New Mexico Statutes

§ 77-16-1 — [Necessity for fence.]

New Mexico § 77-16-1
JurisdictionNew Mexico
Ch. 77Animals and Livestock
Art. 16Fences

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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 77-16-1 (2026).

Text

Every gardener, farmer, planter or other person having lands or crops that would be injured by trespassing animals, shall make a sufficient fence about his land in cultivation, or other lands that may be so injured, the same to correspond with the requirements of the laws of this state prescribing and defining a legal fence.

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Legislative History

Laws 1909, ch. 70, § 1; Code 1915, § 2340; C.S. 1929, § 50-101; 1941 Comp.,

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