New Mexico Statutes
§ 30-31-37 — Burden of proof
New Mexico § 30-31-37
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 30-31-37 (2026).
Text
It is not necessary for the state to negate any exemption or exception in the Controlled Substances Act in any complaint, information, indictment or other pleading or in any trial, hearing or other proceeding under the Controlled Substances Act. The burden of proof of any exemption or exception is upon the person claiming it.
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Legislative History
1953 Comp., § 54-11-36, enacted by Laws 1972, ch. 84, § 36.
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Bluebook (online)
New Mexico § 30-31-37, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/30/30-31-37.