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Home » US Law » 2021 New Mexico Statutes » Chapter 20 - Military Affairs » Article 12 - Code of Military Justice » Section 20-12-44 – Military property of the United States; loss, damage, destruction or wrongful disposition.

Any person subject to Chapter 20 NMSA 1978 who, without proper authority:

A. sells or otherwise disposes of;

B. willfully or through neglect damages, destroys or loses; or

C. willfully or through neglect suffers to be lost, damaged, sold or wrongfully disposed of;

any military property of the United States, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

History: 1978 Comp., § 20-12-44, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 337, § 43.

ANNOTATIONS

Effective dates. — Laws 1989, ch. 337 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 16, 1989.