Unlawful possession of a weapon conversion device; penalty
NMSA 1978, § 30-7-3.1
in effect30-7-3.1. Unlawful possession of a weapon conversion device; penalty
A. Unlawful possession of a weapon conversion device consists of a person knowingly having in that person's possession an unlawfully obtained weapon conversion device or knowingly transporting an unlawfully obtained weapon conversion device.
B. A person who commits unlawful possession of a weapon conversion device is guilty of a third degree felony.
C. As used in this section:
(1) "fully automatic weapon" means a weapon that shoots, is designed to shoot automatically or can be readily restored to fire more than one cartridge or shell, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger;
(2) "semiautomatic weapon" means a repeating rifle, shotgun or pistol, regardless of barrel or overall length, that uses a portion of the energy of a firing cartridge or shell to extract the fired cartridge case or spent shell and chamber the next round and that requires a separate function of the trigger to fire each cartridge or shell; and
(3) "weapon conversion device" means a part or combination of parts designed and intended to convert a semiautomatic weapon into a fully automatic weapon.
Laws 2025, ch. 4, § 10.
Source: New Mexico Compilation Commission (nmonesource.com)URL: https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18530/index.do#!b/30-7-3.1Fetched: 10/20/2026