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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in the Fraudulent Telemarketing Act:
A. “telemarketing” means:
(1) being employed by or associating with any company, organization, sole proprietorship or economic venture that uses the telephone on a regular basis as a primary instrument to obtain money from the people to whom information is transmitted by telephone communication; or
(2) representing oneself to a person from whom money is requested as being associated with any company, organization, sole proprietorship or economic venture that can be reasonably understood as using the telephone on a regular basis as a primary instrument to obtain money from the people to whom information is transmitted by telephone communication; and
B. “telephone communication” means any communication by words, fax, computer modem, video or other type of transmission that is carried in whole or in part through the local, long distance or cellular telephone network.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 30. Criminal Offenses § 30-50-3. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-30-criminal-offenses/nm-st-sect-30-50-3/
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