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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
It is unlawful for any person:
A. willfully to refuse to yield, or willfully to impede, the use of a telephone party line in time of emergency, by which he is not affected and of which he has been apprised, when he has been requested so to yield; or
B. to request another to yield the use of a telephone party line because of an emergency, which in fact does not exist.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 30. Criminal Offenses § 30-35-1. Failure to relinquish telephone party line for emergency call - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-30-criminal-offenses/nm-st-sect-30-35-1/
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