{"data":{"id":"us-nm/30-16-10","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"30-16-10","heading":"Forgery.","body":"A. Forgery consists of:\n(1) falsely making or altering any signature to, or any part of, any writing purporting to have any legal efficacy with intent to injure or defraud; or\n(2) knowingly issuing or transferring a forged writing with intent to injure or defraud.\nB. Whoever commits forgery when there is no quantifiable damage or when the damage is two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or less is guilty of a fourth degree felony.\nC. Whoever commits forgery when the damage is over two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) but not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is guilty of a third degree felony.\nD. Regardless of value, whoever commits forgery of a will, codicil, trust instrument, deed, mortgage, lien or any other instrument affecting title to real property is guilty of a third degree felony.\nE. Whoever commits forgery when the damage is over twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is guilty of a second degree felony.","path":["Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses","ARTICLE 16 Larceny"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18530/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"97561185f171bd7d853ce36b92c43565eb061edbc6cc987b6107aa8b9450dfb8","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/30-16-9","next":"us-nm/30-16-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}