Any person selling tobacco products in New Mexico and required by the provisions of Section 7-12A-8 N.M. Stat. Ann. to retain invoices who willfully fails to retain the invoices shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) or more than five hundred dollars ($500). Jurisdiction over such actions is hereby granted to the magistrate courts.

Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 7-12A-9

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
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