2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses
Article 37 - Tobacco Products
Section 61-37-14 - Documentary evidence of age and identity. (Effective January 1, 2021.)
A. A retailer or an employee of a retailer shall not knowingly, intentionally or negligently fail to verify the age of a consumer purchasing tobacco products.
B. Except as provided in Subsection C of this section, evidence of the age and identity of a person attempting to procure tobacco products in person shall be shown by a valid document that contains a picture of that person and is issued by a federal, state, county, municipal, tribal or foreign government, including a motor vehicle driver's license or an identification card.
C. For each sale made through a delivery sales method, age verification shall be completed through an independent, third-party age verification service that establishes that a consumer is of legal age by comparing information available from public records to personal information entered by the consumer during the ordering process.
D. A retailer may ship tobacco products only to a consumer whose age has been verified pursuant to Subsection C of this section.
History: Laws 2020, ch. 46, § 14.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2020, ch. 46, § 27 made Laws 2020, ch. 46, § 14 effective January 1, 2021.
