New Mexico Livestock Board
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ever your brand is your safeguard against illegal loss, unwanted
movement of livestock and disease intrusion into your herds.
It is unlawful for a person to use a brand on livestock in New Mexico without first recording the brand with the New Mexico Livestock Board. A brand registration certificate confers on the person to whom it is issued the right to use the recorded brand on an animal at a given location (left hip, right hip, left rib, etc.) until the registration expires, is transferred, or is forfeited. New Mexico Recorded Brands ' may be used statewide. A brand may be registered by filing an application for approval with the New Mexico Livestock Board at 300 San Mateo, NE, Suite 1000, Albuquerque, NM 87108. The brand recording fee is $75.00 and must accompany the application. The fee is subject to change. The payment of the fee for recording a brand confers on the owner of the brand the right to use it until the end of the re-record period in which the brand is recorded. Brands are re-recorded every three years. Renewals are processed between July 1 and October 1. The next renewal period will begin on July 1, 2008. By New Mexico State Statute, brands not renewed by October 1 are expired. Ownership of a brand is a property right and may be sold, and transferred. The fee for recording the transfer of a brand is $75.00. The fee is subject to change. The Brand shall not be used until the New Mexico Livestock Board has recorded the transfer. Once the transfer is recorded, the new owner will receive a certificate of brand in the form of a wallet card. For the Brand Bill of Sale form and instructions, click here for the .pdf version. For Brand Rerecord Instructions click here for the Word version. Back Your Brand Is Your livestock's Return Address Any person desiring to move or transport livestock from one, district to another, or beyond the limits of this state, except as provided in Section 77-9-42, NMSA 1978, and in 21 NMAC 32.2.11, must first notify the inspector in his district of his intention to move within a reasonable period of time. The inspector shall set a time and location for inspection of such livestock and, upon inspection, shall issue the necessary certificate for livestock movement. Effective October 31, 2002, the following are the inspection charges for services of the New Mexico Livestock Board, pursuant to Sections 77-2-29 and 77-2-2, NMSA 1978: Cattle & Bison $ 0.50 per head
Horse Inspection $ 0.50 per head For
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