New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 21 - AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING
Chapter 35 - LIVESTOCK MARKETING
Part 5 - CATTLE AND SHEEP REST STATIONS
Section 21.35.5.8 - LICENSING OF REST STATIONS

A. Cattle and sheep rest stations shall be licensed and bonded in accordance with Section 77-9A-2, NMSA 1978. The licensed shall renewed annually. The bond shall be in an amount of $10,000.00.

B. The NM livestock board or it's inspector shall be notified upon arrival of all shipments entering a cattle or sheep rest station. An inspection of the cattle, sheep or goats may be conducted by a livestock inspector, or his authorized agent.

C. All cattle, sheep or goats entering a cattle or sheep rest station on direct shipment from outside the continental United States, must be accompanied by an official form issued by a federal official of the U.S.D.A. showing the current health status of the shipment, indicating the type of inspection and treatment administered prior to entry, and indicating the destination of the shipment. If the cattle, sheep or goats crossed at Santa Teresa or Columbas, they must also be accompanied by the New Mexico livestock board inspection certificate issued at the port of entry.

D. All cattle, sheep or goats entering a cattle or sheep rest station from a state within the continental United States shall be accompanied by an official certificate issued by an accredited veterinarian, state, or federal official of the that state of origin, which certificate shall indicate the current health status, the place of origin, and the destination of the shipment.

E. The owner or operator of the cattle or sheep rest station shall provide a book to be used expressly by him of his agent for the purpose of recording the following information for each consignment of cattle or sheep entering the rest station:

F. The record book shall be available at any time, day or night, to a representative of the New Mexico livestock board.

G. Cattle, sheep or goat shipments entering a New Mexico cattle or sheep rest station, with a predetermined destination within, or out of the state of New Mexico, may depart without inspection, provided the shipment is not altered, sorted, reconfigured, or diverted from the destination indicated on the accompanying certificate.

H. Cattle, sheep or goat shipments entering without a predetermined destination, or shipments diverted from the predetermined destination, shall be subject to inspection at the prescribed fee, by a representative of the New Mexico livestock board.

I. Cattle, sheep or goats remaining in a cattle or sheep rest station for a period of more than twelve hours, are subject to inspection at the prescribed fee, at the discretion of the New Mexico livestock board.

J. No cattle, sheep or goats may be allowed to enter a cattle or sheep rest station without the required official certificate prescribed in 8.3 or 8.4 above until prior permission is obtained from the livestock inspector, or other official of the New Mexico livestock board.

K. The penalty for violating any of the regulations of this section shall be as provided by Section 77-9A-4, NMSA 1978, and, at the discretion of the appointed board, may result in revocation of the rest station license and forfeiture of the bond.