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§ 30-47-6 NMSA 1978

Exploitation; criminal penalties

Known as the Resident Abuse and Neglect Act

The act spans §§ 30–30 (10 sections).

Laws 1990, ch. 55, § 6; 2006, ch. 29, § 25.

A. Exploitation of a resident's property consists of the act or process, performed intentionally, knowingly or recklessly, of using a resident's property for another person's profit, advantage or benefit without legal entitlement to do so.

B. Whoever commits exploitation of a resident's property when the value of the property exploited is two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or less is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.

C. Whoever commits exploitation of a resident's property when the value of the property exploited is over two hundred fifty dollars ($250) but not more than five hundred dollars ($500) is guilty of a misdemeanor.

D. Whoever commits exploitation of a resident's property when the value of the property exploited is over five hundred dollars ($500) but not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) is guilty of a fourth degree felony.

E. Whoever commits exploitation of a resident's property when the value of the property exploited is over two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) but not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is guilty of a third degree felony.

F. Whoever commits exploitation of a resident's property when the value of the property exploited is over twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is guilty of a second 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.