If a fertilizer or soil conditioner in the possession of the consumer is found by the department to be short in weight or other measure prescribed by the board, the registrant of the fertilizer or soil conditioner shall, within thirty days after official notice from the department, pay to the consumer a penalty equal to four times the value of the actual shortage.
§ 76-11-14 NMSA 1978
Short weight
Known as the New Mexico Fertilizer Act
The act spans §§ 76–76 (21 sections).
1953 Comp., § 45-13-24, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 184, § 14; 1975, ch. 181, § 14; 2013, ch. 112, § 13.
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.