Section 56-12-6 - Pawnbroker; bond required.
56-12-6. Pawnbroker; bond required.
No person shall engage in business as a pawnbroker without having executed and delivered a bond to his local government in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000). The bond shall be in a form approved by the local government and shall be conditioned upon the conduct of the pawnbroker's business according to the provisions of the Pawnbrokers Act [56-12-1 to 56-12-16 NMSA 1978]. The bond shall be for the benefit of each and every person damaged by a breach of any condition set forth in the bond. Every pawnbroker shall provide the local government with thirty days' notice in writing of the cancellation of the bond.