New Mexico § 19-6-1 [Fires on state lands; lighting or leaving; penalty.]

New Mexico Statutes

§ 19-6-1 — [Fires on state lands; lighting or leaving; penalty.]

New Mexico § 19-6-1

Ch. 19Public Lands

Art. 6Trespass and Violations Relating to State and United

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 19-6-1 (2026).

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Any person who shall willfully and maliciously set on fire, or cause to be set on fire, any timber, underbrush or grass upon state lands, or shall leave or suffer fire to burn unattended near any timber or other inflammable material, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned for not more than two years, or fined in a sum not more than one thousand dollars [($1,000)], or both.

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Any person who shall willfully and maliciously set on fire, or cause to be set on fire, any timber, underbrush or grass upon state lands, or shall leave or suffer fire to burn unattended near any timber or other inflammable material, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned for not more than two years, or fined in a sum not more than one thousand dollars [($1,000)], or both.