As used in the Used Merchandise Act: A. "store" means any pawnshop, second hand store, junkshop, automobile salvage or wreckage establishment or any place of operation for dealing in or purchasing gold, silver or platinum, but does not include any shop or establishment insofar as it purchases or deals in paper products or used beverage containers, other than those made of gold, silver or platinum; and B. "identification" means a valid New Mexico driver's license, a federal social security card, a valid armed forces identification card, a federal census number, a valid medicare identification card, a valid passport or any valid juvenile identification card issued by a municipality of this state. History: 1953 Comp., § 49-13-2, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 155, § 2; 1981, ch. 323, § 1. Municipal ordinance imposing stricter identification and description of article requirements not in conflict with this section. City of Hobbs v. Biswell , 1970-NMCA-086, 81 N.M. 778, 473 P.2d 917, cert. denied, 81 N.M. 772, 473 P.2d 911.
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