{"data":{"id":"us-nm/30-18-3","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"30-18-3","heading":"Unlawful branding.","body":"Unlawful branding consists of either:\nA. branding, marking or causing to be branded or marked any animal, which is the property of another, with any brand not the brand of the owner of the animal;\nB. defacing or obliterating any brand or mark upon any animal which is the property of another; or\nC. using any brand unless said brand shall have been duly recorded in the office of the cattle sanitary board of New Mexico [New Mexico livestock board] or the sheep sanitary board of New Mexico [New Mexico livestock board], whichever is applicable, and the person holds a certificate from the cattle sanitary board [New Mexico livestock board] or the sheep sanitary board [New Mexico livestock board] certifying to the fact of such record.\nWhoever commits unlawful branding is guilty of a fourth degree felony.","path":["Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses","ARTICLE 18 Animals"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18530/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"e5d670a6886518a70c8fb39f4a481b12a9d18ead12e428d9b89a1c8dce819b67","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/30-18-2.1","next":"us-nm/30-18-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}