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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Cheating machine or device consists of any person, with intent to defraud, attempting to operate or causing to be operated any automatic vending machine, parking meter, coin-box telephone, or any machine or receptacle 1 designed to receive lawful money of the United States in connection with the sale, use or enjoyment of property or service, by means of any slug, or by any false, counterfeited, mutilated, sweated or foreign coin, or by any means, method, trick or device.
Whoever commits cheating machine or device is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 30. Criminal Offenses § 30-16-13. Cheating machine or device - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-30-criminal-offenses/nm-st-sect-30-16-13/
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