Statutes > New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 57 - Trade Practices and Regulations. > Article 17 - Standards of Weights and Measures, 57-17-1 through 57-17-19. > Section 57-17-16 - Hindering or obstructing officers; penalties.

Section 57-17-16 - Hindering or obstructing officers; penalties.

57-17-16. Hindering or obstructing officers; penalties.

A person who shall hinder or obstruct in any way the director or an inspector, in the performance of his official duties, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty dollars ($20.00) or more than one hundred dollars ($100), or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or by both fine and imprisonment.