A reporting party who requests that a petitioner seek an extreme risk firearm protection order shall not be required to bear the cost of:
A. the filing, issuance or service of a petition for an extreme risk firearm protection order;
B. the filing, issuance or service of a warrant;
C. the filing, issuance or service of a witness subpoena;
D. service of an extreme risk firearm protection order;
E. obtaining law enforcement reports or photographs or copies of photographs relating to the allegations in the petition; or
F. any cost associated with the confiscation, storage or destruction of a firearm.
History: Laws 2020, ch. 5, § 3.
Effective dates. — Laws 2020, ch. 5 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 20, 2020, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 17 - Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order
Section 40-17-1 - Short title.
Section 40-17-2 - Definitions.
Section 40-17-3 - Forbearance of costs associated with extreme risk firearm protection orders.
Section 40-17-4 - Extreme risk firearm protection orders; venue.
Section 40-17-5 - Petition for extreme risk firearm protection order; contents.
Section 40-17-7 - Hearings on petition; grounds for issuance; contents of order.
Section 40-17-9 - Service of extreme risk firearm protection orders.
Section 40-17-10 - Relinquishment of firearms.
Section 40-17-12 - Extreme risk firearm protection order; reporting of orders; availability of data.
Section 40-17-13 - Extreme risk firearm protection orders; firearms return; disposition.