 1981, ch. 357, § 10; 1993, ch. 248, § 67; 1999, ch. 282, § 62.
The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, deleted "and health inspection" following "brand" throughout the section; substituted "rules" for "regulations" in Subsection C; deleted "which shall be in addition to any inspection fee for the issuance of a brand and health inspection certificate" at the end of Subsection D; and made stylistic changes throughout the section.
The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, deleted "New Mexico livestock" preceding "board" in three places; substituted "tattoo" for "tatoo" in Subsection C; deleted "not to exceed five dollars ($5.00)" following "board" in Subsection D; and made minor stylistic changes.
The 1981 amendment inserted "inspection" in Subsections A and B, deleted former Subsection C, which dealt with transference of a transportation permit, redesignated former Subsections D and E as present Subsections C and D, substituted "the" for "such" following "while" and inserted "New Mexico livestock" in Subsection C and inserted "New Mexico livestock" in Subsection D.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 77 - Animals and Livestock
Article 9 - Brands, Ownership, Transportation and Sale of Animals
Section 77-9-2 - [Earmarks; cutting; penalty.]
Section 77-9-3 - Necessity of brand; rebranding required; exceptions.
Section 77-9-4 - Penalty for failure to brand or rebrand; certain sales prohibited.
Section 77-9-5 - Brands of livestock; recording; evidence of ownership.
Section 77-9-6 to 77-9-20 - Repealed and Recompiled.
Section 77-9-21 - Bills of sale; necessity and presumptions; definition of livestock.
Section 77-9-22 - Bills of sale; requirements; evidence of larceny.
Section 77-9-23 - Bill of sale of livestock; duty to exhibit; violation; penalty.
Section 77-9-24 - [Failure to exhibit; knowledge, intent, purpose and motive to be presumed.]
Section 77-9-26 - Sale by person not brand owner; bill of sale.
Section 77-9-27 - Violation; penalty.
Section 77-9-28 - Importation of livestock; permit required; penalty.
Section 77-9-29 - Inspection rules.
Section 77-9-30 - Exported livestock; inspection of brands and ear marks; record.
Section 77-9-31 - Export livestock to be inspected; penalties.
Section 77-9-32 - Inspection of livestock for export; application; place; payment for delay.
Section 77-9-33 - Inspection of exported livestock; report; inspection of slaughterhouses; penalty.
Section 77-9-35 - Offense by inspectors; penalty.
Section 77-9-38 - Inspection fees; lien; record.
Section 77-9-43 - Notice of transport; inspection date and place.
Section 77-9-44 - Hides and pelts; exhibiting, tagging and marking.
Section 77-9-46 - [Officers may stop vehicles; failure to have certificate; arrest and seizure.]
Section 77-9-54 - Transportation of hides.
Section 77-9-55 - [Inspection of hides; butchers; offenses; penalty.]
Section 77-9-56 - Hide purchases; bill of sale; contents; penalty.