Section 30-50-1 – Short title.
This act [30-50-1 to 30-50-4 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the “Fraudulent Telemarketing Act”. History: Laws 1995, ch. 37, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Validity, construction, and application of state statute or law pertaining to telephone solicitation, 44 A.L.R.5th 619.
Section 30-50-2 – Purpose.
The purpose of the Fraudulent Telemarketing Act is to protect consumers from fraudulent telemarketing. History: Laws 1995, ch. 37, § 2.
Section 30-50-3 – Definitions.
As used in the Fraudulent Telemarketing Act: A. “telemarketing” means: (1) being employed by or associating with any company, organization, sole proprietorship or economic venture that uses the telephone on a regular basis as a primary instrument to obtain money from the people to whom information is transmitted by telephone communication; or (2) representing oneself […]
Section 30-50-4 – Fraudulent telemarketing; penalties.
A person who knowingly and willfully engages in telemarketing to or from a telephone located in New Mexico with the intent to embezzle or to obtain money, property or any thing of value by fraudulent pretenses, representations or promises in the course of a telephone communication, when the: A. money, property or thing has a […]