New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 3 - TAXATION
Chapter 6 - PROPERTY TAXES
Part 5 - CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY
Section 3.6.5.28 - SPECIAL METHOD OF VALUATION - LIVESTOCK

(1) the number of each class of livestock, by head, owned by the owner and located in New Mexico on January 1 of the tax year, the classes being consistent with those established in the division order referred to in Subsection D of Section 7-36-21 NMSA 1978;

(2) the numbers of each class of livestock, by head, owned by the owner and not located in New Mexico on January 1 but brought into New Mexico and located here for more than twenty days subsequent to January l, the classes being consistent with those established in the division order referred to in Subsection D of Section 7-36-21 NMSA 1978; and

(3) a statement as to the length of time during the tax year that the livestock are expected to be in New Mexico and their location, such as a feedlot or grazing on pasture, with reference to school district in the county.

(1) Livestock that are in New Mexico for a portion of a tax year exceeding twenty days will be valued at a prorated value determined by multiplying by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months or portions of a month the livestock are located in New Mexico and the denominator of which is twelve, the value of the livestock determined by the order referred to in Subsection D of Section 7-36-21 NMSA 1978. Therefore, if a head of livestock was in New Mexico for one month and five days during a tax year, the value of the head of livestock would be determined as follows: 2/12 x $100 (value per order) = $16.67 (value for property tax purposes).

(2) If livestock are imported for an indeterminate time or are exported for an indeterminate time but returned to New Mexico during the tax year and during this time of importation or exportation the cattle are:

(3) Livestock, both resident and transient, which range on land in more than one governmental unit shall be allocated among the governmental units on the basis of the proportion of range land in each governmental unit. Therefore, if livestock valued at $1,000 range on ten acres of land located one-half in X county and one-half in Y county, the value allocated to X county would be $500 and the value allocated to Y county would be $500. This allocation may be adjusted to account for a difference in carrying capacity of the grazing land in different governmental units. Values of livestock may also be allocated on the basis of the time they range on land in a governmental unit during the tax year, as that time relates to the total time the livestock are ranged on land in all governmental units in New Mexico.