Statutes > New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 19 - Public Lands. > Article 4 - Townsites, 19-4-1 through 19-4-42. > Section 19-4-2 - Failure to record townsite patent; penalty.

Section 19-4-2 - Failure to record townsite patent; penalty.

19-4-2. [Failure to record townsite patent; penalty.]

Any person or persons failing to file for  record the patent they have received for a townsite in the state of New Mexico, shall, upon conviction, before any court of competent jurisdiction, be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not less than one year, and be fined in a sum of not  less than five hundred dollars [($500)], together with the costs of the prosecution.