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New Mexico · Through 2026-07-01

30-16-26: Theft of a credit card by taking or retaining possession of card taken.

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  1. Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses
  2. ARTICLE 16 Larceny

A person who takes a credit card from the person, possession, custody or control of another without the cardholder's consent, or who with knowledge that it has been so taken, acquires or possesses a credit card with the intent to use it or to sell it, or to transfer it to a person other than the issuer or the cardholder, is guilty of a fourth degree felony. Taking a credit card without consent includes obtaining it by conduct defined or known as statutory larceny, common-law larceny by trespassory taking, common-law larceny by trick, embezzlement or obtaining property by false pretense, false promise or extortion.

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