2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 72 - Water Law
Article 8 - Offenses and Penalties Under Water Act of 1907
Section 72-8-6 - General penalty.

NM Stat § 72-8-6 (2016) What's This?

72-8-6. [General penalty.]

All violations of the provisions of this article, declared to be misdemeanors, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor less than ten dollars ($10.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and any justice [magistrate] court of the county in which such misdemeanor has been committed shall have jurisdiction thereof.

History: Laws 1907, ch. 49, 51; Code 1915, 5710; C.S. 1929, 151-163; 1941 Comp., 77-706; 1953 Comp., 75-7-6.

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