Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

§ 30-16-12 NMSA 1978

Falsely representing oneself as incapacitated

1953 Comp., § 40A-16-12, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 16-12; 2007, ch. 46, § 36.

Falsely representing oneself as disabled consists of a person falsely representing the person's own self to be blind, visually impaired, deaf or having a physical disability for the purpose of obtaining money or other thing of value.

Whoever commits falsely representing oneself as disabled is guilty of a petty 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.