N.M. Stat. § 30-35-2
§ 30-35-2. Penalty
Year: 2026Length: 98 words
Any person:
A. who fails to yield a telephone party line or impedes its use, and any person who falsely asserts an emergency as basis for a request of another to yield a telephone party line, as provided in the preceding section, is liable to the person aggrieved by his act for triple the amount of damages proximately caused by his act;
B. who violates any provision of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) nor less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00).