N.M. Stat. § 19-6-1

Current through 2024, ch. 69

Section 19-6-1 - Fires on state lands; lighting or leaving; penalty

Any person who shall willfully and maliciously set on fire, or cause to be set on fire, any timber, underbrush or grass upon state lands, or shall leave or suffer fire to burn unattended near any timber or other inflammable material, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned for not more than two years, or fined in a sum not more than one thousand dollars [($1,000)], or both.

NMS § 19-6-1

Laws 1912, ch. 82, § 67; Code 1915, § 5245; C.S. 1929, § 132-179; 1941 Comp., § 8-701; 1953 Comp., § 7-7-1.