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NM Stat § 17-4-9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation|Article 4 - Propagation of Fish and Game|Section 17-4-9 - [Unlicensed parks or lakes deemed public nuisance; abatement; liberation of game or fish; each day separate offense.]

Any park, enclosure, lake or body of water maintained in violation of this chapter shall be deemed a continuing public nuisance and may be abated as provided by law for the abatement of public nuisances and the game or game fish therein liberated, or any obstruction to the free ingress or egress of fish removed, and each day the same is maintained in violation hereof, shall be a separate offense. History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 60; Code 1915, § 2483; C.S. 1929, § 57-302; 1941 Comp., § 43-407; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-7. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — The compilers of the 1915 Code substituted the words "this chapter" for the words "this act." Chapter 47, 1915 Code, comprised the whole of Laws 1912, ch. 85. For disposition of Chapter 47, 1915 Code, in NMSA 1978, see note to 17-2-11 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 17-4-10 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation|Article 4 - Propagation of Fish and Game|Section 17-4-10 - [Transportation of game or fish taken from unlicensed parks or waters prohibited.]

No persons shall transport or sell, keep or expose or offer for transportation or sale any game or game fish, taken from any park, enclosure, lake or body of water, public or private, unless the same be licensed as provided in this chapter, and then only as provided in this division, and this section shall apply to game and fish held by private ownership as well as to game and fish the ownership of which may be acquired under this chapter. History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 61; Code 1915, § 2484; C.S. 1929, § 57-303; 1941 Comp., § 43-408; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-8. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — The words "this division" refer to Laws 1912, ch. 85, §§ 59 to 80, which comprised Division A of that law, and are compiled as 17-4-8 to 17-4-29 NMSA 1978. For meaning of words "this chapter," see compiler's note to 17-2-11 NMSA 1978. Fee may be charged for breeder's license. — The state game commission and the state game warden (now director) may charge a fee for a game breeder's license. 1953 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 53-5874.
NM Stat § 17-4-11 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation|Article 4 - Propagation of Fish and Game|Section 17-4-11 - [Licensing of private lakes and parks; "proprietor" defined.]

The provisions of this article in relation to private parks and lakes, the licensing thereof for the keeping and propagation of game and game fish therein, and permitting the same thereof, shall apply to every park or lake or such part thereof, as is on land held by private ownership, and to every lake, the water of which, or the right to use of such water, in whole or in part, has been or may hereafter be acquired under the laws of this state or of the United States, for irrigation purposes, and the owner of such land or water right shall be deemed the proprietor of such park or lake, and of the game or fish therein to the extent of his ownership of such land or water right. History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 62; Code 1915, § 2485; C.S. 1929, § 57-304; 1941 Comp., § 43-409; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-9. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For lessee or grantee being deemed proprietor, see 17-4-23 NMSA 1978. Compiler's notes. — The compilers of the 1915 Code substituted the words "this article" for the words "this division." "This division" would refer to "Division A" of Laws 1912, ch. 85. See compiler's notes to 17-4-10 NMSA 1978. "This article" would mean Article 2, Chapter 47, 1915 Code, compiled as 17-2-27, 17-4-8 to 17-4-29 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 17-4-12 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation|Article 4 - Propagation of Fish and Game|Section 17-4-12 - [Application for license; contents; maximum area; fencing.]

Any person having already established or desiring to establish or maintain a park or lake for the purpose of keeping or propagating and selling the game or game fish therein or to be placed therein, shall apply in writing to the warden [director of the department of game and fish] stating the name, location, extent and proprietorship of the same, and kind and as near as may be, the number of game or game fish kept or desired to be kept therein, the term for which the license is desired and inclosing the fee therefor, and if upon examination by the warden it shall appear that the application is in good faith, and in other respects proper and reasonable, he shall grant to such applicant a license therefor; provided that the maximum area that may be included within any park shall not exceed three thousand two hundred acres, and that every park shall be enclosed by a game proof fence which shall conform to specifications required by the state game commission. History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 63; Code 1915, § 2486; C.S. 1929, § 57-305; Laws 1937, ch. 107, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 43-410; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-10. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 1955, ch. 59, § 2 transferred the duties of the state game warden. See 17-1-6 NMSA 1978. Cross references. — For power of state game commission to suspend, revoke or withhold licenses, see 17-1-14 NMSA 1978. For including series of lakes in license, see 17-4-24 NMSA 1978. For licenses in case of diverse proprietorship, see 17-4-25 NMSA 1978. For transfer of license upon transfer of interest, see 17-4-27 NMSA 1978. For duration and renewal of licenses and license fees, see 17-4-28 NMSA 1978. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Licensing or otherwise regulating business of breeding and dealing in game or undomesticated animals, constitutionality of, 62 A.L.R. 473.
NM Stat § 17-4-13 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation|Article 4 - Propagation of Fish and Game|Section 17-4-13 - [Form of license.]

