The board shall keep a suitable record of all registered brands, marks and electronic identification used for the identification of livestock in this state.
History: Laws 1895, ch. 6, § 5; C.L. 1897, § 110; Code 1915, § 121; C.S. 1929, § 4-1407; 1941 Comp., § 49-907; 1953 Comp., § 47-9-7; Laws 1983, ch. 229, § 7; 1993, ch. 248, § 45; 1978 Comp., § 77-9-9, amended and recompiled as 1978 Comp., § 77-2-7.3 by Laws 1999, ch. 282, § 12.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For certified copy of registration as prima facie proof of ownership, see 31-7-1 NMSA 1978.
The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, recompiled this section which was formerly 77-9-9 NMSA 1978 and rewrote the section, which formerly read: "It is the duty of the New Mexico livestock board to keep a suitable record of all the brands used for the branding of horses, mules, asses and any cattle in this state."
The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, substituted "any cattle" for "neat cattle".
The 1983 amendment added the catchline and substituted "is the duty of the New Mexico livestock board to keep a suitable record of all" for "shall be the duty of the cattle sanitary board to keep a suitable book, to be known as the state brand book, in which shall be recorded."