New Mexico Statutes 20-12-52. Larceny and wrongful appropriation
A. Any person subject to N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 20 who wrongfully takes, obtains or withholds, by any means, from the possession of the owner or of any other person any money, personal property or article of value of any kind:
Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 20-12-52
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
(1) with intent permanently to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of property or to appropriate it to his own use or the use of any person other than the owner, steals that property and is guilty of larceny; or
(2) with intent temporarily to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of property or to appropriate it to his own use or the use of any person other than the owner;
is guilty of wrongful appropriation.
B. Any person found guilty of larceny or wrongful appropriation shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.