Any person who requests a weighmaster to weigh any property, produce, commodity or article falsely or incorrectly, or who requests a false or incorrect weight certificate, or who issues a weight certificate simulating the weight certificate prescribed in the Weighmaster Act, and who is not a weighmaster, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction for the first offense, he shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). Upon a second or subsequent conviction, he shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or by both the fine and imprisonment.
History: 1953 Comp., § 76-4-24, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 236, § 24.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations
Section 57-18-1 - Short title.
Section 57-18-2 - Definitions.
Section 57-18-3 - Enforcement; rules and regulations.
Section 57-18-4 - Qualifications for weighmaster.
Section 57-18-5 - License application.
Section 57-18-6 - Evaluation of qualifications of applicants; records.
Section 57-18-7 - License fees.
Section 57-18-8 - Bond required.
Section 57-18-9 - Licenses; period; renewal.
Section 57-18-10 - Licensed weighmaster.
Section 57-18-11 - Deputy weighmaster.
Section 57-18-12 - Weight certificate; required entries; official weights.
Section 57-18-13 - Weight certificate; execution; requirements.
Section 57-18-14 - Scale used.
Section 57-18-15 - Scale used; capacity; platform size; one-draft weighing.
Section 57-18-16 - Copies of weight certificate.
Section 57-18-17 - Reciprocal acceptance of weight certificates.
Section 57-18-18 - Optional licensing.
Section 57-18-19 - Reweighing.
Section 57-18-20 - Livestock sales.
Section 57-18-21 - Salvage materials.
Section 57-18-22 - Prohibited acts.
Section 57-18-23 - Suspension and revocation of license.
Section 57-18-24 - Offenses and penalties.