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2014 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations
Section 9 Used Merchandise
Section 57-9-2 Definitions.
NM Stat § 57-9-2 (2014) What's This?
57-9-2. Definitions.
As used in the Used Merchandise Act [57-9-1 to 57-9-3, 57-9-4, 57-9-5 NMSA 1978]:
A. "store" means any pawnshop, second hand store, junkshop, automobile salvage or wreckage establishment or any place of operation for dealing in or purchasing gold, silver or platinum, but does not include any shop or establishment insofar as it purchases or deals in paper products or used beverage containers, other than those made of gold, silver or platinum; and
B. "identification" means a valid New Mexico driver's license, a federal social security card, a valid armed forces identification card, a federal census number, a valid medicare identification card, a valid passport or any valid juvenile identification card issued by a municipality of this state.
History: 1953 Comp., 49-13-2, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 155, 2; 1981, ch. 323, 1.
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