{
  "batch": "371-new-mexico-prostitution-statute-every-section",
  "articles": [
    {
      "id": "learn_r371_new_mexico_prostitution_statute_every_section_371_new_mexico_prostitution_statute_every_section_anchor_ch30",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978: Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses (anchor)",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The official NMSA 1978 site (NMOneSource.com, New Mexico Compilation Commission) publishes Chapter 30 NMSA 1978 under the title 'Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses'; its text is the chapter PDF linked from this index page.",
      "body": "The official NMSA 1978 site (NMOneSource.com, New Mexico Compilation Commission) publishes Chapter 30 NMSA 1978 under the title 'Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses'; its text is the chapter PDF linked from this index page.\n\nWhat New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com) actually says:\n\n“Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses - NMOneSource.com”\n\nNote: Anchor record: official statute site (Compilation Commission). The statute text itself is only published there as a chapter PDF.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/item/4371/index.do",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com)",
      "evidence_quote": "Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses - NMOneSource.com",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "371-new-mexico-prostitution-statute-every-section",
      "subject": "New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978",
      "topic": "Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses (anchor)",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "NM",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-nm"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "legal_fetch_over_cap"
        ],
        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r371_new_mexico_prostitution_statute_every_section_371_new_mexico_prostitution_statute_every_section_s002",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 1978, 30-9-2: Prostitution: offence, 'sexual act', class",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 30-9-2: prostitution is knowingly engaging in or offering to engage in a sexual act for hire; 'sexual act' is limited to intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, masturbation of another, anal intercourse or penetration with an object; a petty misdemeanor, a misdemeanor on a second or later conviction.",
      "body": "NMSA 30-9-2: prostitution is knowingly engaging in or offering to engage in a sexual act for hire; 'sexual act' is limited to intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, masturbation of another, anal intercourse or penetration with an object; a petty misdemeanor, a misdemeanor on a second or later conviction.\n\nWhat New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com) actually says:\n\n“Prostitution consists of knowingly engaging in or offering to engage in a sexual act for hire. As used in this section \"sexual act\" means sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, masturbation of another, anal intercourse or the causing of penetration to any extent and with any object of the genital or anal opening of another, whether or not there is any emission. Whoever commits prostitution is guilty of a petty misdemeanor, unless such crime is a second or subsequent conviction, in which case such person is guilty of a misdemeanor.”\n\nNote: Seller-side offence. 'Sexual act' is a closed list involving contact between persons ('masturbation of another'); the section does not mention filming, recording or payment for appearing in a recording.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/4371/1/document.do",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com)",
      "evidence_quote": "Prostitution consists of knowingly engaging in or offering to engage in a sexual act for hire. As used in this section \"sexual act\" means sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, masturbation of another, anal intercourse or the causing of penetration to any extent and with any object of the genital or anal opening of another, whether or not there is any emission. Whoever commits prostitution is guilty of a petty misdemeanor, unless such crime is a second or subsequent conviction, in which case such person is guilty of a misdemeanor.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "371-new-mexico-prostitution-statute-every-section",
      "subject": "NMSA 1978, 30-9-2",
      "topic": "Prostitution: offence, 'sexual act', class",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "NM",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-nm"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "legal_fetch_over_cap"
        ],
        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r371_new_mexico_prostitution_statute_every_section_371_new_mexico_prostitution_statute_every_section_s003",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 1978, 30-9-3: Patronizing prostitutes (buyer side)",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 30-9-3: entering a place of prostitution with intent to engage in a sexual act, or knowingly hiring or offering to hire a prostitute (or someone believed to be one) for a sexual act, is patronizing prostitutes, a petty misdemeanor, a misdemeanor on a second or later conviction.",
