N.M. Stat. § 17-2-17

Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 17-2-17 - Storage of game or fish

No game or fish shall be received or held in storage except as follows, namely:

A. during the open season therefor and for five days thereafter when the same is stored for the person lawfully in possession of the same;
B. at any time of the year when there is attached thereto a proper and valid officer's invoice as provided in this chapter relating to the seizure of game and fish for not more than thirty days after the date of such invoice;
C. when there is attached thereto a proper and valid certificate or permit signed by the state warden [director of the department of game and fish] or deputy [conservation officer] and on its face authorizing storage of the article named therein and during the period therein stated.

NMS § 17-2-17

Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 26; Code 1915, § 2449; C.S. 1929, § 57-235; 1941 Comp., § 43-222; 1953 Comp., § 53-2-20.