2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 30 - Sale of Recycled Metals
Section 57-30-12 - Prohibited acts.

A person shall not, with the intent to deceive:
A. display to a secondhand metal dealer a false or invalid personal identification document in connection with the person's attempted sale of regulated material;
B. make a false material statement or representation to a secondhand metal dealer in connection with:
(1) that person's execution of a written statement required by Subsection A of Section 57-30-4 NMSA 1978;
(2) the dealer's efforts to obtain the information required pursuant to Subsection B of Section 57-30-5 NMSA 1978; or
(3) the written documentation required for certain transactions pursuant to Section 16 [57-30-18 NMSA 1978] of this 2012 act; or
C. deliberately remove or alter a manufacturer's make, model, serial or personal identification number or other identifying marks engraved or etched upon property that is regulated material.
History: Laws 2008, ch. 29, § 12; 2012, ch. 29, § 11; 2012, ch. 33, § 11.
The 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, prohibited a person from making a false statement in a written document indicating that the seller is the owner of or has permission from the owner to sell certain regulated material and from removing identifying information from regulated material; in Subsection B, added Paragraph (3); and added Subsection C.
Laws 2012, ch. 29, § 11 and Laws 2012, ch. 33, § 11 enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 2012, ch. 33, § 11. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.

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