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New Mexico Statutes Chapter 18. Libraries, Museums, and Cultural Properties § 18-6-9.1. Cultural property; unauthorized appropriation; larceny

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. Any person who knowingly appropriates cultural property located on state land without a permit is guilty of larceny.

B. Any person who solicits, employs or counsels another person to appropriate cultural property located on state land without a permit is guilty of larceny.

C. Any person who receives, traffics in or sells cultural property appropriated from state land without a valid permit is guilty of larceny.

D. Whoever commits larceny pursuant to the provisions of this section and the value of the property appropriated is:

(1) less than one hundred dollars ($100) is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978;

(2) over one hundred dollars ($100) but less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978;

(3) two hundred dollars ($200) or more but less than two thousand five hundred ($2,500) is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978;

(4) two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or more but less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is guilty of a third degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978; or

(5) more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is guilty of a second degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978.

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