Home cannabis cultivation is legal in Las Cruces under New Mexico's Cannabis Regulation Act. An adult 21 or older may grow up to 12 plants, no more than six mature and flowering; a two-plus-adult household is capped at 12 mature plants total. The city adds no local restriction.
Las Cruces follows New Mexico state law on home grows; the city has no separate home-cultivation ordinance. Under the Cannabis Regulation Act, any adult 21 or older may cultivate cannabis at their primary residence, up to 12 plants per person with no more than six mature (flowering) at once. Where two or more adults live together, the household total is capped at 12 mature plants. Homegrown cannabis is strictly for the residents' personal use and cannot be sold or bartered without a state license. Plants must be kept secured and out of reach of minors, and the state directs that cultivation not be visible from a public place. There is no permit to grow at home.
Exceeding the plant limits, growing without securing plants from minors, or selling homegrown cannabis without a license violates state law. Personal-use overages are civil or misdemeanor matters; unlicensed sales carry felony exposure under the Cannabis Regulation Act.
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