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2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 59A - Insurance Code
Article 16C - Insurance Fraud Act
Section 59A-16C-8 - Warning required.
Universal Citation: NM Stat § 59A-16C-8 (2017)
59A-16C-8. Warning required.
Within six months of the effective date of the Insurance Fraud Act all claim forms and applications for insurance shall contain a statement permanently affixed to the application or claim form which states substantially as follows:
"ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY PRESENTS A FALSE OR FRAUDULENT CLAIM FOR PAYMENT OF A LOSS OR BENEFIT OR KNOWINGLY PRESENTS FALSE INFORMATION IN AN APPLICATION FOR INSURANCE IS GUILTY OF A CRIME AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO CIVIL FINES AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES."
The failure to include that statement shall not constitute a defense against prosecution for commission of insurance fraud.
History: Laws 1998, ch. 115, 8.
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