20-12-44: Military property of the United States; loss, damage, destruction or wrongful disposition.

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who, without proper authority:

A. sells or otherwise disposes of;

B. willfully or through neglect damages, destroys or loses; or

C. willfully or through neglect suffers to be lost, damaged, sold or wrongfully disposed of;

any military property of the United States, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.