Such license shall be substantially in the following form: STATE OF NEW MEXICO. Department of Game and Fish. Licensed Parks and Lakes. | No. ........... Class A.    Santa Fe ... 19 ...   This certifies that ...... proprietor of a (public or private) (park or lake) called ...... and situated on ...... Sec. ...... Twp. ...... Range ... in ...... county, New Mexico, is hereby authorized to keep and propagate therein and dispose of as provided by law the following (game quadrupeds, birds or fish), viz.: ...... together with such additions thereto (with the natural increase of all) as may be hereafter lawfully acquired. This license expires ...... years after date. |  ..........................................Warden [Director].   History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 64; Code 1915, § 2487; C.S. 1929, § 57-306; 1941 Comp., § 43-411; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-11. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 1955, ch. 59, § 2 transferred the duties of the state game warden. See 17-1-6 NMSA 1978. Cross references. — For licenses being for one year and renewable annually, see 17-4-28 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 17-4-14 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation|Article 4 - Propagation of Fish and Game|Section 17-4-14 - [Reduction in flow of water detrimental to fish in stream prohibited.]

No person owning or controlling any reservoir, lake or body of water into which public waters flow and which furnishes the water supply in whole or in part to any stream containing game fish shall divert or lessen such water in flow or supply to an extent detrimental to the fish in such stream, reservoir, lake or body of water. History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 65; Code 1915, § 2488; C.S. 1929, § 57-307; 1941 Comp., § 43-412; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-12. ANNOTATIONSUnited States held not liable for injuries from dredging canals. — Where the United States, acting through the bureau of reclamation, dredged and removed from the canals and ditches the silt and deposits which had accumulated therein over the years, and as a natural consequence of these dredging operations, the water in appellee's ponds seeped back into the irrigation canals and the ponds were emptied, the trial court, citing this section, concluded that the act of the defendant in draining the plaintiff's property of all water, destroying plaintiff's fish and frogs, and leaving the plaintiff's land an arid desert land, constituted negligence per se. However, the court of appeals held that liability under the federal Tort Claims Act is not carte blanche, that the United States is liable as an individual only in the manner and to the extent to which it has consented, and that the facts fell clearly within the area of the exempted "discretionary function." United States v. Gregory, 300 F.2d 11 (10th Cir. 1962). Bodies of water covered. — All reservoirs, lakes and other bodies of water into which public waters flow are covered by this section. 1947 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 47-5111.
NM Stat § 17-4-15 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation|Article 4 - Propagation of Fish and Game|Section 17-4-15 - [Game and fish in licensed private parks or lakes property of licensee; hunting or fishing in any licensed park or lake without consent prohibited; reduction of game or fish in private preserve; permit.]

Except as in this division otherwise provided, all game and fish, with the natural increase thereof, held or confined in any private preserve, park or lake, licensed under the provisions of this act shall, during the existence of the license or any renewal thereof, be deemed the property of the licensee of the same to the extent that he may lawfully retain, pursue, capture, kill, use, sell or dispose of the game or fish therein in any quantity, in any manner and at any time of the year, and the pursuit, capture, wounding or killing of any game or fish in any licensed preserve, park or lake, public or private, without the consent of the proprietor, shall be unlawful; provided, that the aggregate number of game animals or fish in any licensed private preserve, park or lake, which contained game or fish belonging to the state at the time or date of the issuing of such license, shall not be lessened by the killing, use, sale or disposition thereof, it being the purpose of this provision to restrict such killing, use, sale and disposition to a number not exceeding in the aggregate the natural increase. If by reason of controlling necessity or for the purpose of stocking or replenishing some other park or lake, any proprietor of a licensed preserve, park or lake may desire to lessen the aggregate number above provided for, the state game and fish warden [director of the department of game and fish] may, on being satisfied of the property [propriety] thereof, grant a permit therefor. History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 66; Code 1915, § 2489; Laws 1915, ch. 101, § 18; C.S. 1929, § 57-308; 1941 Comp., § 43-413; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-13. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — The words "this division" refer to "Division A" of Laws 1912, ch. 85. See compiler's notes to 17-4-10 NMSA 1978. The words "this act" first appeared in the 1915 amendment and Laws 1915, ch. 101, the presently effective provisions of which are compiled as 17-2-13, 17-2-19, 17-4-15 and 17-4-26 NMSA 1978. Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 1955, ch. 59, § 2 transferred the duties of the state game warden. See 17-1-6 NMSA 1978. Cross references. — For posting private property against hunting and fishing, see 17-4-6 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 17-4-16 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation|Article 4 - Propagation of Fish and Game|Section 17-4-16 - [Invoice to be delivered to purchaser; form; duplicate mailed to director.]

