Any person who shall willfully and maliciously cut, destroy or injure any gate or fence enclosing, in whole or in part, any state lands, including lands under lease or contract of sale, upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars [($500)] or by imprisonment for not more than five years or both.
History: Laws 1912, ch. 82, § 52; Code 1915, § 5230; C.S. 1929, § 132-153; 1941 Comp., § 8-707; 1953 Comp., § 7-7-7.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Cross references. — For offense of criminal damage to property, see 30-15-1 NMSA 1978.
Applicant for purchase. — The cutting of a fence, and the removing of a gate erected on public land by person making application to state to purchase the land, was not a violation of statute. 1915 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 15-1526.
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