{"data":{"id":"us-nm/57-9a-2","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"57-9A-2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in the Unused Merchandise Ownership Protection Act:\nA. \"open market\" may include a \"swap meet\", an \"indoor swap meet\" or a \"flea market\" and means an event at which two or more persons offer personal property for sale or exchange and either:\n(1) a fee is charged for those persons selling or exchanging personal property or a fee is charged to the public for admission to the event; or\n(2) the event is held more than six times in a twelve-month period;\nB. \"unused merchandise\" means tangible personal property that, since its original production or manufacturing, has never been used or consumed and, if placed in a package or container, is still in its original and unopened package or container; and\nC. \"vendor of unused merchandise\" means a person who offers unused merchandise for sale or exchange at an open market, except a person who offers five or less items of the same unused merchandise for sale or exchange at an open market.","path":["Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations","ARTICLE 9A Unused Merchandise Ownership Protection"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18560/index.do","current_through":"2025-06-20","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:20Z","sha256":"53883d5e0c844fb7f547ce45f01b05447dbc78b7ca74f2320646264ff9d9af9b","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/57-9a-1","next":"us-nm/57-9a-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}