New Mexico § 67-8-7 - Defacing, disfiguring or destroying direction signs; penalty
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 67-8-7 — Defacing, disfiguring or destroying direction signs; penalty, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 67-8-7. Defacing, disfiguring or destroying direction signs; penalty
It shall be unlawful to deface, disfigure, destroy or otherwise in any manner interfere
with any such index board, whether same be placed by public authority or by any citizen
of the state. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than five
dollars ($5.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), and in default of payment
thereof shall be imprisoned for not less than five nor more than twenty-five days.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 67-8-7 ("Defacing, disfiguring or destroying direction signs; penalty") is part of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Mexico. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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