N.M. Stat. § 30-16-26

Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 30-16-26 - Theft of a credit card by taking or retaining possession of card taken

A person who takes a credit card from the person, possession, custody or control of another without the cardholder's consent, or who with knowledge that it has been so taken, acquires or possesses a credit card with the intent to use it or to sell it, or to transfer it to a person other than the issuer or the cardholder, is guilty of a fourth degree felony. Taking a credit card without consent includes obtaining it by conduct defined or known as statutory larceny, common-law larceny by trespassory taking, common-law larceny by trick, embezzlement or obtaining property by false pretense, false promise or extortion.

NMS § 30-16-26

1953 Comp., § 40A-16-25, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 239, § 2.