76-7A-9: Prohibited acts; permits.

No person shall knowingly move a harmful plant or article that is capable of harboring a harmful plant into or within New Mexico unless such person is granted a permit for such purpose by the department in accordance with regulations of the board. The department may refuse to issue a permit for the movement of harmful plants when in the opinion of the department such movement would involve a danger of dissemination of the harmful plant within the state. No person, unless granted a permit for such purpose by the department, shall sell, purchase, barter, exchange, give or receive a plant that has been declared to be a harmful plant by the board.