Before a person transports any livestock or carcasses from a district or out of state, the person shall notify the nearest inspector that it is desired that the livestock or carcasses be inspected, fixing the date, place and time of the inspection. The person requesting the inspection shall give a reasonable time prior to the proposed shipment date.
History: Laws 1929, ch. 87, § 2; C.S. 1929, § 4-2102; 1941 Comp., § 49-940; 1953 Comp., § 47-9-39; Laws 1999, ch. 282, § 63.
The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, rewrote the section, which formerly read: "That, before any person or persons, firm or corporation shall transport said livestock or carcasses as herein set out, such person or persons, firm or corporation shall notify the nearest inspector that it is desired that said livestock or carcasses be inspected, fixing the date, place and time thereof and giving reasonable time for said inspector so notified to reach said place on the date designated."
Hauling permit deemed insufficient. — A rancher must have his cattle inspected before he ships them. It makes no difference whether the shipment and sale occurs entirely within the state or not. A proposed livestock hauling permit which would require the rancher to swear that he was in legal possession of the cattle being transported and to further attest that such cattle were free from contagious disease, and which would act as board authorization for the rancher to ship the cattle to the sales ring, would not enable board to sufficiently fulfill its duties under the law. 1966 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 66-127.
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Section 77-9-6 to 77-9-20 - Repealed and Recompiled.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.