New Mexico Statutes
§ 30-36-3 — Purpose
It is the purpose of the Worthless Check Act to remedy the evil of giving checks on a bank without first providing funds in or credit with the depository on which they are made or drawn to pay or satisfy the same, which tends to create the circulation of worthless checks on banks, bad banking, check kiting and mischief to trade and commerce.
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Legislative History
1953 Comp., § 40-49-3, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 315, § 3.
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