Section 30-16-10 - Forgery. - New Mexico Statutes

30-16-10. Forgery.

A.     Forgery consists of: 

(1)     falsely making or altering any signature to, or any part of, any writing purporting to have any legal efficacy with intent to injure or defraud; or 

(2)     knowingly issuing or transferring a forged writing with intent to injure or defraud.  

B.     Whoever commits forgery when there is no quantifiable damage or when the damage is two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or less is guilty of a fourth degree felony.  

C.     Whoever commits forgery when the damage is over two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) but not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is guilty of a third degree felony.

D.     Regardless of value, whoever commits forgery of a will, codicil, trust instrument, deed, mortgage, lien or any other instrument affecting title to real property is guilty of a third degree felony.  

E.     Whoever commits forgery when the damage is over twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is guilty of a second degree felony.