New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 21 - AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING
Chapter 20 - HEMP CULTIVATION RULE
Part 2 - HEMP CULTIVATION RULE
Section 21.20.2.8 - APPLICATION/LICENSE

A. Annual Production License: Applicants cultivating hemp for annual production shall apply for an annual hemp production license no less than 25 business days prior to planting of each crop at each location. The effective date of an application received by the department shall be the date postmarked on a properly completed application received by mail. The effective date of application for documents submitted in person shall be the actual calendar date the applicant presents a properly completed application. Incomplete or improperly completed applications will be identified as invalid by the department and returned to the applicant for completion or correction. A separate application and application fee are required prior to planting of each new crop at each location. An annual hemp production license is valid for 240 days after date of issuance, or until crop destruction, whichever occurs first, for specified cannabis varieties grown annually at the specified location identified in the application.

B. Continuous Production License: Applicants cultivating hemp for continuous production and propagation purposes shall apply for a continuous production license no less 25 business days prior to planting or prior to other propagative activities. Applicants producing hemp in continuous production shall apply for a renewal of their continuous production license prior to February 1 of each year as defined by department policy. A separate application and application fee are required for each licensed location. Incomplete or improperly completed renewal applications will be identified as invalid by the department and returned to the applicant for completion or correction. The effective date of a renewal application received by the department shall be the date postmarked on a properly completed application received by mail. The effective date of application for renewal application, submitted in person, shall be the actual calendar date the applicant presents a properly completed application. A continuous production license expires January 31 of each year.