New Mexico § 3-38-19 Penalties

New Mexico Statutes

§ 3-38-19 — Penalties

New Mexico § 3-38-19

Ch. 3Municipalities

Art. 38Licenses and Taxes

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Bluebook

N.M. Stat. Ann. § 3-38-19 (2026).

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The governing body of the municipality or county shall, by ordinance, provide for penalties by creating a misdemeanor and imposing a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment for not more than ninety days or both for a violation by any person of the provisions of the occupancy tax ordinance for a failure to pay the tax, to remit the proceeds thereof to the municipality or county or to account properly for any lodging and the tax proceeds pertaining thereto.

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The governing body of the municipality or county shall, by ordinance, provide for penalties by creating a misdemeanor and imposing a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment for not more than ninety days or both for a violation by any person of the provisions of the occupancy tax ordinance for a failure to pay the tax, to remit the proceeds thereof to the municipality or county or to account properly for any lodging and the tax proceeds pertaining thereto.