N.M. Stat. § 30-27-2.1

Impersonating a peace officer.

Last amended: 1999Year: 2026Length: 108 wordsOfficial source
A. Impersonating a peace officer consists of: (1) without due authority exercising or attempting to exercise the functions of a peace officer; or (2) pretending to be a peace officer with the intent to deceive another person. B. Whoever commits impersonating a peace officer is guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon a second or subsequent conviction, the offender is guilty of a fourth degree felony. C. As used in this section, "peace officer" means any public official or public officer vested by law with a duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for crime, whether that duty extends to all crimes or is limited to specific crimes.
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