Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Importation: A copy of a valid falconer
permit shall suffice as an importation permit for raptors brought into the
state.
(1) A permitted falconer may import
any raptor from another state, provided that the permittee does not exceed the
number and species of raptors that can be held under his or her
permit.
(2) The holder of a New
Mexico temporary foreign visitor falconer permit may only import captive-bred
raptor(s) from another state, provided the falconer does not exceed the number
and species of raptors that he or she may possess.
B. Temporary importation: an importation
permit is not required by nonresident falconers temporarily importing and
possessing a raptor while in transit or for the purpose of falconry.
C. Relocation importation: a permitted
falconer shall notify the department prior to relocating to New Mexico with a
legally possessed raptor. Within 10 days of the arrival, notification shall be
filed through USFWS 3-186A electronic reporting system unless otherwise
required or approved by the department. The permittee shall document that the
raptor was legally obtained, with such certificates, permits to take, federal
form 3-186A submitted by the raptor propagator, etc.
D. Transportation of raptors:
(1) A New Mexico falconer may transport
within New Mexico a raptor held under his or her permit and raptor(s) held for
another falconer while in temporary care.
(2) A permittee may remove the raptor from
New Mexico for meets, trials, and hunting in other states and return the raptor
to New Mexico without obtaining New Mexico importation permit, provided the
falconer permittee obtains any permit or license required for this activity by
the state into which the raptor is taken.
(3) A nonresident falconer does not need an
importation permit to bring a falconry raptor(s) into New Mexico for hunting or
attending a falconry meet as provided in Chapter
17-3-32.1
NMSA 1978 Compilation.
E. Temporary holding of raptors: Raptors
possessed under authority of a New Mexico falconry permit may be temporarily
held or flown by another person (caretaker) at a location different than the
falconer's.
(1) The permittee shall provide
such caretaker with a signed statement authorizing the temporary transfer of
the raptor to the caretaker and the temporary holding facility, as well as a
copy of the federal 3186A form showing the permittee legally acquired the
raptor.
(2) If the period of care
will exceed 120 days, the permittee shall send written notification of such
extended temporary care to the department no later than five days prior to the
temporary care.
(3) The care of a
permittee's raptor may be extended indefinitely by the department in
extenuating circumstances such as illness, military service, or family
emergency. Notification shall include the name and location of the caretaker,
the reason for the extended temporary care, whether the raptor(s) may be
exercised and flown, and approximately how many days the caretaker will be
responsible for the raptor(s).
