N.M. Stat. § 56-12-2
Definitions.
As used in the Pawnbrokers Act:
A. "pawnbroker" means a person engaged in the business of making pawn
transactions;
B. "pawn service charge" means the sum of all charges, payable directly or
indirectly by the pledgor and imposed directly or indirectly by the pawnbroker as an
incident to the pawn transaction;
C. "pawnshop" means the location or premises at which a pawnbroker regularly
conducts his business;
D. "pawn transaction" means either the act between a pawnbroker and a person
pledging a good of lending money or extending credit on the security of pledged goods
or of purchasing tangible personal property with an express or implied agreement or
understanding that it may be redeemed or repurchased by the seller at a stipulated
price;
E. "person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, trust,
association or any other legal entity however organized;
F. "pledged goods" means tangible personal property other than choses in action,
securities or printed evidences of indebtedness, which property is deposited with or
otherwise actually delivered into the possession of a pawnbroker in the course of his
business in connection with the pawn transaction;
G. "local law enforcement agency" means the chief of police, his designee, or the
police department if applicable to a municipality, or the county sheriff, his designee, or
the county sheriff's department if applicable to a county; and
H. "local government" means a municipality or county.