{ "batch": "726-new-mexico-age-verification-laws", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r726_new_mexico_age_verification_laws_726_new_mexico_age_verification_laws_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": "726-new-mexico-age-verification-laws", "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_r726_new_mexico_age_verification_laws_726_new_mexico_age_verification_laws_abs_av", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 1978, Chapter 30, Article 37: No New Mexico age-verification statute for adult websites in the code as compiled", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] As compiled on NMOneSource.com (last modified 10/16/2026), Chapter 30 Article 37 'Sexually Oriented Material Harmful to Minors' contains no website age-verification statute, effective date, covered-entity definition, accepted verification method, retention period or penalty tier of the kind other states enacted; the only age rules are the minor offences in 30-37-2 and 30-37-3 and the defense in 30-37-5.", "body": "As compiled on NMOneSource.com (last modified 10/16/2026), Chapter 30 Article 37 'Sexually Oriented Material Harmful to Minors' contains no website age-verification statute, effective date, covered-entity definition, accepted verification method, retention period or penalty tier of the kind other states enacted; the only age rules are the minor offences in 30-37-2 and 30-37-3 and the defense in 30-37-5.\n\nWhat New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com) actually says:\n\n“ARTICLE 37 Sexually Oriented Material Harmful to Minors 30-37-1. Definitions. As used in this act:”\n\nNote: ABSENCE RECORD (inferred from the article heading, not from operative text). Index searched: NMSA 1978 Chapters 3, 7, 14, 30, 37, 40, 41, 53, 56, 57, 60, 61, searched for 'age verification', 'verify the age', 'commercial entity' on 2026-10-18. Nothing changed since batch 376: this is the same finding, re-read, with no new statute found. A session law not yet compiled would not appear.", "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": "ARTICLE 37 Sexually Oriented Material Harmful to Minors 30-37-1. Definitions. As used in this act:", "volatility": "high", "from_batch": "726-new-mexico-age-verification-laws", "subject": "NMSA 1978, Chapter 30, Article 37", "topic": "No New Mexico age-verification statute for adult websites in the code as compiled", "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_r726_new_mexico_age_verification_laws_726_new_mexico_age_verification_laws_s3703", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 1978, 30-37-3: Offence: exhibiting a sexual motion picture or show to a minor", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 30-37-3: it is unlawful to knowingly exhibit to a minor, or admit a minor to premises exhibiting, a motion picture, show or presentation that depicts nudity, sexual conduct or sado-masochistic abuse and is harmful to minors.", "body": "NMSA 30-37-3: it is unlawful to knowingly exhibit to a minor, or admit a minor to premises exhibiting, a motion picture, show or presentation that depicts nudity, sexual conduct or sado-masochistic abuse and is harmful to minors.\n\nWhat New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com) actually says:\n\n“It is unlawful for any person knowingly to exhibit to a minor or knowingly to provide to a minor an admission ticket or pass or knowingly to admit a minor to premises whereon there is exhibited a motion picture, show or other presentation which, in whole or in part, depicts nudity, sexual conduct or sado-masochistic abuse and which is harmful to minors.”", "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 any person knowingly to exhibit to a minor or knowingly to provide to a minor an admission ticket or pass or knowingly to admit a minor to premises whereon there is exhibited a motion picture, show or other presentation which, in whole or in part, depicts nudity, sexual conduct or sado-masochistic abuse and which is harmful to minors.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "726-new-mexico-age-verification-laws", "subject": "NMSA 1978, 30-37-3", "topic": "Offence: exhibiting a sexual motion picture or show to a minor", "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_r726_new_mexico_age_verification_laws_726_new_mexico_age_verification_laws_s3705", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 1978, 30-37-5: Defense: ID shown", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 30-37-5(A): no violation where the person had reasonable cause to believe the minor was eighteen and the minor exhibited an official or apparently official document purporting to establish it.", "body": "NMSA 30-37-5(A): no violation where the person had reasonable cause to believe the minor was eighteen and the minor exhibited an official or apparently official document purporting to establish it.\n\nWhat New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com) actually says:\n\n“where such person had reasonable cause to believe that the minor involved had reached his eighteenth birthday, and such minor exhibited to such person a draft card, driver's license, birth certificate or other official or apparently official document purporting to establish that such minor had reached his eighteenth birthday;”", "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": "where such person had reasonable cause to believe that the minor involved had reached his eighteenth birthday, and such minor exhibited to such person a draft card, driver's license, birth certificate or other official or apparently official document purporting to establish that such minor had reached his eighteenth birthday;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "726-new-mexico-age-verification-laws", "subject": "NMSA 1978, 30-37-5", "topic": "Defense: ID shown", "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_r726_new_mexico_age_verification_laws_726_new_mexico_age_verification_laws_s37032", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 1978, 30-37-3.2: Child solicitation by electronic communication device", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 30-37-3.2(A): knowingly and intentionally soliciting a child under sixteen by electronic communication device to engage in sexual intercourse, sexual contact or a sexual or obscene performance, when the perpetrator is at least four years older, is an offence (fourth degree felony, third degree if the child is under thirteen).", "body": "NMSA 30-37-3.2(A): knowingly and intentionally soliciting a child under sixteen by electronic communication device to engage in sexual intercourse, sexual contact or a sexual or obscene performance, when the perpetrator is at least four years older, is an offence (fourth degree felony, third degree if the child is under thirteen).\n\nWhat New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com) actually says:\n\n“Child solicitation by electronic communication device consists of a person knowingly and intentionally soliciting a child under sixteen years of age, by means of an electronic communication device, to engage in sexual intercourse, sexual contact or in a sexual or obscene performance, or to engage in any other sexual conduct when the perpetrator is at least four years older than the child.”", "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": "Child solicitation by electronic communication device consists of a person knowingly and intentionally soliciting a child under sixteen years of age, by means of an electronic communication device, to engage in sexual intercourse, sexual contact or in a sexual or obscene performance, or to engage in any other sexual conduct when the perpetrator is at least four years older than the child.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "726-new-mexico-age-verification-laws", "subject": "NMSA 1978, 30-37-3.2", "topic": "Child solicitation by electronic communication device", "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" } } ] }