It shall be unlawful for any person who is engaged, directly or indirectly, in the manufacture or wholesale distribution only of motor vehicles, whether patented or unpatented, to pay or give, or contract to pay or give anything or service of value to any person who is engaged in the business of financing the purchase or sale of motor vehicles or of buying conditional sales contracts, chattel mortgages or leases on motor vehicles sold at retail within this state if the effect of any such payment or the giving of any such thing or service of value may be to lessen or eliminate competition, or tend to create or create a monopoly in the person or class of persons who receive or accept such thing or service of value.
History: Laws 1937, ch. 75, § 4; 1941 Comp., § 68-1604; 1953 Comp., § 64-31-4.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations
Article 11 - Financing of Automobile Sales
Section 57-11-1 - [Agreements restricting financing of sales to certain persons prohibited.]
Section 57-11-6 - [Violators of 57-11-5 NMSA 1978 forbidden to carry on business.]
Section 57-11-7 - [Suits or proceedings against violators of act.]
Section 57-11-9 - [Penalties.]
Section 57-11-10 - [Contract in violation of act void.]
Section 57-11-11 - [Provisions of act cumulative.]
Section 57-11-12 - [Action for damages by violation of act.]