New Mexico § 17-1-26 - Commission's power to establish rules and regulations; predatory animals; eradication
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 17-1-26 — Commission's power to establish rules and regulations; predatory animals; eradication, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 17-1-26. Commission's power to establish rules and regulations; predatory animals; eradication
The state game commission is hereby authorized and directed to make such rules and
regulations and establish such service as it may deem necessary to carry out all the
provisions and purposes of this act, and all other acts relating to game and fish,
and in making such rules and regulations and in providing when, to what extent, if
at all, and by what means game animals, birds and fish may be hunted, taken, captured,
killed, possessed, sold, purchased and shipped, the state game and fish commission
[state game commission] shall give due regard to the zones of temperatures, and to
the distribution, abundance, economic value and breeding habits of such game animals,
birds and fish. The state game commission is hereby authorized to spend such reasonable amounts as
in its judgment is desirable and necessary annually from their funds not otherwise
needed for the eradication of predatory animals.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 17-1-26 ("Commission's power to establish rules and regulations; predatory animals; eradication") is part of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Mexico. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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