Section 30-51-4 – Prohibited activity; criminal penalties; civil penalties.
A. It is unlawful for a person who knows that the property involved in a financial transaction is, or was represented to be, the proceeds of a specified unlawful activity to: (1) conduct, structure, engage in or participate in a financial transaction that involves the property, knowing that the financial transaction is designed in whole […]
Section 30-51-5 – Attorney fees; exception.
No provision of the Money Laundering Act shall apply to a financial transaction involving the bona fide fees an attorney accepts for representing a client in a criminal investigation or a proceeding arising from a criminal investigation. History: Laws 1998, ch. 113, § 5. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 1998, ch. 113, § 8, makes […]
Section 30-52-1 – Human trafficking.
A. Human trafficking consists of a person knowingly: (1) recruiting, soliciting, enticing, transporting or obtaining by any means another person with the intent or knowledge that force, fraud or coercion will be used to subject the person to labor, services or commercial sexual activity; (2) recruiting, soliciting, enticing, transporting or obtaining by any means a […]
Section 30-52-1.1 – Human trafficking; civil remedy for human trafficking victims.
A. A human trafficking victim may bring a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction against an alleged human trafficker for actual damages, compensatory damages, punitive damages, injunctive relief or any other appropriate relief. Where the court finds that a defendant’s actions were willful and malicious, the court may award treble damages to the […]
Section 30-52-1.2 – Sealing of records of human trafficking victims.
A. On petition to the district court, a person who is a victim of human trafficking who has been charged with crimes arising out of the actions of someone charged with human trafficking may have all legal and law enforcement records of the charges and convictions in the person’s case sealed. The court may issue […]
Section 30-52-2 – Human trafficking; benefits and services for human trafficking victims.
A. Human trafficking victims found in the state shall be eligible for benefits and services from the state until the victim qualifies for benefits and services authorized by the federal Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000; provided that the victim cooperates in the investigation or prosecution of the person charged with the […]
Section 30-52-2.1 – Posting information about the national human trafficking resource center hotline.
A. An employer subject to the Minimum Wage Act [50-4-19 to 50-4-30 NMSA 1978], a person licensed pursuant to Sections 60-6A-2 through 60-6A-5 NMSA 1978, a health facility licensed pursuant to the Public Health Act [Chapter 24, Article 1 NMSA 1978] and a state or local government agency that manages a transportation facility, including a […]
Section 30-52-3 – Terminated.
History: Laws 2008, ch. 17, § 3. ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s notes. — Pursuant to Subsection F of Section 30-52-3 NMSA 1978, the task force to combat human trafficking, enacted by Laws 2008, ch. 17, § 3, was terminated on July 1, 2016. For provisions of former section, see the 2015 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
Section 30-53-1 – Creation of a safety hazard or disruption of communications and utilities services by theft or intentional damage.
A. Any person who by the theft of, or by intentionally damaging, communications or public utility equipment, whether customer – or utility-owned, creates a public safety hazard or causes a disruption of communications services or public utility services to ten or more households, customers or subscribers or causes monetary damage equal to or greater than […]
Section 30-51-3 – Reports filed with the department of public safety; criminal penalties.
A. A financial institution in New Mexico that is required to file a report regarding a financial transaction under the provisions of the federal Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act and the regulations promulgated pursuant to that act shall file a duplicate of that report with the department of public safety; provided, a financial institution […]