New Mexico Statutes

§ 30-16-26 — Theft of a credit card by taking or retaining possession of

New Mexico § 30-16-26
JurisdictionNew Mexico
Ch. 30Criminal Offenses
Art. 16Larceny

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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 30-16-26 (2026).

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card taken. A person who takes a credit card from the person, possession, custody or control of another without the cardholder's consent, or who with knowledge that it has been so taken, acquires or possesses a credit card with the intent to use it or to sell it, or to transfer it to a person other than the issuer or the cardholder, is guilty of a fourth degree felony. Taking a credit card without consent includes obtaining it by conduct defined or known as statutory larceny, common-law larceny by trespassory taking, common-law larceny by trick, embezzlement or obtaining property by false pretense, false promise or extortion.

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Legislative History

1953 Comp., § 40A-16-25, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 239, § 2.

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