2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 18: Libraries, Museums and Cultural Properties
Article 6: Cultural Properties, 18-6-1 through 18-6-27
Section 18-6-9.1: Cultural property; unauthorized appropriation; larceny.

18-6-9.1. Cultural property; unauthorized appropriation; larceny.

A. Any person who knowingly appropriates cultural property located on state land without a permit is guilty of larceny.

B. Any person who solicits, employs or counsels another person to appropriate cultural property located on state land without a permit is guilty of larceny.

C. Any person who receives, traffics in or sells cultural property appropriated from state land without a valid permit is guilty of larceny.

D. Whoever commits larceny pursuant to the provisions of this section and the value of the property appropriated is:

(1) less than one hundred dollars ($100) is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978;

(2) over one hundred dollars ($100) but less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978;

(3) two hundred dollars ($200) or more but less than two thousand five hundred ($2,500) is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978;

(4) two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or more but less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is guilty of a third degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978; or

(5) more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is guilty of a second degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978.