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2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses
Article 12 - Abuse of Privacy
Section 30-12-14 - Unlawful burial.
Universal Citation: NM Stat § 30-12-14 (2019)
Unlawful burial consists of the using of any land or lands as a burial place of interment within fifty yards from either side of the bank or border of any stream, river or any body of water, by a person or persons, society of persons, order, corporation or corporations.
Whoever commits unlawful burial is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History: 1953 Comp., § 40A-12-4, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 12-4.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For burial of unclaimed dead, see 24-12-1 to 24-12-3 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 22A Am. Jur. 2d Dead Bodies § 46.
Liability of cemetery in connection with conducting or supervising burial services, 42 A.L.R.4th 1059.
25A C.J.S. Dead Bodies § 10.
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