Unlawful burial
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case John A. Boehner, v. James A. McDermott (1999)
Most recently applied in John A. Boehner, v. James A. McDermott (September 1999)
1953 Comp., § 40A-12-4, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 12-4.
Unlawful burial consists of the using of any land or lands as a burial place of interment within fifty yards from either side of the bank or border of any stream, river or any body of water, by a person or persons, society of persons, order, corporation or corporations.
Whoever commits unlawful burial is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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.