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Home » US Law » 2021 New Mexico Statutes » Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations » Article 18 - Weighmasters » Section 57-18-25 – Offenses and penalties; malfeasance.

Any licensed weighmaster or deputy weighmaster who falsifies a weight certificate, or who delegates his authority to any person not licensed as a weighmaster or deputy weighmaster, or who signs a weight certificate with his official signature before performing the act of weighing, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction he shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or by both the fine and imprisonment.

History: 1953 Comp., § 76-4-25, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 236, § 25.