All expenses incurred in and by the inspection and quarantine of livestock under Section 77-3-17 NMSA 1978 shall be a lien on such livestock to secure the payment thereof in favor of the board, as an indemnity for the expenses so incurred. All loss and damages incurred and suffered by any person, company or corporation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be lien on the livestock so unlawfully imported in favor of the person, company or corporation so incurring or suffering such loss or damage. All liens covered by this section shall take precedence and priority over any other lien or encumbrance on any such livestock existing at the time of their unlawful importation as aforesaid or at any time subsequent thereto. All such liens shall subsist and become effective as security for ultimate payment without any other act or proceeding whatever and after judgment any such lien may be foreclosed by sale of the livestock on execution.

History: Laws 1889, ch. 106, § 15; C.L. 1897, § 195; Code 1915, § 92; C.S. 1929, § 4-909; 1941 Comp., § 49-316; 1953 Comp., § 47-3-18; Laws 1993, ch. 248, § 32.

Compiler's notes. — The words "this chapter" refer to Laws 1889, ch. 106, the present provisions of which are compiled as 77-2-18, 77-2-19, and 77-3-13 to 77-3-18 NMSA 1978.

The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, added the current catchline; substituted "livestock" for "cattle" throughout the section; substituted "Section 77-3-17 NMSA 1978" for "the preceding Section"; and made minor stylistic changes.