If any animal, after having been impounded by any person under the provisions of this article, shall escape or be taken from the possession or custody of such person before the same shall have been disposed of under the provisions of the [this] article, then such person or the New Mexico livestock board or its authorized inspector shall have the right to recover the animal wherever the same may be found, to be held until disposed of as provided for in this article.
History: Laws 1907, ch. 80, § 9; Code 1915, § 165; C.S. 1929, § 4-1509; 1941 Comp., § 49-1509; 1953 Comp., § 47-14-9; Laws 1977, ch. 165, § 8.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Compiler's notes. — The words "this article" at the end of this section first appeared in Laws 1977, ch. 165, and refer to Article 14 of Chapter 47, 1953 Comp., the present provisions of which are compiled as 77-13-1 to 77-13-10 NMSA 1978.
The 1977 amendment substituted "impounding" for "taking up" at the end of the catchline of this section, substituted "impounded" for "taken up" near the beginning of the section, inserted "or the New Mexico livestock board or its authorized inspector" and made other minor changes.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 3A C.J.S. Animals § 129.