{"data":{"id":"us-nm/77-1-19","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"77-1-19","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in the Pet Sterilization Act:\nA. \"animal\" means a cat or dog;\nB. \"animal shelter\" means any animal facility operated privately or by or for a municipality or county, in which stray, lost or unwanted animals are kept and released for adoption;\nC. \"sterilization\" means rendering an animal unable to reproduce, either by the spaying of a female animal or by the neutering of a male animal; and\nD. \"sterilization deposit\" means that portion of the adoption fee charged by the animal shelter when a person adopts an unsterilized animal; the \"sterilization deposit\" is refunded when the animal is sterilized.","path":["Chapter 77 - Animals and Livestock","ARTICLE 1 Dogs and Domesticated Animals"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18580/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:20Z","sha256":"88410e870337ae83d947ffec34b1bec85dd5b602482d579420b162a337fc9fc2","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/77-1-18","next":"us-nm/77-1-20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}