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Home » US Law » 2021 New Mexico Statutes » Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations » Article 17 - Standards of Weights and Measures » Section 57-17-16 – Hindering or obstructing officers; penalties.

A person who shall hinder or obstruct in any way the director or an inspector, in the performance of his official duties, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty dollars ($20.00) or more than one hundred dollars ($100), or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or by both fine and imprisonment.

History: 1953 Comp., § 76-1-50, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 202, § 23; 1973, ch. 386, § 15.