Chapter 30, Chapter 30

Any person who violates Section 3 [30-20B-3 NMSA 1978] of the Demonstrations at Funerals and Memorial Services Act is: A. for the first offense, guilty of a petty misdemeanor and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978; B. for the second offense…

In addition to the criminal penalties provided in Section 4 [30-20B-4 NMSA 1978] of the Demonstrations at Funerals and Memorial Services Act, the court may enjoin conduct prohibited in Section 3 [30-20B-3 NMSA 1978] of that act if there is credible evidence that a person is likel…

Sabotage consists of: A. intentionally destroying, impairing, injuring, interfering or tampering with real or personal property with reasonable grounds to believe that such act will delay or interfere with the preparation of the United States or of any of the states for defense o…

Nothing in this article [30-21-1 to 30-21-5 NMSA 1978] shall be construed to impair, curtail or destroy the lawful rights of employees and their representatives to self- organization, or [to] form, join or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representative…

Any peace officer or person employed as a watchman, guard or in a supervisory capacity on premises utilized in the manufacture, transportation or storage of any product in the preparation of the United States or of any of the states for defense or for war, or the manufacture, tra…

Improper use of official symbols consists of: A. the use of the state or national flags for any purpose other than the purposes for which it was designed by law; B. offering any insult by word or act to the state or national flags; or C. using the state or national flags for adve…

Improper use of official anthems consists of singing, playing or rendering "The Star Spangled Banner" or "Oh Fair New Mexico" in any public place or assemblage in this state except as an entire or separate composition or number. Whoever commits improper use of official anthems is…

Resisting, evading or obstructing an officer consists of: A. knowingly obstructing, resisting or opposing any officer of this state or any other duly authorized person serving or attempting to serve or execute any process or any rule or order of any of the courts of this state or…

A. Aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer consists of a person willfully and carelessly driving a vehicle in a manner that endangers the life of another person after being given a visual or audible signal to stop, whether by hand, voice, emergency light, flashing light, sir…

Escape from custody of a peace officer consists of any person who shall have been placed under lawful arrest for the commission or alleged commission of any felony, unlawfully escaping or attempting to escape from the custody or control of any peace officer. Whoever commits escap…

Assisting escape consists of: A. intentionally aiding any person confined or held in lawful custody or confinement to escape; or B. any officer, jailer or other employee, intentionally permitting any prisoner in his custody to escape. Whoever commits assisting escape is guilty of…

families department; escape from juvenile detention. Escape from the custody of the children, youth and families department consists of any person who has been adjudicated as a delinquent child and has been committed lawfully to the custody of a department juvenile justice facili…

youth and families department. Aggravated escape from the custody of the children, youth and families department consists of any person who has been adjudicated as a delinquent child and has been committed lawfully to the custody of a department juvenile justice facility or who i…

Furnishing articles for prisoner's escape consists of: A. intentionally giving to any person in lawful custody or confinement any deadly weapon or explosive substance, without the express consent of the officer in charge of such place of confinement; or B. intentionally giving to…

Furnishing drugs or liquor to a prisoner consists of directly or indirectly furnishing any narcotic drug or intoxicating liquor to any person held in lawful custody or confinement, unless such narcotic drug or intoxicating liquor is furnished pursuant to the direction or prescrip…

penalties; definitions. A. Bringing contraband into a prison consists of knowingly and voluntarily carrying, transporting or depositing contraband onto the grounds of the penitentiary of New Mexico or any other institution designated by the corrections department for the confinem…

juvenile correctional facility; penalty. A. Bringing contraband into a juvenile detention facility or juvenile correctional facility consists of carrying, transporting or depositing contraband onto the grounds of a facility designated by the children, youth and families departmen…

Maintaining male and female prisoners together consists of any sheriff, jailer or guard, keeping male and female prisoners in the same cell or room, unless such prisoners are man and wife. Whoever commits maintaining male and female prisoners together is guilty of a misdemeanor. …

Possession of deadly weapon or explosive by prisoner in lawful custody consists of any inmate of a penal institution, reformatory, jail or prison farm or ranch possessing any deadly weapon or explosive substance. Whoever commits possession of deadly weapon or explosive by prisone…

Assault by prisoner consists of intentionally: A. placing an officer or employee of any penal institution, reformatory, jail or prison farm or ranch, or a visitor therein, in apprehension of an immediate battery likely to cause death or great bodily harm; B. causing or attempting…

Encouraging violation of probation, parole or bail consists of intentionally aiding or encouraging a person known by him to be on parole, probation or bail to abscond or to violate a term or condition of his probation, parole or bail. Whoever commits encouraging violation of prob…

Unlawful assault on any jail consists of any person or group of persons assaulting or attacking any jail, prison or other public building or place of confinement of prisoners held in lawful custody or confinement. Whoever commits unlawful assault on any jail, prison or other publ…

Refusing to aid an officer consists of refusing to assist any peace officer in the preservation of the peace when called upon by such officer in the name of the United States or the state of New Mexico. Whoever commits refusing to aid an officer is guilty of a petty misdemeanor. …

search warrant. A. It is not a violation of Section 30-22-1 or Section 30-22-4 NMSA 1978 for a person who is a member, resident, employee or volunteer of or is otherwise associated with a domestic violence safe house or shelter to request that a law enforcement officer show a val…

Unlawful distribution of convict-made goods consists of any person knowingly distributing, exchanging, selling or offering for sale any goods, wares or merchandise manufactured, produced or mined, either wholly or in part, by prisoners held in lawful custody or confinement of any…

