• ARTICLE 1 STATE GAME COMMISSION
    • 17-1-1. [Declaration of policy.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-1-2. State game commission; appointment; term.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-1-3. Members to serve without compensation; per diem and mileage.
    • 17-1-4. [Organization; annual and called meetings; secretary.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-1-5. Employment and discharge of director and other employees; department of game and fish created.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-1-5.1. Conservation services division; duties.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-1-6. [Transfer of duties and obligations.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-1-7. [Position of reserve conservation officer created.]
    • 17-1-8. [Qualifications of reserve conservation officers.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-1-9. Powers and duties of reserve conservation officers.
    • 17-1-10. [Issuance of reserve conservation officer commissions; revocation.]
    • 17-1-11. Conservation officers; official duties; insurance.
    • 17-1-12. Repealed.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-1-13. [Seal of director.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-1-14. General powers and duties of state game commission; game protection fund.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-1-15. Disbursement of money; limitation on expenditures.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-1-16. Short title.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-1-17. Purpose of act.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-1-18. Bonding authority.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-1-19. Bonds; form; terms.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-1-20. Sale of bonds.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-1-21. Proceeds from sale of bonds.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-1-22. Security; retirement of bonds.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-1-22.1. Game and fish capital outlay fund; created; transfer of money; state board of finance approval.
    • 17-1-23. Construction.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-1-24. Tax exemptions.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-1-25. Refunding.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-1-26. [Commission's power to establish rules and regulations; predatory animals; eradication.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-1-27. [Hearings on rules and regulations; petition; publication of notice of hearing.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-1-28. [Assent to act of congress concerning wildlife restoration projects.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-1-29. [Distribution of moneys received from United States government.]
  • ARTICLE 2 HUNTING AND FISHING REGULATIONS
    • PART 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
      • 17-2-1. Commission powers.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-2. Game to be protected.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-3. Protected wildlife species and game fish defined.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-4. [Bullfrogs classed as protected species.]
      • 17-2-5. Adoption of regulations; effective date.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-6. Game and fish management areas; closed lakes or streams; notice.
      • 17-2-7. Unlawful hunting or fishing.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-7.1. Interference prohibited; criminal penalties; civil penalties; revocation of license, certificate or permit.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-8. Waste of game.
      • 17-2-9. Jurisdiction of magistrate court.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-10. Violation of game and fish laws or regulations; penalties.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-10.1. Game and fish penalty assessment misdemeanors; definition; schedule of assessments.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-10.2. Game and fish penalty assessment; payment.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-10.3. Game and fish penalty assessment; license revocation.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-10.4. Game and fish penalty assessment revenue; disposition.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-11. [Witness testifying for state; evidence not to be used against him.]
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-12. Refuges; firearms on; prohibited; exceptions.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-13. Songbirds; trapping, killing or injuring prohibited.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-14. Hawks, vultures and owls; taking, possessing, trapping, destroying, maiming or selling prohibited; exception by permit; penalty.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-15. [Horned toads; killing, selling or shipping from state unlawful.]
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-16. Bullfrogs; capturing or killing without license prohibited; selling prohibited.
      • 17-2-17. [Storage of game or fish.]
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-18. [Menu as evidence of possession of game or fish.]
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-19. Enforcement of game laws; powers of conservation officers.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-20. [Seizure of devices used for violating law; nuisance; destruction; firearms excepted.]
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-20.1. Seizure and forfeiture; property subject.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-20.2. Forfeiture; procedure.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-20.3. Penalties.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-21. [Sale or disposition of game or fish after seizure; invoice furnished purchaser or donee; disposition of proceeds of sale.]
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-22. Sale of evidence in cases of appeal.
      • 17-2-23. [Reports of seizures and sales.]
      • 17-2-24. [Officer's right to use animal or vehicle transporting seized game or fish; public conveyances excepted.]
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-25. [Game or fish in possession of passenger; carrier exempt from liability; seizure.]
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-26. Civil liability.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-27. [District attorneys to prosecute and defend actions under fish and game laws.]
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-28. [Indians hunting off reservations; hunting on reservations; application of laws.]
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-29. [Hunting and boating while intoxicated or under the influence of narcotic drugs prohibited.]
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-30. [Person convicted of hunting or boating while intoxicated or under influence of narcotic drugs; revocation and withholding of hunting and fishing license privileges.]
