{"data":{"id":"us-nm/69-3-5","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"69-3-5","heading":"Penalty.","body":"Any person who shall make or cause the making of a material misrepresentation of fact with the intent to defraud in a notice of claim shall forfeit his right to the claim to which the material misrepresentation relates, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor less than two hundred dollars ($200) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than three hundred sixty days nor less than thirty days, or by both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.","path":["Chapter 69 - Mines","ARTICLE 3 Mining Locations and Operations"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18572/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:20Z","sha256":"8f2c481fc197c601f4d7c4a27482f54e6bc2f4b6262376d789090f1c2715bdf2","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/69-3-3","next":"us-nm/69-3-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}