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.
§ 19-6-1 NMSA 1978
[Fires on state lands; lighting or leaving; penalty.]
Laws 1912, ch. 82, § 67; Code 1915, § 5245; C.S. 1929, § 132-179; 1941 Comp., § 8-701; 1953 Comp., § 7-7-1.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.