New Mexico § 30-7-8 Unlawful possession of switchblades

New Mexico Statutes

§ 30-7-8 — Unlawful possession of switchblades

New Mexico § 30-7-8

Ch. 30Criminal Offenses

Art. 7Weapons and Explosives

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 30-7-8 (2026).

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Unlawful possession of switchblades consists of any person, either manufacturing, causing to be manufactured, possessing, displaying, offering, selling, lending, giving away or purchasing any knife which has a blade which opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in the handle of the knife, or any knife having a blade which opens or falls or is ejected into position by the force of gravity or by any outward or centrifugal thrust or movement. Whoever commits unlawful possession of switchblades is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.

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Unlawful possession of switchblades consists of any person, either manufacturing, causing to be manufactured, possessing, displaying, offering, selling, lending, giving away or purchasing any knife which has a blade which opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in the handle of the knife, or any knife having a blade which opens or falls or is ejected into position by the force of gravity or by any outward or centrifugal thrust or movement. Whoever commits unlawful possession of switchblades is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.