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-31. [Hunting by spotlight or artificial light prohibited.]
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-32. Diseased rabbits; hunting and trapping.
        • ANNOTATIONS
    • PART 2 HUNTER TRAINING ACT
      • 17-2-33. Use of firearms by minors.
      • 17-2-34. Hunter training program; instructor certification; certificate of competency.
      • 17-2-35. Exemption.
      • 17-2-36. Short title.
    • PART 3 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ACT
      • 17-2-37. Short title.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-38. Definitions.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-39. Findings and declarations.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-40. Biennial review; investigations; recommendations of the director; procedures.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-40.1. Recovery plans; procedures.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-41. Endangered species.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-42. Management programs.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-43. Commission; power to regulate.
      • 17-2-43.1. Judicial review; administrative actions.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-44. Director; land or aquatic habitat interest acquisition.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-2-45. Penalty.
      • 17-2-46. Enforcement; powers of conservation officers.
        • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE 3 LICENSES AND PERMITS
    • PART 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
      • 17-3-1. Current license required.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-3-2. Classes of licenses.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-3-3. Repealed.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-3-4. Residence.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-3-5. Application for hunting or fishing licenses; contents; filing.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-3-6. False statements; using license issued to another; hunting without license lawfully procured; altering licenses.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-3-7. Blank forms; license issued only on application; false statement voids license; records; reports; accounting for fees collected.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-3-8. Loss of application blanks by license collector; accounting.
      • 17-3-9. Application blanks lost by license collector to be void.
      • 17-3-10. Presumption of loss [sale].
      • 17-3-11. Possession of license declared void is unlawful.
      • 17-3-12. Accounting for licenses.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-3-13. License fees.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-3-13.1. Disabled veteran; license fee exemption; lifetime license.
      • 17-3-13.2. Repealed.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-3-14. Director authorized to issue license when agreement to hunt antelope on deeded or leased property is made.
      • 17-3-14.1. Landowner permits for elk.
      • 17-3-15. Additional deer license.
      • 17-3-16. Funds; special drawings for licenses.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-3-16.1. Bighorn sheep enhancement permit; issuance; use.
      • 17-3-17. Fishing without license; exceptions.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-3-18. Director authorized to issue fishing permit without license to certain handicapped persons.
      • 17-3-19. Special license; minors fishing on scout property.
      • 17-3-20. [Disposition of fees collected under 17-3-19.]
      • 17-3-21. [Season and bag limits applicable to minors holding special license.]
      • 17-3-22. [Administration of 17-3-19 to 17-3-22.]
      • 17-3-23. Fishing on lands of New Mexico boys' school near Springer authorized for resident children without a license.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-3-24. [Supervision of fishing at boys' school.]
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-3-25. Patients at Carrie Tingley crippled children's hospital; fishing on hospital lands by patients; supervision.
      • 17-3-26. Taking minnows and nongame fish to sell as bait; license required; exception.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-3-27. Bait license; bond; fee; issuance.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-3-28. [Exceptions from 17-3-26, 17-3-27; taking bait for own use; persons under 15; unlawful to place nongame fish in certain waters.]
      • 17-3-29. Permit to take game, birds or fish as specimens or for scientific or propagating purposes; eligibility; issuance; contents; nonassignable; sale for food purposes prohibited.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-3-30. [Sending game animals, birds and fish to officers of other states.]
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-3-31. [Permit to capture or destroy protected game damaging crops or property; beavers.]
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-3-32. Importing game animals; permits.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-3-32.1. Exceptions from certain permits.
      • 17-3-33. Presumption from possession of game or fish without license; showing license to officer.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-3-34. Revocation of license, certificate or permit for violation of law; notice and hearing; judicial review.
        • ANNOTATIONS
    • PART 2 REGULATED SHOOTING PRESERVE ACT
      • 17-3-35. Short title.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-3-36. Regulated shooting preserves; fees.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-3-37. Definition.
      • 17-3-38. Tags.
      • 17-3-39. Special nonresident licenses.
      • 17-3-40. Regular licenses.
      • 17-3-41. Commercial operation of.
      • 17-3-42. Revocation of permits.
    • PART 3 AIRBORNE HUNTING ACT
      • 17-3-43. Short title.
