2023 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles
Article 4 - Licensing of Dealers and Wreckers
Section 66-4-9 - Penalty for destroying or dismantling in violation of certain sections of the Motor Vehicle Code.

Universal Citation:
NM Stat § 66-4-9 (2023)
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A. Any person violating any provision of Sections 66-3-119, 66-3-121, 66-3-123 through 66-3-125, 66-4-1 through 66-4-7 and 66-4-9 NMSA 1978 or Section 1 [66-4-10 NMSA 1978] of this 2018 act is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of three hundred dollars ($300) or by imprisonment for not less than thirty days or both.

B. The penalty upon second conviction of such offense shall be that provided for a fourth degree felony.

History: 1953 Comp., § 64-4-9, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 222; 2018, ch. 75, § 7.

ANNOTATIONS

Cross references. — For the violation of an offense declared a felony in the Motor Vehicle Code, see 66-8-9 NMSA 1978.

For the penalty provided for a fourth-degree felony, see 31-18-15 NMSA 1978.

The 2018 amendment, effective January 1, 2019, revised the applicable statutory references; in the catchline, after "violation of", deleted "the act" and added "certain sections of the Motor Vehicle Code"; and after "NMSA 1978" added "or Section 1 of this 2018 act".

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