New Mexico Statutes
Article 6 - Cultural Properties
Section 18-6-9.3 - Cultural property; forfeiture of instruments.

Any instrument, vehicle, tool or equipment used or intended to be used to violate the provisions of the Cultural Properties Act [18-6-1 to 18-6-17 NMSA 1978] is subject to forfeiture, and the provisions of the Forfeiture Act [31-27-1 to 31-27-8 NMSA 1978] apply to the seizure, forfeiture and disposal of such property.
History: 1978 Comp., § 18-6-9.3, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 176, § 11; 2002, ch. 4, § 10.
The 2002 amendment, effective July 1, 2002, deleted the Subsection A designation; deleted the exception at the end of former Subsection A and Subsections B through F, which contained standards and procedures for the forfeiture of instruments, vehicles, tools or property used to violate the provisions of the Cultural Property Act; and added at the end of the section "and the provisions of the Forfeiture Act apply to the seizure, forfeiture and disposal of such property."

Structure New Mexico Statutes

New Mexico Statutes

Chapter 18 - Libraries, Museums and Cultural Properties

Article 6 - Cultural Properties

Section 18-6-1 - Short title.

Section 18-6-2 - Purpose of act.

Section 18-6-3 - Definitions.

Section 18-6-4 - Committee created; membership; compensation; voting; term; chairman; meetings.

Section 18-6-5 - Committee; powers and duties.

Section 18-6-6 - Cultural affairs department; powers and duties relating to the cultural properties act.

Section 18-6-7 - Historic preservation division; planning; fiscal administration and cooperation for purposes of the cultural properties act.

Section 18-6-8 - State historic preservation officer; appointment; qualifications; duties.

Section 18-6-8.1 - Review of proposed state undertakings.

Section 18-6-9 - Cultural property; unauthorized excavation, injury or destruction; criminal damage to property.

Section 18-6-9.1 - Cultural property; unauthorized appropriation; larceny.

Section 18-6-9.2 - Cultural property; unauthorized damage or appropriation; civil penalties.

Section 18-6-9.3 - Cultural property; forfeiture of instruments.

Section 18-6-10 - Cultural properties on private land.

Section 18-6-11 - Permit required for excavation of archaeological sites; penalty.

Section 18-6-11.1 - Confidentiality of site location.

Section 18-6-11.2 - Permit required for excavation of unmarked burials; penalty.

Section 18-6-12 - Emergency classification pending investigation.

Section 18-6-13 - Repealed.

Section 18-6-14 - State historian.

Section 18-6-15 - State archaeologist.

Section 18-6-16 - Preparation and sale of cultural properties publications; revolving fund; report.

Section 18-6-17 - Designation of state historic sites; reservation of lands for historic site care and management.

Section 18-6-18 - Short title.

Section 18-6-19 - Purpose.

Section 18-6-20 - Definitions.

Section 18-6-21 - Fund created; administration.

Section 18-6-22 - Loan program; duties of division and committee.

Section 18-6-23 - Loans; criteria.

Section 18-6-24 - Short title.

Section 18-6-25 - Definitions.

Section 18-6-26 - Remains designated for reburial.

Section 18-6-27 - Designation of reburial grounds site.