      "body": "NMSA 30-9-3: entering a place of prostitution with intent to engage in a sexual act, or knowingly hiring or offering to hire a prostitute (or someone believed to be one) for a sexual act, is patronizing prostitutes, a petty misdemeanor, a misdemeanor on a second or later conviction.\n\nWhat New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com) actually says:\n\n“Patronizing prostitutes consists of: A. entering or remaining in a house of prostitution or any other place where prostitution is practiced, encouraged or allowed with intent to engage in a sexual act with a prostitute; or B. knowingly hiring or offering to hire a prostitute, or one believed by the offeror to be a prostitute, to engage in a sexual act with the actor or another. As used in this section, \"a sexual act\" means sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, masturbation of another, anal intercourse or the causing of penetration to any extent and with any object of the genital or an anal opening of another whether or not there is any emission. Whoever commits patronizing prostitutes is guilty of a petty misdemeanor, unless such crime is a second or subsequent conviction, in which case such person is guilty of a misdemeanor.”\n\nNote: Relevant to a creator who pays a co-performer: the payer side is its own section.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/4371/1/document.do",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com)",
      "evidence_quote": "Patronizing prostitutes consists of: A. entering or remaining in a house of prostitution or any other place where prostitution is practiced, encouraged or allowed with intent to engage in a sexual act with a prostitute; or B. knowingly hiring or offering to hire a prostitute, or one believed by the offeror to be a prostitute, to engage in a sexual act with the actor or another. As used in this section, \"a sexual act\" means sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, masturbation of another, anal intercourse or the causing of penetration to any extent and with any object of the genital or an anal opening of another whether or not there is any emission. Whoever commits patronizing prostitutes is guilty of a petty misdemeanor, unless such crime is a second or subsequent conviction, in which case such person is guilty of a misdemeanor.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "371-new-mexico-prostitution-statute-every-section",
      "subject": "NMSA 1978, 30-9-3",
      "topic": "Patronizing prostitutes (buyer side)",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "NM",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-nm"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "legal_fetch_over_cap"
        ],
        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r371_new_mexico_prostitution_statute_every_section_371_new_mexico_prostitution_statute_every_section_s004",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 1978, 30-9-4: Promoting prostitution",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 30-9-4: knowingly establishing, owning, maintaining or managing a house or place where prostitution is practiced, leasing premises for that use, procuring or soliciting for a prostitute, is promoting prostitution.",
      "body": "NMSA 30-9-4: knowingly establishing, owning, maintaining or managing a house or place where prostitution is practiced, leasing premises for that use, procuring or soliciting for a prostitute, is promoting prostitution.\n\nWhat New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com) actually says:\n\n“Promoting prostitution consists of any person, acting other than as a prostitute or patron of a prostitute: A. knowingly establishing, owning, maintaining or managing a house of prostitution or a place where prostitution is practiced, encouraged or allowed, or participating in the establishment, ownership, maintenance or management thereof; B. knowingly entering into any lease or rental agreement for any premises which a person partially or wholly owns or controls, knowing that such premises are intended for use as a house of prostitution or as a place where prostitution is practiced, encouraged or allowed; C. knowingly procuring a prostitute for a house of prostitution or for a place where prostitution is practiced, encouraged or allowed; D. knowingly inducing another to become a prostitute; E. knowingly soliciting a patron for a prostitute or for a house of prostitution or for any place where prostitution is practiced, encouraged or allowed;”\n\nNote: Quote is the opening and subsections A-E. The penalty is stated at the end of the section; see s004_pen.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/4371/1/document.do",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com)",
      "evidence_quote": "Promoting prostitution consists of any person, acting other than as a prostitute or patron of a prostitute: A. knowingly establishing, owning, maintaining or managing a house of prostitution or a place where prostitution is practiced, encouraged or allowed, or participating in the establishment, ownership, maintenance or management thereof; B. knowingly entering into any lease or rental agreement for any premises which a person partially or wholly owns or controls, knowing that such premises are intended for use as a house of prostitution or as a place where prostitution is practiced, encouraged or allowed; C. knowingly procuring a prostitute for a house of prostitution or for a place where prostitution is practiced, encouraged or allowed; D. knowingly inducing another to become a prostitute; E. knowingly soliciting a patron for a prostitute or for a house of prostitution or for any place where prostitution is practiced, encouraged or allowed;",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "371-new-mexico-prostitution-statute-every-section",
      "subject": "NMSA 1978, 30-9-4",
      "topic": "Promoting prostitution",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "NM",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-nm"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "legal_fetch_over_cap"
        ],
        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r371_new_mexico_prostitution_statute_every_section_371_new_mexico_prostitution_statute_every_section_s004_pen",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 1978, 30-9-4: Promoting prostitution: penalty",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 30-9-4: whoever commits promoting prostitution is guilty of a fourth degree felony.",
      "body": "NMSA 30-9-4: whoever commits promoting prostitution is guilty of a fourth degree felony.\n\nWhat New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com) actually says:\n\n“Whoever commits promoting prostitution is guilty of a fourth degree felony.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/4371/1/document.do",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com)",
