Section 59A-50-20 - Civil penalties.

NM Stat § 59A-50-20 (2019) (N/A)
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In addition to any penalties imposed pursuant to other provisions of this article, the district court of the county in which the violation occurred may, in an action filed by the superintendent, impose the following civil penalties:

A. for each violation of this article which the person knew or reasonably should have known was such a violation, a penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each violation but not to exceed an aggregate penalty of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in any six-month period;

B. for each violation of this article which the person did not know nor reasonably should have known was such a violation, a penalty of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation but not to exceed an aggregate penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in any six-month period; and

C. for each violation of an order issued by the superintendent pursuant to Section 925 [59A-50-19 NMSA 1978] of this article, while such order is in effect, a penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 926.