Any officer of such company, who shall certify to any such abstract that it is true and correct, knowing the same to be false, or any person who shall forge the name of any such officer, or the seal of any such company, shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a felony, and be fined not more than five hundred dollars [($500)], or imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than three years, or both, in the discretion of the court.
§ 38-7-4 NMSA 1978
[False or forged abstract; penalty.]
Laws 1882, ch. 69, § 2; C.L. 1884, § 2745; C.L. 1897, § 3935; Code 1915, § 2189; C.S. 1929, § 45-616; 1941 Comp., § 20-213; 1953 Comp., § 20-2-14.
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.