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§ 30-10-3 NMSA 1978

Incest

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Commonwealth v. Rahim (2004)

Most recently applied in Commonwealth v. Rahim (March 2004)

1953 Comp., § 40A-10-3, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 10-3.

Incest consists of knowingly intermarrying or having sexual intercourse with persons within the following degrees of consanguinity: parents and children including grandparents and grandchildren of every degree, brothers and sisters of the half as well as of the whole blood, uncles and nieces, aunts and nephews.

Whoever commits incest is guilty of a third degree felony.

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.