Whoever violates any provision of the Endowed Care Cemetery Act, fails to establish an irrevocable trust fund, encroaches upon the principal of an irrevocable trust, refuses to cooperate in an examination or investigation or violates the provisions of a trust instrument by willfully failing to deposit to a cemetery's trust fund the amounts provided within the time provided by Section 58-17-6 NMSA 1978, or any greater amounts if the trust instrument provides for greater amounts to be deposited, is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978.
§ 58-17-16 NMSA 1978
Violations; punishment
Known as the Endowed Care Cemetery Act
The act spans §§ 58-17-1 to 58-17-9 (21 sections).
1953 Comp., § 67-29-16, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 156, § 16; 1981, ch. 192, § 6; 1993, ch. 210, § 8; 2001, ch. 149, § 16.
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.