      "evidence_quote": "Whoever commits promoting prostitution is guilty of a fourth degree felony.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "371-new-mexico-prostitution-statute-every-section",
      "subject": "NMSA 1978, 30-9-4",
      "topic": "Promoting prostitution: penalty",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "NM",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-nm"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "failed",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "hollow_body",
          "strong_label_on_weak_content"
        ],
        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r371_new_mexico_prostitution_statute_every_section_371_new_mexico_prostitution_statute_every_section_s0041",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 1978, 30-9-4.1: Accepting earnings of a prostitute",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 30-9-4.1: knowingly accepting money from the earnings of a person engaged in prostitution, or knowingly owning or managing a place where prostitution is allowed and living from its proceeds, is accepting the earnings of a prostitute, a fourth degree felony.",
      "body": "NMSA 30-9-4.1: knowingly accepting money from the earnings of a person engaged in prostitution, or knowingly owning or managing a place where prostitution is allowed and living from its proceeds, is accepting the earnings of a prostitute, a fourth degree felony.\n\nWhat New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com) actually says:\n\n“Accepting the earnings of a prostitute consists of accepting, receiving, levying or appropriating money or anything of value, without consideration, from the proceeds of the earnings of a person engaged in prostitution with the knowledge that the person is engaged in prostitution and that the earnings are derived from engaging in prostitution, or knowingly owning or knowingly managing a house or other place where prostitution is practiced or allowed and living or deriving support or maintenance, in whole or in part, from the earnings or proceeds of a person engaged in prostitution at that house or place. Whoever commits accepting the earnings of a prostitute is guilty of a fourth degree felony.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/4371/1/document.do",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com)",
      "evidence_quote": "Accepting the earnings of a prostitute consists of accepting, receiving, levying or appropriating money or anything of value, without consideration, from the proceeds of the earnings of a person engaged in prostitution with the knowledge that the person is engaged in prostitution and that the earnings are derived from engaging in prostitution, or knowingly owning or knowingly managing a house or other place where prostitution is practiced or allowed and living or deriving support or maintenance, in whole or in part, from the earnings or proceeds of a person engaged in prostitution at that house or place. Whoever commits accepting the earnings of a prostitute is guilty of a fourth degree felony.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "371-new-mexico-prostitution-statute-every-section",
      "subject": "NMSA 1978, 30-9-4.1",
      "topic": "Accepting earnings of a prostitute",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "NM",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-nm"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "failed",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "hollow_body",
          "strong_label_on_weak_content"
        ],
        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r371_new_mexico_prostitution_statute_every_section_371_new_mexico_prostitution_statute_every_section_s005",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 1978, 30-9-5: Medical examination and treatment order",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 30-9-5: on conviction for prostitution or patronizing prostitutes the court may order examination for venereal disease and treatment.",
      "body": "NMSA 30-9-5: on conviction for prostitution or patronizing prostitutes the court may order examination for venereal disease and treatment.\n\nWhat New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com) actually says:\n\n“the court may order any defendant convicted of prostitution or patronizing prostitutes to be examined for venereal disease and shall sentence any diseased defendant to submit to medical treatment until he is discharged from treatment as noninfectuous [noninfectious].”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/4371/1/document.do",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com)",
      "evidence_quote": "the court may order any defendant convicted of prostitution or patronizing prostitutes to be examined for venereal disease and shall sentence any diseased defendant to submit to medical treatment until he is discharged from treatment as noninfectuous [noninfectious].",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "371-new-mexico-prostitution-statute-every-section",
      "subject": "NMSA 1978, 30-9-5",
      "topic": "Medical examination and treatment order",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "NM",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-nm"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "failed",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "hollow_body",
          "strong_label_on_weak_content"
        ],
        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r371_new_mexico_prostitution_statute_every_section_371_new_mexico_prostitution_statute_every_section_s008",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 1978, 30-9-8: House of prostitution is a public nuisance",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 30-9-8: a house of prostitution is a building, enclosure or place used for prostitution as defined in 30-9-2, and is a public nuisance per se.",
