A. A person intending to bring sheep or goats into the state from another country or state shall give notice of his intention to the director by certified letter or delivery in person or by telephone to the director or other authorized official of the board so that the notice is received prior to the proposed day of entry. The notice shall state the number of head, the date and place the sheep or goats will be loaded and their destination. The director shall then issue a permit for entry of the sheep or goats into the state, stating in the permit the applicable board rules to be complied with before or after entry into the state.
B. The shipment shall be accompanied by a health certificate issued by a federal or state inspector or authorized veterinarian that the sheep or goats are healthy and free from disease. On arrival, the owner or person in charge of the sheep or goats shall not commingle the imported sheep or goats or release them to pasture until the inspector examines the sheep or goats as to their sanitary condition and inspects and makes a record of all the marks and brands on the sheep or goats, which record shall be forwarded to the board office and used for future reference. The inspector shall issue the owner or person in charge of the sheep or goats a copy of the brand inspection certificate if the inspector is satisfied all requirements have been met.
C. An inspection fee to be fixed by the board shall be charged and paid by the owner or person in charge of the sheep or goats to the board and received by the inspector for the inspection and certificates. If the inspector suspects that the sheep or goats are infected with a disease or finds that the owner or person in charge has not met the entry requirements, the inspector shall require the owner or the person in charge to comply with the provisions of Section 77-8-2 NMSA 1978 or other applicable statutes and rules. The provisions of this section shall not apply to sheep or goats loaded on transport vehicles that are being transported from some country or state to another country or state through New Mexico if the sheep or goats are not to be unloaded in this state except in approved rest stations or other quarantine pens for the purpose of feeding and watering the sheep or goats for a period of time not to exceed twenty-four hours.
History: 1941 Comp., § 49-873, enacted by Laws 1951, ch. 188, § 12; 1953 Comp., § 47-8-12; Laws 1963, ch. 129, § 1; 1981, ch. 357, § 3; 1993, ch. 248, § 39; 1999, ch. 282, § 37.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For certificate necessary for transportation of animals or carcasses, see 77-9-41 NMSA 1978.
The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, inserted "or goats" and deleted "scabies or other contagious or infectious" preceding "disease" throughout the section; deleted "telegraph" preceding "certified letter" in the first sentence of Subsection A; in Subsection B, rewrote the second sentence, which formerly read "On arrival, the inspector shall examine the sheep as to their sanitary condition and inspect and make a record of all the marks and brands on the sheep, which record shall be forwarded to the board office and used for future reference", and substituted "owner or person in charge of the sheep or goats" for "shipper or owner" in the third sentence; deleted "quarantine dipping and treating" preceding "provisions" in the second sentence of Subsection C; and made stylistic changes throughout the section.
The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, deleted "New Mexico livestock" preceding "board" in three places; deleted "in writing" preceding "of his intention" and substituted "prior to" for "at least forty-eight hours previous to" in the first sentence of Subsection A; inserted "or authorized veterinarian" in the first sentence of Subsection B; rewrote the third sentence of Subsection B which read "He shall then issue the shipper a health certificate if he is satisfied that the sheep are free from scabies or other contagious or infectious disease and a copy of the brand inspection certificate"; rewrote Subsection C; and made minor stylistic changes.
The 1981 amendment, in Subsection A, substituted "director of the New Mexico livestock board" for "secretary" in the first sentence and "director" for "secretary" in the first sentence preceding "or" and in the last sentence and deleted "or" following "letter" and "by" preceding "telephone" in the first sentence, inserted "New Mexico livestock" in the second sentence in Subsection B and, in Subsection C, inserted "New Mexico livestock" in the first sentence and substituted "the amount prescribed by law" for "eight cents ($.08) a head" in the first sentence and "or" for "and" following "feeding" and "sheep" for "same" preceding "for" in the last sentence.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 4 Am. Jur. 2d Animals § 52.
3A C.J.S. Animals §§ 73 to 75.