A person in this state who purchases a hide from livestock is required to secure from the person from whom the hide is purchased, at the time of purchase, a bill of sale showing the brands and the marks, if any, on the hide. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978 for each offense.
History: Laws 1921, ch. 26, § 1; C.S. 1929, § 4-1443; 1941 Comp., § 49-953; 1953 Comp., § 47-9-52; Laws 1999, ch. 282, § 65.
The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, deleted "witnessed by two witnesses" preceding "showing the brands" in the first sentence; substituted "sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978 for each offense" for "fined in a sum not less than twenty-five ($25.00) dollars nor more than five hundred ($500.00) dollars or be imprisoned not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court" in the last sentence; and made stylistic changes throughout the section.
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Section 77-9-6 to 77-9-20 - Repealed and Recompiled.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.