      "body": "NMSA 30-9-8: a house of prostitution is a building, enclosure or place used for prostitution as defined in 30-9-2, and is a public nuisance per se.\n\nWhat New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com) actually says:\n\n“As used in this section \"house of prostitution\" means a building, enclosure or place that is used for the purpose of prostitution as that crime is defined in Section 30-9-2 NMSA 1978. A house of prostitution is a public nuisance per se.”\n\nNote: Relevant to a home studio only if the home is used for prostitution (a sexual act for hire); lawful filming does not trigger it.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/4371/1/document.do",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com)",
      "evidence_quote": "As used in this section \"house of prostitution\" means a building, enclosure or place that is used for the purpose of prostitution as that crime is defined in Section 30-9-2 NMSA 1978. A house of prostitution is a public nuisance per se.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "371-new-mexico-prostitution-statute-every-section",
      "subject": "NMSA 1978, 30-9-8",
      "topic": "House of prostitution is a public nuisance",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "NM",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-nm"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "legal_fetch_over_cap"
        ],
        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r371_new_mexico_prostitution_statute_every_section_371_new_mexico_prostitution_statute_every_section_s6a3c",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 1978, 30-6A-3: Sexual exploitation of children: distribution",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 30-6A-3(C): intentionally distributing an obscene visual or print medium depicting a prohibited sexual act, knowing or having reason to know a participant is a child under eighteen, is an offence (third degree felony).",
      "body": "NMSA 30-6A-3(C): intentionally distributing an obscene visual or print medium depicting a prohibited sexual act, knowing or having reason to know a participant is a child under eighteen, is an offence (third degree felony).\n\nWhat New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com) actually says:\n\n“It is unlawful for a person to intentionally distribute any obscene visual or print medium depicting any prohibited sexual act or simulation of such an act if that person knows or has reason to know that the obscene medium depicts any prohibited sexual act or simulation of such act and if that person knows or has reason to know that one or more of the participants in that act is a child under eighteen years of age.”\n\nNote: Included because adult-content work turns on every participant being 18 or older; 18 is the state line.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/4371/1/document.do",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com)",
      "evidence_quote": "It is unlawful for a person to intentionally distribute any obscene visual or print medium depicting any prohibited sexual act or simulation of such an act if that person knows or has reason to know that the obscene medium depicts any prohibited sexual act or simulation of such act and if that person knows or has reason to know that one or more of the participants in that act is a child under eighteen years of age.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "371-new-mexico-prostitution-statute-every-section",
      "subject": "NMSA 1978, 30-6A-3",
      "topic": "Sexual exploitation of children: distribution",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "NM",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-nm"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "legal_fetch_over_cap"
        ],
        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "learn_r371_new_mexico_prostitution_statute_every_section_371_new_mexico_prostitution_statute_every_section_absence_filmi",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Does the prostitution article mention filming or recording?",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Reading NMSA 30-9-2 through 30-9-8, none refers to filming, photographing, recording or webcasting: prostitution is defined only by a 'sexual act for hire'. Whether paid, filmed sex between performers falls outside that definition is therefore not answered by the text.",
      "body": "Reading NMSA 30-9-2 through 30-9-8, none refers to filming, photographing, recording or webcasting: prostitution is defined only by a 'sexual act for hire'. Whether paid, filmed sex between performers falls outside that definition is therefore not answered by the text.\n\nWhat New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com) actually says:\n\n“Prostitution consists of knowingly engaging in or offering to engage in a sexual act for hire.”\n\nNote: ABSENCE RECORD (inferred from reading the sections, not from operative text). Index searched: Chapter 30 NMSA 1978 (NMOneSource chapter PDF), Article 9 sections 30-9-1 to 30-9-9, searched for film, record, photograph, video, webcast on 2026-10-18; only 30-9-20 (voyeurism) uses those words and it concerns viewing without consent. No case law was read.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/4371/1/document.do",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
      "reliability": "CREATOR STRATEGY",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com)",
      "evidence_quote": "Prostitution consists of knowingly engaging in or offering to engage in a sexual act for hire.",
      "volatility": "medium",
      "from_batch": "371-new-mexico-prostitution-statute-every-section",
      "subject": "NMSA 1978, Chapter 30, Article 9",
      "topic": "Does the prostitution article mention filming or recording?",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "NM",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-nm"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "unverified",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
          "legal_fetch_over_cap"
        ],
        "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z"
      }
    }
  ]
}