New Mexico § 30-43-2 Definitions

New Mexico Statutes

§ 30-43-2 — Definitions

New Mexico § 30-43-2

Ch. 30Criminal Offenses

Art. 43Loan Sharking

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 30-43-2 (2026).

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As used in the Loan Sharking Act: A. "creditor" means any person making an extension of credit or any person claiming by, under or through any person making an extension of credit; B. "debtor" means any person to whom an extension of credit is made or any person who guarantees the repayment of an extension of credit, or in any manner undertakes to indemnify the creditor against loss resulting from the failure of any person to whom an extension is made to repay the same; C. "extortionate extension of credit" means any extension of credit with respect to which it is the understanding of the creditor and the debtor at the time it is made that delay in making repayment or failure to make repayment could result in the use of violence or other criminal acts other than petty misdemeanors to cause

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As used in the Loan Sharking Act: A. "creditor" means any person making an extension of credit or any person claiming by, under or through any person making an extension of credit; B. "debtor" means any person to whom an extension of credit is made or any person who guarantees the repayment of an extension of credit, or in any manner undertakes to indemnify the creditor against loss resulting from the failure of any person to whom an extension is made to repay the same; C. "extortionate extension of credit" means any extension of credit with respect to which it is the understanding of the creditor and the debtor at the time it is made that delay in making repayment or failure to make repayment could result in the use of violence or other criminal acts other than petty misdemeanors to cause harm to the person, reputation or property of any person; D. "extortionate means" means the use, or an express or implicit threat of use, of violence or other criminal acts other than petty misdemeanors to cause harm to the person, reputation or property of any person; E. "to collect an extension of credit" means to induce in any way any person to make repayment of one extension of credit; F. "to extend credit" means to make or renew any loan or to enter into any agreement, tacit or express, whereby the repayment or satisfaction of any debt or claim, whether acknowledged or disputed, valid or invalid and however arising, may or shall be deferred; and G. "repayment of any extension of credit" means the repayment, satisfaction or discharge in whole or in part of any debt or claim, acknowledged or disputed, valid or invalid, resulting from or in connection with that extension of credit.