It is not necessary for the state to negate any exemption or exception in the Drug Precursor Act in any complaint, information, indictment or other pleading or in any trial, hearing or other proceeding under the Drug Precursor Act. The burden of proof of any exception or exemption is upon the person claiming it.
§ 30-31B-18 NMSA 1978
Burden of proof
Known as the Drug Precursor Act
The act spans §§ 30–30 (18 sections).
Laws 1989, ch. 177, § 18.
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.