A. Each brand and grade of fertilizer and each soil conditioner product shall be registered before being distributed in the state. The application for registration shall be submitted to the department on a form furnished by the department and shall be accompanied by a fee of five dollars ($5.00) per brand or grade, except that those brands or grades sold in packages of five pounds or less shall be registered at a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) each. Upon approval by the department, a copy of the registration shall be furnished to the applicant. All registrations expire on December 31 of each year.

B. A distributor shall not be required to register a brand of fertilizer or soil conditioner that is already registered under the New Mexico Fertilizer Act by another person.

C. A distributor shall not be required to register a fertilizer formulated according to specifications that are furnished by a consumer prior to mixing but shall be required to label the fertilizer as provided in Subsection C of Section 76-11-5 NMSA 1978.

History: 1953 Comp., § 45-13-14, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 184, § 4; 1975, ch. 181, § 4; 2013, ch. 112, § 3.

The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, expanded the scope of the registration requirement to apply to all fertilizers; and in Subsections A, B and C, deleted "commercial" before "fertilizer.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 3 Am. Jur. 2d Agriculture § 57.

Constitutionality, construction, and application of statutes relating to testing or sampling of agricultural fertilizers, 147 A.L.R. 765.

3 C.J.S. Agriculture § 77.