If any animal, after having been impounded by any person under the provisions of this article, shall escape or be taken from the possession or custody of such person before the same shall have been disposed of under the provisions of the [this] article, then such person or the New Mexico livestock board or its authorized inspector shall have the right to recover the animal wherever the same may be found, to be held until disposed of as provided for in this article.
§ 77-13-9 NMSA 1978
Escape or removal of estray; possessory right of person impounding
Laws 1907, ch. 80, § 9; Code 1915, § 165; C.S. 1929, § 4-1509; 1941 Comp., § 49-1509; 1953 Comp., § 47-14-9; Laws 1977, ch. 165, § 8.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.