A person who injures, defaces or destroys a book or other property that belongs to the supreme court law library shall forfeit twice the value of that book or property to be sued for and recovered by the state. It shall be the duty of the librarian of the supreme court law library to promptly notify the supreme court of any such offense.
History: Laws 1915, ch. 47, § 11; C.S. 1929, § 133-111; 1941 Comp., § 3-712; 1953 Comp., § 4-10-12; 1978 Comp., § 18-1-11, recompiled and amended as § 34-2-15 by Laws 2018, ch. 39, § 5.
ANNOTATIONSRecompilations. — Laws 2018, ch. 39, § 5 recompiled and amended former 18-1-11 NMSA 1978 as 34-2-15 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2018.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, made changes to conform with the transfer of authority over the supreme court law library to the supreme court, and made technical changes; added the catchline, "Liability for injury to books or property.", deleted "Any" and added "A", after "person", deleted "injuring, defacing or destroying" and added "who injures, defaces or destroys", after "other property", deleted "belonging" and added "that belongs", after "to the", added "supreme court law", after "twice the value", deleted "thereof" and added "of that book or property", after "duty of the librarian", added "of the supreme court law library", and after "promptly notify", deleted "said board of trustees" and added "the supreme court".