When the proprietor of any licensed park or lake of class A shall sell or dispose of any game or game fish as herein provided, he shall, at the same time deliver to the purchaser or donee or attach thereto an invoice signed by such proprietor or his agent, stating the number of the license and name of such park, or lake, the date of disposition, the kind, and as near as practicable the number and weight of such game or fish, the name and address of the purchaser, consignee or donee. Such invoice shall authorize transportation within this state, possession and use for thirty days after its date, and shall be substantially in the following form: STATE OF NEW MEXICO. Department of Game and Fish. Private Parks and Lakes - Invoice. Name of park or lake ...... Class A. No. of license ...... Date ...... 19 ... Kind and number of game and fish ...... Weight of same ...... lbs. Name of consignee ...... Address of consignee ...... This authorizes transportation within this state, possession and sale for thirty days after date if attached to article. ||  .........................Proprietor.    ||  By .......................... Agent.    |Such proprietor or his agent shall at the same time mail, postpaid, a duplicate of such invoice to the warden [director of the department of game and fish] at Santa Fe. History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 67; Code 1915, § 2490; C.S. 1929, § 57-309; 1941 Comp., § 43-415; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-15. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 1955, ch. 59, § 2 transferred the duties of the state game warden. See 17-1-6 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 17-4-17 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation|Article 4 - Propagation of Fish and Game|Section 17-4-17 - [Invoice to be attached during shipment.]

When any such game or fish for which an invoice is required, is to be shipped by rail, express or other carrier, public or private, the invoice shall be securely attached thereto or to the package containing the same in plain sight, and the same may then be lawfully carried and delivered within this state to the consignee named in such invoice. History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 68; Code 1915, § 2491; C.S. 1929, § 57-310; 1941 Comp., § 43-416; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-16.
NM Stat § 17-4-18 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation|Article 4 - Propagation of Fish and Game|Section 17-4-18 - [Offering game or fish for sale; storage; keeping in hotel or eating place; invoice to remain attached.]

If such game or game fish is held, exposed or offered for sale or sold by the consignee or kept in any storage, hotel, restaurant, cafe or boardinghouse, such invoice shall be kept attached thereto as aforesaid until the same shall have been prepared for consumption. History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 69; Code 1915, § 2492; C.S. 1929, § 57-311; 1941 Comp., § 43-417; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-17. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For menu as evidence of possession of game or fish, see 17-2-18 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 17-4-19 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation|Article 4 - Propagation of Fish and Game|Section 17-4-19 - [Copy of invoice to be furnished purchaser upon resale.]

In case of a sale or disposition of such game or game fish or any part thereof the vendor shall at the same time make a copy of such invoice and endorse thereon the date of sale, the number and kind of game or fish so disposed of and the name of the purchaser, and sign and deliver the same to the purchaser or donee, who shall keep it attached as aforesaid until the game or fish is prepared for consumption, and the same shall have the same force and effect as the original invoice. History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 70; Code 1915, § 2493; C.S. 1929, § 57-312; 1941 Comp., § 43-418; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-18.
NM Stat § 17-4-20 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation|Article 4 - Propagation of Fish and Game|Section 17-4-20 - [Misstatements render invoice void; violation of law; possession of game or fish without invoice unlawful.]

Any willful misstatement in or any omission of a substantial requirement from any invoice or copy thereof, shall render the same void and be deemed a violation of this chapter, and the possession of any game or game fish without such invoice or a copy thereof attached thereto when so as above required shall be unlawful. History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 71; Code 1915, § 2494; C.S. 1929, § 57-313; 1941 Comp., § 43-419; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-19. ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — For meaning of words "this chapter", see note to 17-2-11 NMSA 1978. Cross references. — For menu as evidence of possession, see 17-2-18 NMSA 1978. For possession without invoice being prima facie evidence of unlawful taking or possession, see 17-3-33 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 17-4-21 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation|Article 4 - Propagation of Fish and Game|Section 17-4-21 - [Proprietors of licensed private parks and lakes to furnish reports to director.]

The proprietor of every private park and lake licensed under the preceding sections shall, whenever required by the warden [director of the department of game and fish], make and send to the warden [director of the department of game and fish] at Santa Fe a report showing as near as practicable the kind, number, age and sex of the game, and the kind and number or weight of the game fish, added and disposed of during the year preceding and on hand at the date of the report. History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 72; Code 1915, § 2495; C.S. 1929, § 57-314; 1941 Comp., § 43-420; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-20. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 1955, ch. 59, § 2 transferred the duties of the state game warden. See 17-1-6 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 17-4-22 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation|Article 4 - Propagation of Fish and Game|Section 17-4-22 - [Channels connecting private lakes under one license; use of screens.]

