New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 21 - AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING › Chapter 32 - BRANDS, OWNERSHIP, AND TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS › Part 3 - TRANSPORTATION OF LIVESTOCK › Section 21.32.3.9 - DESIGNATED PLACE OF INSPECTION

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Any person desiring to move or transport livestock from one district to another, or beyond the limits of this state, except as provided in Section 77-9-42, NMSA 1978, and in 21.32.3.11 NMAC, must first notify the inspector in his district of his intention of move within a reasonable period of time. The inspector or his deputy shall set a time and location for inspection of such livestock and, upon inspection, shall issue the necessary certificate for livestock movement.
B. Fees for inspection of livestock shall be due and payable at the time the certificate for livestock movement is issued. Any unpaid fee shall constitute a lien on all such livestock in accordance with Section 77-9-38, NMSA 1978, until such fees are paid.
C. Not withstanding the provisions of Subsections A and B of 21.32.3.9 NMAC above and Subsection E of 21.32.3.10 NMAC below, any person desiring to move or transport cattle, sheep, or horses, from one district to another within the limits of this state may move such livestock without prior inspection, provided that:
(1) for the purposes of this paragraph "livestock" shall be horses, cattle, or sheep; and
(2) the livestock are to be moved to a licensed livestock auction market within the state to be sold; and
(3) the cattle or sheep are legally branded or in the case of horses they are branded or identified by another means in accordance New Mexico statutes or board rules; and
(4) such person first notifies the inspector or proper authority at such licensed livestock auction market prior to such intended movement and, provides that person with the brand, number, description of such livestock, the name of the person owning said livestock; and
(5) provided further the inspector, his deputy, or proper authority shall confirm the information with the person intending to transport such livestock to be sold and shall issue a non-transferable permit number to the person stating the date the livestock auction will be held and said permit will be void on this date; and
(6) upon request by any livestock inspector, the person transporting livestock under a non-transferable permit number, shall reveal such number, the name of the inspector issuing the number, and such other information as is necessary to verify the legality of the livestock movement; and
(7) upon receiving any livestock moved or transported under a telephone authorization number the person receiving such livestock to be sold shall maintain them separately and shall notify the livestock inspector that such livestock are available for inspection; such livestock shall remain separate from any other livestock until such time as an inspector or his deputy has completed an actual inspection as provided in Sections 77-9-41 and 77-10-5, NMSA 1978, and a certificate of inspection has been issued to the owner or his agent; and
(8) should any person receiving a telephone authorization to transport livestock to be sold transport any livestock not in his ownership, said person will be responsible to the rightful owner and will transport those livestock back to the point of origin to the rightful owner, under the direction and supervision of the New Mexico livestock board; and
(9) all fees and expenses incurred in returning livestock to the rightful owner will be the responsibility of the shipper or persons who caused the animals to be shipped in error.