A. State agencies and public and private schools shall cooperate with a law enforcement agency that is investigating a missing person report and shall furnish any information that will assist the law enforcement agency in completing the investigation.
B. Information provided by a state agency or a public or private school shall not be released to any person outside the law enforcement agency or the clearinghouse, except as provided by rule of the department of public safety.
History: Laws 1995, ch. 146, § 10; 2010, ch. 33, § 12.
The 2010 amendment, effective May 19, 2010, in Subsection B, after "except as provided by", deleted "regulation" and added "rule".
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 15 - Missing Persons Information and Reporting
Section 29-15-1 - Short title.
Section 29-15-2 - Definitions.
Section 29-15-3 - Missing persons information clearinghouse; function.
Section 29-15-3.1 - Endangered person advisory.
Section 29-15-3.2 - Silver alert advisory.
Section 29-15-3.3 - Brittany alert advisory.
Section 29-15-4 - State department of public education; cooperation with clearinghouse.
Section 29-15-5 - Custodian or immediate family member request for information.
Section 29-15-6 - Missing person report forms.
Section 29-15-7 - Law enforcement requirements; missing person reports; unidentified human remains.
Section 29-15-7.1 - Missing child reports; law enforcement agencies; duties; registrar.
Section 29-15-7.2 - Birth records of missing children; state registrar's duties.
Section 29-15-8 - Release of dental records; immunity.
Section 29-15-9 - Cross-checking and matching.
Section 29-15-10 - Interagency cooperation.
Section 29-15-11 - Confidentiality of records.
Section 29-15-12 - Attorney general to require compliance; removal or discipline.