The records required to be kept by the director, including inspector reports, shall be maintained by the board in a readily available manner, and a certified copy of any such records under the hand and seal of the director or the verified oath of an inspector shall be prima facie evidence in all courts of this state of the truth of any fact required to be recorded therein.
History: Laws 1891, ch. 34, § 9; C.L. 1897, § 215; Code 1915, § 73; C.S. 1929, § 4-808; 1941 Comp., § 49-207; 1953 Comp., § 47-2-7; Laws 1983, ch. 229, § 5; 1999, ch. 282, § 5.
ANNOTATIONSThe 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, substituted "director, including inspector reports" for "executive director of the New Mexico livestock board" near the beginning of the section, and "director or the verified oath of an inspector" for "executive director of the board" near the end.
The 1983 amendment added the catchline and substituted "executive director of the New Mexico livestock board shall be maintained by the board in a readily available manner" for "secretary of the said sanitary board shall be kept in a well bound book, to be provided by the board for that purpose" and "executive director of the board" for "secretary of said board."
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 3A C.J.S. Animals § 29.