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2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses
Article 37 - Tobacco Products
Section 61-37-18 - Criminal penalties; unlicensed activities. (Effective January 1, 2021.)
Universal Citation: NM Stat § 61-37-18 (2020)
A person who manufactures, distributes or sells tobacco products without a license required pursuant to the Tobacco Products Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978. Contraband tobacco products seized by the division or by a law enforcement agency as evidence of unlicensed activities shall be retained and disposed of pursuant to the Forfeiture Act [Chapter 31, Article 27 NMSA 1978]. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the sale of tobacco products between a minor and another minor.
History: Laws 2020, ch. 46, § 18.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2020, ch. 46, § 27 made Laws 2020, ch. 46, § 18 effective January 1, 2021.
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