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Home » US Law » 2021 New Mexico Statutes » Chapter 40 - Domestic Affairs » Article 17 - Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order

Section 40-17-1 – Short title.

Sections 1 through 13 [40-17-1 to 40-17-13 NMSA 1978] of this act may be cited as the “Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order Act”. History: Laws 2020, ch. 5, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2020, ch. 5 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May […]

Section 40-17-10 – Relinquishment of firearms.

A. A respondent who receives a temporary or one-year extreme risk firearm protection order shall relinquish all firearms in the respondent’s possession, custody or control or subject to the respondent’s possession, custody or control in a safe manner to a law enforcement officer, a law enforcement agency or a federal firearms licensee within forty-eight hours […]

Section 40-17-11 – Penalties.

A person who fails to relinquish, or who possesses or has custody or control over, any firearm or who purchases, receives or attempts to purchase, possess or receive any firearm, in violation of a temporary extreme risk firearm protection order or a one-year extreme risk firearm protection order is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable pursuant […]

Section 40-17-2 – Definitions.

As used in the Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order Act: A. “court” means the district court in the county in which the respondent resides; B. “extreme risk firearm protection order” means either a temporary extreme risk firearm protection order or a one-year extreme risk firearm protection order granted pursuant to the Extreme Risk Firearm Protection […]

Section 40-17-4 – Extreme risk firearm protection orders; venue.

Proceedings pursuant to the Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order Act shall be filed, heard and determined in the district court for the county in which the respondent resides. History: Laws 2020, ch. 5, § 4. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2020, ch. 5 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, […]

Section 40-17-5 – Petition for extreme risk firearm protection order; contents.

A. A petition for an extreme risk firearm protection order shall be filed only by a law enforcement officer employed by a law enforcement agency; provided that, if the respondent is a law enforcement officer, the petition shall be filed by the district attorney or the attorney general. B. A petitioner may file a petition […]

Section 40-17-7 – Hearings on petition; grounds for issuance; contents of order.

In determining whether grounds for any extreme risk firearm protection order exist, the court shall consider, at a minimum, the following: A. any recent act or threat of violence by the respondent against self or others, regardless of whether the act or threat involved a firearm; B. a pattern of acts or threats of violence […]

Section 40-17-9 – Service of extreme risk firearm protection orders.

A one-year extreme risk firearm protection order issued pursuant to the Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order Act shall be personally served upon the respondent by the sheriff’s office in the county in which the respondent resides; provided that if the respondent resides in a city or town that has a police department, the police department […]