      • 17-3-44. Definitions.
      • 17-3-45. Shooting from aircraft; causing injury by aircraft; penalty.
        • ANNOTATIONS
      • 17-3-46. Applicability.
      • 17-3-47. Permit.
    • PART 4 PENALTIES
      • 17-3-48. Purchase or use of license, certificate or permit, or hunting or fishing while under suspension or revocation; penalty.
  • ARTICLE 4 PROPAGATION OF FISH AND GAME
    • 17-4-1. [Power of state game commission to acquire land.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-4-2. Eminent domain power; abandonment or relinquishment of property acquired.
    • 17-4-3. [Exchange, sale, lease, sublease and assignment of lands by commission; proceeds.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-4-4. [Sale of former state bird farm; mineral rights reserved.]
    • 17-4-5. [Fish hatcheries established by United States; exemption from state laws.]
    • 17-4-6. Hunting and fishing on private property; posting; penalty.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-4-7. Liability of landowner permitting persons to hunt, fish or use lands for recreation; duty of care; exceptions.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-4-8. [Parks or waters for propagation of game or fish; license required.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-4-9. [Unlicensed parks or lakes deemed public nuisance; abatement; liberation of game or fish; each day separate offense.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-4-10. [Transportation of game or fish taken from unlicensed parks or waters prohibited.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-4-11. [Licensing of private lakes and parks; "proprietor" defined.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-4-12. [Application for license; contents; maximum area; fencing.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-4-13. [Form of license.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-4-14. [Reduction in flow of water detrimental to fish in stream prohibited.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 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.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-4-16. [Invoice to be delivered to purchaser; form; duplicate mailed to director.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-4-17. [Invoice to be attached during shipment.]
    • 17-4-18. [Offering game or fish for sale; storage; keeping in hotel or eating place; invoice to remain attached.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-4-19. [Copy of invoice to be furnished purchaser upon resale.]
    • 17-4-20. [Misstatements render invoice void; violation of law; possession of game or fish without invoice unlawful.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-4-21. [Proprietors of licensed private parks and lakes to furnish reports to director.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-4-22. [Channels connecting private lakes under one license; use of screens.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-4-23. [Lease or grant of private park or lake; lessee or grantee deemed proprietor.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-4-24. [Series of lakes may be included in one license.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-4-25. [Diverse proprietorship; joint or separate licenses.]
    • 17-4-26. [Notices against trespassing to be posted.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-4-27. [Transfer of license required upon transfer of interest.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-4-28. Parks, lakes and preserves; license; fees.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-4-29. Floating logs in fish stream; restocking; penalty.
    • 17-4-30. [Federal aid.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-4-31. [Federal funds; disbursement.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-4-32. Destruction of boundary markers [; penalty].
  • ARTICLE 5 TRAPPERS AND FUR DEALERS
    • 17-5-1. Declaration of policy.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-5-2. Fur-bearing and nongame animals defined; property of state.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-5-3. Seasons; special permits to take animals doing damage.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-5-4. State game commission to administer act; rules and regulations.
    • 17-5-5. Trapper's licenses.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-5-6. Fur dealer licenses.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-5-7. [Disposition of license fees.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-5-8. [Officers authorized to enforce act.]
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-5-9. Penalty; revocation of license; sale of pelts.
      • ANNOTATIONS
  • ARTICLE 6 HABITAT PROTECTION
    • 17-6-1. Short title.
    • 17-6-2. Definitions.
    • 17-6-3. Restrictions on motor vehicle use; recommendations; rules and regulations.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-6-4. Notices of restrictions; posting; publication.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-6-5. Prohibition against vehicle travel.
    • 17-6-6. Exceptions.
    • 17-6-7. Expenditure of funds; functions.
    • 17-6-8. Limitation of liability on landowners.
    • 17-6-9. Enforcement.
    • 17-6-10. Commissioner of public lands exempt.
    • 17-6-11. Violations; penalty.
  • ARTICLE 7 SHOOTING RANGE FUND
    • 17-7-1. Short title.
    • 17-7-2. Fund created.
      • ANNOTATIONS
    • 17-7-3. Administration.
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Historical New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978

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Chapter 17 - Game and Fish (1995 Repl.) (1995)

Collection Historical New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978
File Number Chapter 17 NMSA 1978

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