Section 59A-49-8 - Criminal penalties.

NM Stat § 59A-49-8 (2019) (N/A)
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Any seller of prearranged funeral plans who sells any such plan without having been properly licensed to do so, or who violates any of the requirements of this article or any lawful regulation or order of the superintendent in connection with the sale of funeral plans, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). Each sale of each instrument shall be considered a separate offense, and each day in which any seller fails to comply with a lawful order of the superintendent is a separate offense. The penalties contained in this section shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any other penalties which may apply.

History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 906.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Contracts entered into before death, relating to burial or cremation, or steps incident thereto, as opposed to public policy, or as proper subject of regulation by statute, 68 A.L.R. 1525.

Validity of statutes regulating pre-need contracts for the sale or furnishing of burial services and merchandise, 68 A.L.R.2d 1251.