2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 59A - Insurance Code
Article 5 - Authorization of Insurers and General Requirements
Section 59A-5-30 - Penalties for late, false annual statements.
59A-5-30. Penalties for late, false annual statements.
A. Any insurer failing, without just cause reasonably beyond control of the insurer, to file its annual statement as required in Section 59A-5-29 NMSA 1978 shall be required to pay a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day's delay, but not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) in aggregate amount. This penalty may be in addition to any refusal to continue, or suspension or revocation of, the insurer's certificate of authority for such failure.
B. Any director, officer, agent or employee of any insurer who subscribes to, makes or concurs in making or publishing any annual or other statement of the insurer required by law, knowing the same to contain any material statement that is false, shall upon conviction thereof be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be sentenced to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), unless by its extent and nature the offense is punishable under other statutes as a felony.
History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, 97; 2017, ch. 130, 4.
