# ABUSE OF THE LAW

- **operation:** document
- **citation:** 18.60.5.17 NMAC
- **title:** ABUSE OF THE LAW
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
- **status:** current
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 2022-08-09
- **summary:** A person shall be deemed to have willfully failed to comply with this rule or Chapter 62, Article 14 NMSA 1978 and shall be subject to the penalties in Section 62-14-8 NMSA 1978 if the person: A. requests a locate for an area that cannot reasonably be excavated in 15 working days; B. provides misinf
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A person shall be deemed to have willfully failed to comply with this rule or Chapter 62, Article 14 NMSA 1978 and shall be subject to the penalties in Section 62-14-8 NMSA 1978 if the person:

A. requests a locate for an area that cannot reasonably be excavated in 15 working days;

B. provides misinformation or withholds information regarding the size of an excavation area;

C. requests locates that unduly burden a one-call notification system or UFO;

D. requests a locate for fraudulent reasons;

E. fails to process locate requests within the requisite timeframe;

F. fails to mark, or provide positive response for its underground facilities within the requisite timeframe;

G. fails to determine if all underground facilities have been marked or cleared;

H. commences excavation prior to the expiration of the advance notice period;

I. obliterates markings at an excavation site without providing temporary offset marks or stakes;

J. alters any record relating to excavation activity;

K. fails to pre-mark the actual intended excavation route or site(s) as required;

L. fails to report or file a report of damage within requisite time frame; or

M. commits any other act that the commission determines violates Chapter 62, Article 14 NMSA 1978 or this rule.
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