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2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses
Article 32 - Forest Fires
Section 30-32-4 - [Civil action for damages.]
Universal Citation: NM Stat § 30-32-4 (2019)
If any person shall set on fire any woods, marshes, prairies, whether his own or not, so as thereby to occasion any damage to any other person, such person shall make satisfaction in double damages to the party injured, to be recovered by civil action.
History: Laws 1882, ch. 61, § 7; C.L. 1884, § 2314; C.L. 1897, § 3222; Code 1915, § 1518; C.S. 1929, § 35-1412; 1941 Comp., § 41-1807; 1953 Comp., § 40-18-7.
ANNOTATIONSLaw reviews. — For note, "Forest Fire Protection on Public and Private Lands in New Mexico," see 4 Nat. Resources J. 374 (1964).
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Liability for spread of fire intentionally set for legitimate purpose, 25 A.L.R.5th 391.
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