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 shall serve the order.
History: Laws 2020, ch. 5, § 9.
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.