New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 21 - AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING
Chapter 32 - BRANDS, OWNERSHIP, AND TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS
Part 4 - IMPORT REQUIREMENTS (TRANSPORTATION OF LIVESTOCK INTO NEW MEXICO)
Section 21.32.4.8 - IMPORT REQUIREMENTS FOR CATTLE, INCLUDING BISON

Universal Citation: 21 NM Admin Code 21.32.4.8

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. A health certificate or other approved New Mexico livestock board document from the state of origin and a New Mexico entry permit are required on all shipments of cattle entering New Mexico.

B. Upon arrival at destination, the owner or agent must notify the New Mexico livestock board inspector in order to make the arrangements for inspection of the shipments prior to commingling with other cattle or release to pasture.

C. The inspection will be for the purpose of determining that the shipment has met all applicable import requirements including but not necessarily limited to: scabies dipping, brucellosis testing, tuberculosis testing, brand regulations and inspection to confirm the shipment does conform to the description of the animals as stated on the required permit and health certificate.

D. The test charts and dipping certificates, when applicable, shall remain with the shipment upon arrival; otherwise the shipment will be quarantined until evidence has been presented.

E. There will be an import inspection charge to be paid at completion of the inspection, except when there is a waiver of import inspection and/or fees for import cattle moving in accordance with a commuter agreement as described in Subsection F of 21.32.3.8 NMAC, below.

F. Import inspections and/or fees will be waived upon request of the owner of bona fide and approved Colorado or Arizona and New Mexico commuter cattle when that owner brings commuter cattle to New Mexico as part of their normal commuter cattle operation and when the following conditions are met:

(1) the owner notifies the appropriate New Mexico livestock board inspector prior to movement and furnishes the appropriate New Mexico livestock board inspector with a valid copy of the Colorado or Arizona export inspection within 48 hours (two days) after arrival in New Mexico; and

(2) the owner understands that the New Mexico livestock board inspector may conduct a spot check inspection of arriving cattle for which no fee will be charged; and

(3) Colorado and Arizona maintain at least "A" status in the brucellosis eradication program; and

(4) the Colorado board of stock inspection or the Arizona livestock board has conducted a visual and complete inspection of the commuter herd owner's cattle departing Colorado or Arizona; and

(5) all of the cattle arriving from Colorado or Arizona are owned by the commuter herd operator and are those cattle and their offspring, which were originally shipped from New Mexico to Colorado or Arizona and are now returning to New Mexico; none of the cattle arriving are cattle which were introduced into the herd in Colorado or Arizona from sources other than the owner's bona fide and approved commuter herd; and

(6) all health requirements for commuter herd operations are met, to include necessary health certificates and permits.

Disclaimer: These regulations may not be the most recent version. New Mexico may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.