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Home » US Law » 2021 New Mexico Statutes » Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses » Article 12 - Abuse of Privacy

Section 30-12-1 – Interference with communications; exception.

Interference with communications consists of knowingly and without lawful authority: A. displacing, removing, injuring or destroying any radio station, television tower, antenna or cable, telegraph or telephone line, wire, cable, pole or conduit belonging to another, or the material or property appurtenant thereto; B. cutting, breaking, tapping or making any connection with any telegraph or […]

Section 30-12-10 – Interception of privileged or unauthorized communications.

A. No otherwise privileged wire or oral communication intercepted in accordance with, or in violation of, the provisions of this act [30-12-1 to 30-12-11 NMSA 1978] shall lose its privileged character. B. When an investigative or law enforcement officer, while engaged in intercepting wire or oral communications in the manner authorized in this act, intercepts […]

Section 30-12-11 – Right of privacy; damages.

A. Any person whose wire or oral communication is intercepted, disclosed or used in violation of this act [30-12-1 to 30-12-11 NMSA 1978] shall: (1) have a civil cause of action against any person who intercepts, discloses or uses, or procures any other person to intercept, disclose or use such communications; and (2) be entitled […]

Section 30-12-12 – Disturbing a marked burial ground.

Disturbing a marked burial ground consists of knowingly and willfully disturbing or removing the remains, or any part of them, or any funerary object, material object or associated artifact of any person interred in any church, churchyard, cemetery or marked burial ground or knowingly and willfully procuring or employing any other person to disturb or […]

Section 30-12-13 – Defacing tombs.

Defacing tombs consists of either: A. intentionally defacing, breaking, destroying or removing any tomb, monument or gravestone erected to any deceased person or any memento, memorial or marker upon any place of burial of any human being or any ornamental plant, tree or shrub appertaining to the place of burial of any human being; or […]

Section 30-12-14 – Unlawful burial.

Unlawful burial consists of the using of any land or lands as a burial place of interment within fifty yards from either side of the bank or border of any stream, river or any body of water, by a person or persons, society of persons, order, corporation or corporations. Whoever commits unlawful burial is guilty […]

Section 30-12-2 – Grounds for order of interception.

An ex parte order for wiretapping, eavesdropping or the interception of any wire or oral communication may be issued by any judge of a district court upon application of the attorney general or a district attorney, stating that there is probable cause to believe that: A. evidence may be obtained of the commission of: (1) […]

Section 30-12-3 – Form of application.

Each application for wiretapping, eavesdropping or the interception of any wire or oral communication shall be made in writing upon oath or affirmation to a judge of a district court and shall state the applicant’s authority to make such application. Each application shall include: A. the identity of the investigative or law enforcement officer making […]

Section 30-12-4 – Entry of order; determination.

Upon application, the judge may enter an ex parte order, as requested or as modified, authorizing or approving wiretapping, eavesdropping or the interception of wire or oral communications within the district in which the judge is sitting, if the judge determines on the basis of the facts submitted by the applicant that: A. there is […]

Section 30-12-5 – Contents of order.

A. Each order authorizing or approving wiretapping, eavesdropping or interception of wire or oral communications shall specify: (1) the identity, if known, of the person whose communications are to be intercepted; (2) the nature and location of the communication facilities as to which, or the place where, authority to intercept is granted; (3) a particular […]

Section 30-12-6 – Order; extension; requirements.

No order entered under this act [30-12-1 to 30-12-11 NMSA 1978] may authorize or approve the interception of any wire or oral communication for any period longer than is necessary to achieve the objective of the authorization, nor in any event longer than thirty days. Extensions of an order may be granted, but only upon […]

Section 30-12-7 – Method of recording communication; custody.

A. The contents of any wire or oral communication intercepted by any means authorized by this act [30-12-1 to 30-12-11 NMSA 1978] shall, if possible, be recorded on tape, wire or other comparable device. The recording shall be done in such a way as will protect the recording from editing or other alterations. Immediately upon […]

Section 30-12-8 – Use of contents as evidence; disclosure; motion to suppress.

A. The contents of any intercepted wire or oral communication or evidence derived therefrom shall not be received in evidence or otherwise disclosed in any trial, hearing or other proceeding in a state court unless each party, not less than ten days before the trial, hearing or proceeding has been furnished with a copy of […]

Section 30-12-9 – Disclosure; when and by whom allowed.

A. Any investigative or law enforcement officer who, by any means authorized by this act [30-12-1 to 30-12-11 NMSA 1978], has obtained knowledge of the contents of any wire or oral communication, or evidence derived therefrom, may: (1) disclose such contents to another investigative or law enforcement officer to the extent that such disclosure is […]