N.M. Stat. § 17-2-17
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§ 17-2-17. Storage of game or fish
Official statutory text
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.
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.
Status: in_force
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