In any action brought under Section 57-12-8 NMSA 1978, if the court finds that a person is willfully using or has willfully used a method, act or practice declared unlawful by the Unfair Practices Act, the attorney general, upon petition to the court, may recover, on behalf of the state of New Mexico, a civil penalty of not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation.
§ 57-12-11 NMSA 1978
Civil penalty
Known as the Unfair Practices Act
The act spans §§ 57–57 (28 sections).
1953 Comp., § 49-15-9, enacted by Laws 1970, ch. 38, § 2.
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.