The rights acquired by the proprietor of a private lake licensed hereunder, and the prohibitions hereof, shall extend to and include all channels connecting a series or group of lakes under one license, and the warden [director of the department of game and fish] may authorize the use of such screens or other appliances as may be necessary to prevent the fish in a licensed lake of class A from escaping, and it shall be the duty of the proprietor to adopt and use such screens or other appliances as the warden [director of the department of game and fish] may direct to prevent the fish in public waters from entering such lake. History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 73; Code 1915, § 2496; C.S. 1929, § 57-315; 1941 Comp., § 43-421; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-21. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 1955, ch. 59, § 2 transferred the duties of the state game warden. See 17-1-6 NMSA 1978. Cross references. — For including series of lakes in one license, see 17-4-24 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 17-4-23 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation|Article 4 - Propagation of Fish and Game|Section 17-4-23 - [Lease or grant of private park or lake; lessee or grantee deemed proprietor.]

When the owner of a private park or lake has granted or leased to another the right to keep and propagate game or fish therein, the grantee or lessee shall be deemed the proprietor and entitled to the license. History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 74; Code 1915, § 2497; C.S. 1929, § 57-316; 1941 Comp., § 43-422; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-22. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For transfer of license being required upon transfer of interest, see 17-4-27 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 17-4-24 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation|Article 4 - Propagation of Fish and Game|Section 17-4-24 - [Series of lakes may be included in one license.]

A series or group of lakes under one proprietorship or lease and situated in a reasonable proximity to each other may be included in one license, either as a private lake or licensed preserve. History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 75; Code 1915, § 2498; C.S. 1929, § 57-317; 1941 Comp., § 43-423; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-23. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For connecting channels being included, see 17-4-22 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 17-4-25 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation|Article 4 - Propagation of Fish and Game|Section 17-4-25 - [Diverse proprietorship; joint or separate licenses.]

In case of diverse proprietorship the license may be joint if the proprietors so elect, otherwise a separate license shall be required for each interest and the rights thereunder shall be coextensive with or in proportion to such interest. History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 76; Code 1915, § 2499; C.S. 1929, § 57-318; 1941 Comp., § 43-424; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-24.
NM Stat § 17-4-26 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation|Article 4 - Propagation of Fish and Game|Section 17-4-26 - [Notices against trespassing to be posted.]

There shall be kept posted conspicuously at every gate where a road or trail enters or crosses each licensed park or preserve, and at conspicuous places along the border of each licensed lake, plain notices not less than one foot square, stating that the same is private property, and warning persons against trespassing thereon. History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 77; Code 1915, § 2500; Laws 1915, ch. 101, § 19; C.S. 1929, § 57-319; 1941 Comp., § 43-425; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-25. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For posting notice of intention to protect game on private property, see 17-4-6 NMSA 1978. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Entry on private lands in pursuit of wounded game as criminal trespass, 41 A.L.R.4th 805.
NM Stat § 17-4-27 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation|Article 4 - Propagation of Fish and Game|Section 17-4-27 - [Transfer of license required upon transfer of interest.]

In case of a transfer of proprietorship or interest in any park, lake or preserve, the transferee, shall, within thirty days thereafter procure from the warden [director of the department of game and fish] a transfer of the license endorsed on the back thereof. History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 78; Code 1915, § 2501; C.S. 1929, § 57-320; 1941 Comp., § 43-426; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-26. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For lessee or grantee being deemed proprietor, see 17-4-23 NMSA 1978. Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 1955, ch. 59, § 2 transferred the duties of the state game warden. See 17-1-6 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 17-4-28 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 17 - Game and Fish and Outdoor Recreation|Article 4 - Propagation of Fish and Game|Section 17-4-28 - Parks, lakes and preserves; license; fees.

A. Licenses for private parks, lakes and preserves may be for one year, and any license shall be renewed annually at the request of the licensee. B. The director of the department of game and fish shall charge and collect just and reasonable fees for the following permits under Sections 17-4-8 through 17-4-28 NMSA 1978, as determined by regulation of the state game commission: (1) permit to capture or exchange; (2) quadruped park license; (3) each renewal of each quadruped park license; (4) one lake license; (5) each renewal of one lake license; (6) each additional lake license; (7) each renewal of each additional lake license; and (8) each certificate, permit or license not provided for in this section. History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 79; Code 1915, § 2502; C.S. 1929, § 57-321; 1941 Comp., § 43-427; 1953 Comp., § 53-4-27; Laws 1973, ch. 141, § 1; 1992, ch. 29, § 6. ANNOTATIONSThe 1992 amendment, effective April 1, 1992, rewrote the introductory language in Subsection B, deleted references to specific dollar amounts in Paragraphs (1) to (8); and made stylistic changes.