All contracts made by the owner of any animals, including horses, cattle, sheep and goats, with any other person, for the herding or caring for the same, for pay or on shares, or in any other manner except by absolute purchase, shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county or counties wherein said horses, cattle, sheep or goats are located or about to be removed. History: Laws 1923, ch. 14, § 1; C.S. 1929, § 4-311; Laws 1939, ch. 60, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 49-1202; 1953 Comp., § 47-12-2. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Recording of partido contracts deemed permissive. — Code 1915, §§ 41 and 42 (now repealed), which authorized the recording of partido contracts, were permissive and not mandatory, and a failure to record did not render the same void as to subsequent purchasers or mortgagees without notice. Encino State Bank v. Tenorio, 1922-NMSC-026, 28 N.M. 65, 206 P. 698; Page v. Jones, 1920-NMSC-039, 26 N.M. 195, 190 P. 541 (both decided under former law). Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 3A C.J.S. Animals § 18.
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