New Mexico Statutes Chapter 57. Trade Practices and Regulations § 57-12-3.1. Unauthorized use of delivery container prohibited

(1) remove the owner's container from the owner's or a recipient's premises or parking area without the permission of the owner or recipient;

(2) possess or use the owner's container if it has been removed from the owner's or recipient's premises or parking area without the permission of the owner or recipient;

(3) alter, convert, destroy or tamper with the owner's container without permission of the owner or recipient; or

(4) sell the owner's container to or purchase the owner's container from someone other than the owner without the permission of the owner.

(1) “bakery rack” means a metal frame that holds bakery trays or other bakery products and that is used by a bakery, distributor or retailer or its agent as a means to transport, store or carry bakery products;

(2) “bakery tray” means a wire or plastic receptacle that holds bread, buns or other baked goods and that is used by a bakery, distributor or retailer or its agent as a means to transport, store or carry bakery products;

(3) “container” means a bakery rack, bakery tray, dairy case, egg basket, poultry box, shopping cart or pallet;

(4) “dairy case” means a plastic receptacle that holds sixteen quarts or more of beverage and that is used by a dairy, distributor or retailer or its agent as a means to transport, store or carry dairy products;

(5) “pallet” means a wooden or plastic base that allows stacks of merchandise to be placed upon it and that provides a space and support beneath the stack for forklift handling;

(6) “parking area” means a lot or other property provided by a recipient for the use of its customers to park vehicles while at the recipient's establishment;

(7) “poultry box” means a permanent type of container that is used by a processor, distributor, retailer or food service establishment or an agent of one of those persons to transport, store or carry poultry;

(8) “recipient” means a person, firm, corporation or association that is authorized by the owner to use an owner's container; and

(9) “shopping cart” means a basket that is mounted on wheels, or a similar device, that is generally used in a retail establishment by a customer to transport goods of any kind.