INCREASE PENALTY FOR LARCENY OF FIREARM

HB0197

HOUSE BILL 197

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2026

INTRODUCED BY

Andrea Reeb

AN ACT

RELATING TO CRIME; INCREASING THE PENALTY FOR LARCENY OF A
FIREARM.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

SECTION 1.
Section 30-16-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1963,
Chapter 303, Section 16-1, as amended) is amended to read:

"30-16-1. LARCENY.--

A. Larceny consists of the stealing of anything of
value that belongs to another.

B. Whoever commits larceny when the value of the
property stolen is two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or less is
guilty of a petty misdemeanor.

C. Whoever commits larceny when the value of the
property stolen is over two hundred fifty dollars ($250) but
not more than five hundred dollars ($500) is guilty of a
misdemeanor.

D. Whoever commits larceny when the value of the
property stolen is over five hundred dollars ($500) but not
more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) is guilty
of a fourth degree felony.

E. Whoever commits larceny when the value of the
property stolen 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.

F. Whoever commits larceny when the value of the
property stolen is over twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) is
guilty of a second degree felony.

G. Whoever commits larceny when the property of
value stolen is livestock is guilty of a third degree felony
regardless of its value.

H. Whoever commits larceny when the property of
value stolen is a firearm is guilty of a [
fourth
]
third
degree
felony when its value is less than two thousand five hundred
dollars ($2,500)."

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