Public Health Rules in Las Cruces, NM (2026)
2 verified public health rules for Las Cruces, New Mexico, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Rodent Control
Letting solid waste sit on your Las Cruces property so it smells or breeds flies, mosquitoes, insects, or rodents is unlawful under Code of Ordinances Sec. 25-5 whenever the utilities director calls it unsanitary or injurious to public health. The city can abate the mess itself and bill the property owner.
Las Cruces Rodent & Vector Waste Rule
Some RestrictionsLas Cruces, NM, Code of Ordinances § 25-5 (Unsanitary premises)
(a)It shall be unlawful for any person to permit or cause to remain in or about their property any solid waste, which emits odors or serves as a feeding or breeding place for flies, mosquitos, insects or rodents and which, in the opinion of the utilities director or his/her designee, is unsanitary or injurious to public health.(b)Nothing in this section prohibits the city from remedying the vio...
Syringe Disposal
City Code Sec. 19-6 bans possessing or using drug paraphernalia, but expressly exempts hypodermic syringes and needles held for the New Mexico Harm Reduction Act, Department of Health harm-reduction program supplies, and drug-testing supplies. General paraphernalia possession draws a $50.00 penalty assessment; the harm-reduction carve-out means needle-exchange participants and licensed pharmacists are not prosecuted under this section.
Las Cruces Syringe & Paraphernalia Exemption
Light RestrictionsLas Cruces, NM, Code of Ordinances § 19-6(a), (c) (Possession, delivery, manufacture, or delivery of drug paraphernalia)
(a)It is unlawful for a person to use or possess with intent to use drug paraphernalia to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled substance in violation of the Controlled Substances Act. The provisions...
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