Public Conduct in New Mexico (2026)

Las Cruces outlaws aggressive solicitation everywhere in the city: touching someone without consent, following them…

Santa Fe bans panhandling that touches, blocks, follows, or curses at the person solicited, and treats panhandling by a…

Bernalillo County Code Section 58-12(b)(20) makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate anywhere in a county park or…

Urinating or defecating in public view, on any public place or on private property without the possessor's consent, is…

Section 12-3-6 of Santa Fe's traffic code bans roller skates, coaster wagons, skateboards, and similar toy vehicles…

City code § 8-3-1-1 bans skateboards, roller skates, coasters and similar toys from any sidewalk in a business district…

Skateboards, roller skates and in-line skates are banned outright on the Downtown Mall in Las Cruces. In every other…

Bernalillo County Code Section 58-12(b)(31) bars skateboards and other human-powered devices from tennis courts…

Riding a skateboard, roller skates, or coaster wagon on any major or collector street in Rio Rancho is banned except…

Santa Fe's Nuisance Abatement Ordinance declares a party of two or more people causing peace-disturbing noise a 'loud…

Albuquerque's Premise Liability Ordinance puts criminal responsibility on the occupant of a property, not just the…

Las Cruces Code Sec. 19-94 makes it unlawful to knowingly sponsor, host or actively engage in an "unruly gathering,"…

Standing or loitering in the traveled part of a Las Cruces street, on an interstate ramp, or on a narrow median along a…

It is unlawful to camp or loiter on the right-of-way of any city-, county- or conservancy-owned drainage channel…

Unincorporated Bernalillo County bans obstructing pedestrian movement or camping in public rights-of-way at streets and…

Rio Rancho makes it a crime to loiter or prowl in a manner unusual for law-abiding people when the circumstances would…

Santa Fe's loitering law is narrow and age-specific: Sections 16-13.7 and 16-13.8 make it a petty misdemeanor for…

Albuquerque's Clean Indoor Air Ordinance, Revised Ordinances of Albuquerque § 9-5-5-4, bans smoking in every indoor…

The Santa Fe Smoke Free Ordinance bans smoking on outdoor patios of restaurants and bars, and within 25 feet of any…

Doña Ana County bans smoking and vaping inside and within fifty feet of every public place in the unincorporated…

Las Cruces requires a 15-foot smoke-free buffer around entrances, windows and ventilation systems of workplaces and…

Albuquerque Code of Ordinances § 8-2-7-9 bars pedestrians, wheelchair users, skateboarders, scooter riders and other…

Crossing a Las Cruces street anywhere other than a marked or unmarked crosswalk means the pedestrian, not the driver…

Rio Rancho pedestrians who cross mid-block or outside a marked or unmarked crosswalk must yield to all vehicles, and…

Santa Fe requires pedestrians who cross outside a marked or intersection crosswalk to yield to all vehicles, and bars…

Las Cruces makes it a petty misdemeanor to intentionally possess marijuana anywhere in the city under Code Sec. 19-3…

Albuquerque's Clean Indoor Air Ordinance bars smoking cannabis in any indoor public place or workplace; consumption is…

Smoking cannabis in a public place is banned countywide in unincorporated Otero County unless you're inside a licensed…

Valencia County Code § 112.20(C) makes it unlawful to consume cannabis in a public place or on county-owned property…

Drinking alcohol in city parks, on streets and sidewalks, in city-owned parking lots, or within 100 feet of a bar is…

Las Cruces bans drinking or carrying an open alcoholic beverage container inside a motor vehicle on any city street…

Santa Fe makes it unlawful to drink, possess an open container of, or serve alcoholic liquors in any public place…

Bernalillo County bans possessing, drinking, or selling alcohol in any county park or recreation facility unless…

Rio Rancho bans drinking or carrying an opened alcohol container in any motor vehicle on city streets, with limited…