A person, whether acting as a common carrier or otherwise, who brings into New Mexico any dairy cattle of the kind described in Section 77-5-4 NMSA 1978 in violation of the provisions of Chapter 77, Article 5 NMSA 1978 or of any of the rules promulgated by the board for the enforcement of that article is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978.
History: Laws 1929, ch. 159, § 5; C.S. 1929, § 4-1105; 1941 Comp., § 49-505; 1953 Comp., § 47-5-5; Laws 1999, ch. 282, § 35.
ANNOTATIONSThe 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, inserted "dairy" preceding "cattle", updated statutory references, deleted "New Mexico Cattle Sanitary" preceding "board for the enforcement", substituted "shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978" for "be punished by a fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty days nor more than six months" at the end; and made stylistic changes throughout the section.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 3A C.J.S. Animals § 93.