New Mexico § 69-3-14 - Defacing or changing location notice; penalty; correction of errors

§ 69-3-14. Defacing or changing location notice; penalty; correction of errors

Any person or persons, or the manager, officer, agent or employee of any person, firm,

corporation or association, who shall in any manner alter, deface or change the location

notice of any mining claim in this state, located under the laws of the United States

and of this state, or any local regulations in force in the district wherein such

claim is situated, thereby in any manner affecting the rights of any person, firm

or corporation, to such claim or location, or the land covered thereby, shall be deemed

guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any court of competent

jurisdiction, shall be fined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars [($100)],

nor more than five hundred dollars [($500)], or imprisoned in the county jail for

not less than sixty days, nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment,

in the discretion of the court trying the case. Nothing herein contained shall affect the rights of such locator or locators, and

his or their assigns, to correct errors in such notice and file amended location notices

as provided in Section 69-3-12 NMSA 1978 , and the laws of the United States: provided, such change shall not affect or change

the date of such location notice, or affect the rights of any other person.