N.M. Stat. § 24-14-31
Penalties.
A. Except for violations of Section 24-14-18 NMSA 1978 [repealed], any person is
guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of
Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978, who willfully and knowingly:
(1)
makes any false statement or supplies any false information in a report,
record or certificate required to be filed;
(2)
with the intent to deceive, alters, amends, counterfeits, copies or mutilates
any report, record or certificate, application or supporting documentation;
(3)
uses or attempts to use or furnishes to another for use for any purpose of
deception any certificate, record, report or certified copy that has been altered,
amended or mutilated or that contains false information in whole or in part, or that is
related to the birth or death of another person, whether living or dead; or
(4)
neglects or violates any of the provisions of the Vital Statistics Act
[Chapter 24, Article 14 NMSA 1978] or refuses to perform any of the duties imposed
upon the person by that act.
B. Any person who willfully and knowingly permits inspection of or discloses
information contained in vital statistics records of adoptions or induced abortions or
copies or issues a copy of all or part of any record of an adoption or induced abortion,
except as authorized by law, is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced in
accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Sentencing Act [Chapter 31, Article 18
NMSA 1978].