New Mexico § 30-35-2 Penalty

New Mexico Statutes

§ 30-35-2 — Penalty

New Mexico § 30-35-2

Ch. 30Criminal Offenses

Art. 35Public Utilities

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 30-35-2 (2026).

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Any person: A. who fails to yield a telephone party line or impedes its use, and any person who falsely asserts an emergency as basis for a request of another to yield a telephone party line, as provided in the preceding section [30-35-1 NMSA 1978], is liable to the person aggrieved by his act for triple the amount of damages proximately caused by his act; B. who violates any provision of this act [30-35-1, 30-35-2 NMSA 1978] is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) nor less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00).

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Any person: A. who fails to yield a telephone party line or impedes its use, and any person who falsely asserts an emergency as basis for a request of another to yield a telephone party line, as provided in the preceding section [30-35-1 NMSA 1978], is liable to the person aggrieved by his act for triple the amount of damages proximately caused by his act; B. who violates any provision of this act [30-35-1, 30-35-2 NMSA 1978] is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) nor less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00).