A. A person shall not impound an estray except when the estray is found on property the person owns or controls. When a person impounds an estray, he shall, within five days of the impoundment, notify the director or an inspector of the impoundment.

Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 77-13-2

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.

B. A person having knowledge of an estray upon any public or private range, fenced or unfenced, may notify the director or an inspector, giving description of the estray, and upon instructions from the board or inspector the estray shall be turned over to an inspector for disposition as the board may direct according to law.

C. It is lawful for a person having knowledge of an estray grazing on public land, public highways or other lands used for grazing purposes in conjunction with public land and who has the prior approval of or is acting in cooperation with an agent of the board to impound and detain the estray for the purpose of ascertaining ownership by brand or other means of identification. The owner of the estray found to be in trespass shall be allowed forty-eight hours from receipt of notice of impoundment within which to claim the animal and make settlement for trespass damage. If the owner fails to claim the animal and effect a settlement for trespass damages within the time allowed, the estray detained shall be turned over to an inspector or other agent of the board for disposition in the same manner as provided for other estrays under N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 77, Article 13.

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