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N.M. Stat. § 30-18-15 (2026)

Intracardiac injection prohibited on conscious animal.

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A. It is unlawful for an employee or agent of an animal control service or facility,
animal shelter or humane society to use intracardiac injection to administer euthanasia
on a conscious animal if the animal could first be rendered unconscious in a humane
manner.

   B. A person who violates the provisions 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.

History: Laws 2004, ch. 35, § 1.

                                     ANNOTATIONS

Effective dates. — Laws 2004, ch. 35 contained no effective date provision, but,
pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 19, 2004, 90 days after
adjournment of the legislature.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2005–2014 · leading case: State v. Olsson, 2014-NMSC-012.
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State v. Olsson, 2014-NMSC-012. · cites it 2× “NMSA 1978, § 30-18-15(A)(10) (2007) (prescribing a basic sentence of eighteen months imprisonment for a fourth-degree felony).”
State v. Caldwell, 2008-NMCA-049, 182 P.3d 775. “According to the applicable version of the statute, fraud over $250 but less than $2,500 was a fourth degree felony, § 30-16-6 (1987), punishable by up to eighteen months’ incarceration, NMSA 1978, § 31-18-15(A)(6) (1999) (amended 2007) (current version at § 30-18-15(A)(10)),…”
State v. Parson, 2005-NMCA-083, 115 P.3d 236. · cites it 2× “Section 30-18-15, the last section in Article 18, proscribes certain injections by personnel of an animal control service or facility, animal shelter, or humane society.”
State v. Olsson & Ballard, 2014-NMSC-012, 324 P.3d 1230. · cites it 4× “NMSA 1978, § 30-18-15(A)(10) (2007) (prescribing a basic sentence of eighteen months imprisonment for a fourth-degree felony).”
N.M. Stat. § 30-18-15(A)(10): 3 cases
State v. Olsson, 2014-NMSC-012. “NMSA 1978, § 30-18-15(A)(10) (2007) (prescribing a basic sentence of eighteen months imprisonment for a fourth-degree felony).”
State v. Caldwell, 2008-NMCA-049, 182 P.3d 775. “According to the applicable version of the statute, fraud over $250 but less than $2,500 was a fourth degree felony, § 30-16-6 (1987), punishable by up to eighteen months’ incarceration, NMSA 1978, § 31-18-15(A)(6) (1999) (amended 2007) (current version at § 30-18-15(A)(10)),…”
State v. Olsson & Ballard, 2014-NMSC-012, 324 P.3d 1230. “NMSA 1978, § 30-18-15(A)(10) (2007) (prescribing a basic sentence of eighteen months imprisonment for a fourth-degree felony).”
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