A. Assault upon a peace officer consists of: (1) an attempt to commit a battery upon the person of a peace officer while he is in the lawful discharge of his duties; or (2) any unlawful act, threat or menacing conduct which causes a peace officer while he is in the lawful dischar…

A. Aggravated assault upon a peace officer consists of: (1) unlawfully assaulting or striking at a peace officer with a deadly weapon while he is in the lawful discharge of his duties; (2) committing assault by threatening or menacing a peace officer who is engaged in the lawful …

officer. A. Assault with intent to commit a violent felony upon a peace officer consists of any person assaulting a peace officer while he is in the lawful discharge of his duties with intent to kill the peace officer. B. Whoever commits assault with intent to commit a violent fe…

A. Battery upon a peace officer is the unlawful, intentional touching or application of force to the person of a peace officer while he is in the lawful discharge of his duties, when done in a rude, insolent or angry manner. B. Whoever commits battery upon a peace officer is guil…

A. Aggravated battery upon a peace officer consists of the unlawful touching or application of force to the person of a peace officer with intent to injure that peace officer while the officer is in the lawful discharge of the officer's duties. B. Whoever commits aggravated batte…

A. Every person who assists or is assisted by one or more other persons to commit a battery upon any peace officer while he is in the lawful discharge of his duties is guilty of a fourth degree felony. B. This section is designed to protect officers from assaults and batteries by…

A. Disarming a peace officer consists of knowingly: (1) removing a firearm or weapon from the person of a peace officer when the officer is acting within the scope of his duties; or (2) depriving a peace officer of the use of a firearm or weapon when the officer is acting within …

Concealing identity consists of concealing one's true name or identity, or disguising oneself with intent to obstruct the due execution of the law or with intent to intimidate, hinder or interrupt any public officer or any other person in a legal performance of his duty or the ex…

Harboring or aiding a felon consists of any person, not standing in the relation of husband or wife, parent or grandparent, child or grandchild, brother or sister by consanguinity or affinity, who knowingly conceals any offender or gives such offender any other aid, knowing that …

A. Tampering with evidence consists of destroying, changing, hiding, placing or fabricating any physical evidence with intent to prevent the apprehension, prosecution or conviction of any person or to throw suspicion of the commission of a crime upon another. B. Whoever commits t…

Compounding a crime consists of knowingly agreeing to take anything of value upon the agreement or understanding, express or implied, to compound or conceal a crime or to abstain from a prosecution therefor, or to withhold any evidence thereof. For purposes of this section, a per…

Unlawful rescue consists of intentionally, and without lawful authority, rescuing any person lawfully in custody or confinement. Whoever commits unlawful rescue of a person charged with or convicted of a crime not constituting a capital felony, or who is charged with but not conv…

Escape from jail consists of any person who shall have been lawfully committed to any jail, escaping or attempting to escape from such jail. Whoever commits escape from jail is guilty of a fourth degree felony. History: 1953 Comp., § 40A-22-8, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 22-…

A. Escape from a community custody release program consists of a person, excluding a person on probation or parole, who has been lawfully committed to a judicially approved community custody release program, including a day reporting program, an electronic monitoring program, a d…

A. Escape from a secure residential treatment facility consists of a person lawfully committed for a criminal offense to a secure residential treatment facility escaping from the facility. B. Whoever commits escape from a secure residential treatment facility is guilty of a misde…

Escape from penitentiary consists of any person who shall have been lawfully committed to the state penitentiary: A. escaping or attempting to escape from such penitentiary; or B. escaping or attempting to escape from any other lawful place of custody or confinement and although …

Demanding illegal fees consists of any public officer or public employee knowingly asking or accepting anything of value greater than that fixed or allowed by law for the execution or performance of any service or duty. Whoever commits demanding illegal fees is guilty of a petty …

rendered. Paying or receiving public money for services not rendered consists of knowingly making or receiving payment or causing payment to be made from public funds where such payment purports to be for wages, salary or remuneration for personal servives [services] which have n…

Making or permitting false public voucher consists of knowingly, intentionally or wilfully [willfully] making, causing to be made or permitting to be made, a false material statement or forged signature upon any public voucher, or invoice supporting a public voucher, with intent …

Any citizen of this state may file suit in the district court to restrain the payment or receipt of public money in violation of Sections 23-2 and 23-3 [30-23-2 and 30-23-3 NMSA 1978]. Jurisdiction to entertain and adjudicate such suits is conferred upon the district courts, and …

Unlawful speculation in claims against state consists of any public officer or public employee directly or indirectly buying, selling, bartering, dealing in or speculating in or with any certificate, warrant or other evidence of indebtedness issued by the state, a municipality or…

Unlawful interest in a public contract consists of: A. any public officer or public employee receiving anything of value, directly or indirectly, from either a seller or a seller's agents, or a purchaser or a purchaser's agents in connection with the sale or purchase of securitie…

In addition to any criminal penalties imposed by Section 23-6 [30-23-6 NMSA 1978], a public officer or public employee convicted of violating such section shall be liable for anything of value received by him to the department of the state or political subdivision in whose employ…

Bribery of public officer or public employee consists of any person giving or offering to give, directly or indirectly, anything of value to any public officer or public employee, with intent to induce or influence such public officer or public employee to: A. give or render any …

employee. Demanding or receiving bribe by public officer or public employee consists of any public officer or public employee soliciting or accepting, directly or indirectly, anything of value, with intent to have his decision or action on any question, matter, cause, proceeding …