N.M. Stat. § 69-3-5

Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 69-3-5 - Penalty

Any person who shall make or cause the making of a material misrepresentation of fact with the intent to defraud in a notice of claim shall forfeit his right to the claim to which the material misrepresentation relates, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor less than two hundred dollars ($200) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than three hundred sixty days nor less than thirty days, or by both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

NMS § 69-3-5

1953 Comp., § 63-2-3.2, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 61, § 2; 1981, ch. 310, § 3.