(A) Unlawful removal of effects consists of any person removing or causing to be removed any baggage or effects from any hotel, motel, trailer park, inn, rented dwelling, or boardinghouse, while there is a lien existing thereon for the proper charges due for fare or board furnished from the hotel, motel, trailer park, inn, rented dwelling, or boardinghouse, and where the owner or person in possession of the baggage or effects is given actual notice of the fact of the lien, or where a notice of the lien has been conspicuously posted upon the premises adjacent to the baggage or effects, giving notice of the fact of the lien and the amount thereof.
(B) Whoever commits unlawful removal of effects is guilty of violating this section.
(1981 Code, § 16-127) (Ord. 579, passed 1-28-1969) Penalty, see § 130.999
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see NMSA § 30-16-17