A. As used in this section, “forest fire” means a fire burning uncontrolled on lands covered wholly or in part by timber, brush, grass, grain or other inflammable vegetation. B. A person who willfully or recklessly sets a forest fire or causes a forest fire to be set for which efforts to control or extinguish […]
History: Laws 1921, ch. 33, § 5; C.S. 1929, § 35-1410; 1941 Comp., § 41-1805; 1953 Comp., § 40-18-5; Laws 1959, ch. 123, § 1; 1977, ch. 254, § 44; repealed by Laws 2007, ch. 332, § 3. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2007, ch. 332, § 3 repealed 30-32-2 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws […]
All peace officers of the state, including department of game and fish conservation officers, have the power to make arrests on warrant issued by any magistrate of the state for violation of any of the state forest fire laws, including Chapter 68, Article 2 NMSA 1978, rules implementing Chapter 68, Article 2 NMSA 1978 or […]
If a person sets on fire any woods, marshes or prairies, whether the person’s own or not, so as thereby to occasion damage to another person or that person’s property, the person shall make satisfaction in double damages to the party injured to be recovered by civil action, unless the person is conducting a prescribed […]
