No game or fish shall be received or held in storage except as follows, namely:

1. A. during the open season therefor and for five days thereafter when the same is stored for the person lawfully in possession of the same;
2. B. at any time of the year when there is attached thereto a proper and valid officer's invoice as provided in this chapter relating to the seizure of game and fish for not more than thirty days after the date of such invoice;
3. C. when there is attached thereto a proper and valid certificate or permit signed by the state warden [director of the department of game and fish] or deputy [conservation officer] and on its face authorizing storage of the article named therein and during the period therein stated.

History: Laws 1912, ch. 85, § 26; Code 1915, § 2449; C.S. 1929, § 57-235; 1941 Comp., § 43-222; 1953 Comp., § 53-2-20.

ANNOTATIONS

Compiler's notes. — The compilers of the 1915 Code substituted the words "this chapter" for the words "this act" in Subsection B. For disposition of Chapter 47, 1915 Code, in NMSA 1978, see note to 17-2-11 NMSA 1978.

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Laws 1955, ch. 59, § 2 transferred the duties of the state game warden. See 17-1-6 NMSA 1978.