New Mexico Statutes
§ 72-16-103 — Liberal construction
New Mexico § 72-16-103
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 72-16-103 (2026).
Text
This act [Chapter 72, Article 16 NMSA 1978] being necessary to secure and preserve the public health, safety and general welfare, the rule of strict construction shall have no application hereto, but it shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes and objects for which this act is intended.
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Legislative History
1953 Comp., § 75-36-103, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 311, § 103.
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Bluebook (online)
New Mexico § 72-16-103, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/72/72-16-103.