New Mexico § 77-1A-6 Prohibited acts; penalties

New Mexico Statutes

§ 77-1A-6 — Prohibited acts; penalties

New Mexico § 77-1A-6

Ch. 77Animals and Livestock

Art. 1ADangerous Dog

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Bluebook

N.M. Stat. Ann. § 77-1A-6 (2026).

Text

A. It is unlawful for an owner of a dangerous or potentially dangerous dog to:

(1)keep the dog without a valid certificate of registration;

(2)violate the registration and handling requirements for the dog;

(3)fail to notify the animal control authority immediately upon:

(a)the escape of the dog; or (b) an attack by the dog upon a human being or a domestic animal;

(4)fail to notify the animal control authority of the dog's death within five business days;

(5)fail to notify the animal control authority within twenty-four hours if the dog has been sold or given away and provide the name, address and telephone number of the new owner of the dog;

(6)fail to surrender the dog to an animal control authority for safe confinement pending a determination of the case when there is reason to b

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A. It is unlawful for an owner of a dangerous or potentially dangerous dog to: (1) keep the dog without a valid certificate of registration; (2) violate the registration and handling requirements for the dog; (3) fail to notify the animal control authority immediately upon: (a) the escape of the dog; or (b) an attack by the dog upon a human being or a domestic animal; (4) fail to notify the animal control authority of the dog's death within five business days; (5) fail to notify the animal control authority within twenty-four hours if the dog has been sold or given away and provide the name, address and telephone number of the new owner of the dog; (6) fail to surrender the dog to an animal control authority for safe confinement pending a determination of the case when there is reason to believe that the dog poses an imminent threat to public safety; or (7) fail to comply with special handling or care requirements for the dog that a court has ordered. B. Whoever violates a provision of Subsection A of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 31- 19-1 NMSA 1978 and, for a second or subsequent offense, is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978. C. An owner of a dangerous or potentially dangerous dog that causes serious injury or death to a domestic animal, without provocation, is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978. D. An owner of a dangerous or potentially dangerous dog that causes serious injury to a human being, without provocation, is guilty of a third degree felony and shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978. E. An owner of a dangerous or potentially dangerous dog that causes the death of a human being, without provocation, is guilty of a third degree felony resulting in the death of a human being and shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978. F. Prosecution pursuant to this section requires a showing that: (1) an owner knew of the propensity of a dog to inflict serious injury; or (2) the dog had previously been found by a court to be a dangerous or potentially dangerous dog.