New Mexico Statutes
§ 30-20-11 — Dueling
New Mexico § 30-20-11
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 30-20-11 (2026).
Text
Dueling consists of any person: A. conveying by written or verbal message a challenge to any other person to fight a duel with any deadly weapon, and whether or not such duel ensues; B. accepting a challenge from another person to fight a duel with any deadly weapon, and whether or not such duel ensues; C. engaging in or fighting a duel with any deadly weapon; or D. aiding, encouraging or seconding either party to a duel and being present at such duel when deadly weapons are used. Whoever commits dueling is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
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Legislative History
1953 Comp., § 40A-20-7, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 20-7.
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Bluebook (online)
New Mexico § 30-20-11, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/30/30-20-11.