STATE STATUTES & CODES

NEW MEXICO STATUTES AND CODES

Article 2 - Hunting and Fishing Regulations, 17-2-1 through 17-2-46.

• Section 17-2-1 - Commission powers.
• Section 17-2-2 - Game to be protected.
• Section 17-2-2.1 - Artificial wildlife.
• Section 17-2-3 - Protected wildlife species and game fish defined.
• Section 17-2-4 - Repealed.
• Section 17-2-4.1 - Jaguar to be protected.
• Section 17-2-4.2 - Amphibians and reptiles; protected; permits; unlawful taking; misdemeanor; penalties.
• Section 17-2-5 - Adoption of regulations; effective date.
• Section 17-2-6 - Game and fish management areas; closed lakes or streams; notice.
• Section 17-2-7 - Unlawful hunting or fishing.
• Section 17-2-7.1 - Interference prohibited; criminal penalties; civil penalties; revocation of license, certificate or permit.
• Section 17-2-7.2 - Landowner taking; conditions; department responsibilities.
• Section 17-2-8 - Waste of game.
• Section 17-2-9 - Jurisdiction of magistrate court.
• Section 17-2-10 - Violation of game and fish laws or regulations; penalties.
• Section 17-2-10.1 - Game and fish penalty assessment misdemeanors; definition; schedule of assessments.
• Section 17-2-10.2 - Game and fish penalty assessment; payment.
• Section 17-2-10.3 - Game and fish penalty assessment; license revocation.
• Section 17-2-10.4 - Game and fish penalty assessment revenue; disposition.
• Section 17-2-11 - Witness testifying for state; evidence not to be used against him.
• Section 17-2-12 - Refuges; firearms on; prohibited; exceptions.
• Section 17-2-13 - Songbirds; trapping, killing or injuring prohibited.
• Section 17-2-14 - Hawks, vultures and owls; taking, possessing, trapping, destroying, maiming or selling prohibited; exception by permit; penalty.
• Section 17-2-15 - Horned toads; killing, selling or shipping from state unlawful.
• Section 17-2-16 - Repealed.
• Section 17-2-17 - Storage of game or fish.
• Section 17-2-18 - Menu as evidence of possession of game or fish.
• Section 17-2-19 - Enforcement of game laws; powers of conservation officers.
• Section 17-2-20 - Seizure of devices used for violating law; nuisance; destruction; firearms excepted.
• Section 17-2-20.1 - Seizure and forfeiture; property subject.
• Section 17-2-20.2 - Repealed.
• Section 17-2-20.3 - Penalties.
• Section 17-2-21 - Sale or disposition of game or fish after seizure; invoice furnished purchaser or donee; disposition of proceeds of sale.
• Section 17-2-22 - Sale of evidence in cases of appeal.
• Section 17-2-23 - Reports of seizures and sales.
• Section 17-2-24 - Officer's right to use animal or vehicle transporting seized game or fish; public conveyances excepted.
• Section 17-2-25 - Game or fish in possession of passenger; carrier exempt from liability; seizure.
• Section 17-2-26 - Civil liability.
• Section 17-2-27 - District attorneys to prosecute and defend actions under fish and game laws.
• Section 17-2-28 - Indians hunting off reservations; hunting on reservations; application of laws.
• Section 17-2-29 - Hunting and boating while intoxicated or under the influence of narcotic drugs prohibited.
• Section 17-2-30 - Person convicted of hunting or boating while intoxicated or under influence of narcotic drugs; revocation and withholding of hunting and fishing license privileges.
• Section 17-2-31 - Use of artificial light while hunting prohibited.
• Section 17-2-32 - Diseased rabbits; hunting and trapping.
• Section 17-2-33 - Use of firearms by minors.
• Section 17-2-34 - Hunter training program; instructor certification; certificate of competency.
• Section 17-2-35 - Exemption.
• Section 17-2-36 - Short title.
• Section 17-2-37 - Short title.
• Section 17-2-38 - Definitions.
• Section 17-2-39 - Findings and declarations.
• Section 17-2-40 - Biennial review; investigations; recommendations of the director; procedures.
• Section 17-2-40.1 - Recovery plans; procedures.
• Section 17-2-41 - Endangered species.
• Section 17-2-42 - Management programs.
• Section 17-2-43 - Commission; power to regulate.
• Section 17-2-43.1 - Judicial review; administrative actions.
• Section 17-2-44 - Director; land or aquatic habitat interest acquisition.
• Section 17-2-45 - Penalty.
• Section 17-2-46 - Enforcement; powers of conservation officers.

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