New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 32A - Children's Code
Article 2 - Delinquency

Section 32A-2-1 - Short title. - Chapter 32A, Article 2 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...

Section 32A-2-2 - Purpose of act. - The purpose of the Delinquency Act is: A. consistent with...

Section 32A-2-3 - Definitions. - As used in the Delinquency Act: A. "delinquent act" means...

Section 32A-2-4 - Detention facilities; standards; reports; appeals. - A. The department shall promulgate updated standards for all detention...

Section 32A-2-4.1 - Adult jails and lockups used as temporary holding facilities; reports. - A. A child arrested and detained for an alleged delinquent...

Section 32A-2-5 - Juvenile probation and parole services; establishment; juvenile probation and parole officers; powers and duties. - A. Juvenile probation and parole services shall be provided by...

Section 32A-2-6 - Transfer of jurisdiction over child from other tribunals to court. - A. If it appears to a tribunal in a criminal...

Section 32A-2-7 - Complaints; referral; preliminary inquiry; notice; time waiver. - A. Complaints alleging delinquency shall be referred to probation services,...

Section 32A-2-8 - Petition; authorization to file. - A petition alleging delinquency shall not be filed in delinquency...

Section 32A-2-9 - Taking into custody. - A child may be taken into custody: A. pursuant to...

Section 32A-2-10 - Release or delivery from custody. - A. A person taking a child into custody shall, with...

Section 32A-2-11 - Criteria for detention of children. - A. Unless ordered by the court pursuant to the provisions...

Section 32A-2-12 - Placement or detention. - A. A child alleged to be a delinquent child may...

Section 32A-2-13 - Detention hearing required on detained children; probable cause determination; court determination; disposition. - A. When a child who has been taken into custody...

Section 32A-2-14 - Basic rights. - A. A child subject to the provisions of the Delinquency...

Section 32A-2-15 - Time limitations on delinquency adjudicatory hearing. - The adjudicatory hearing in a delinquency proceeding shall be held...

Section 32A-2-16 - Conduct of hearings; findings; dismissal; dispositional matters; penalty. - A. Hearings on petitions shall be conducted by the court...

Section 32A-2-17 - Predisposition studies; reports and examinations. - A. After a petition has been filed and either a...

Section 32A-2-18 - Judgment; noncriminal nature; nonadmissibility. - A. The court shall enter a judgment setting forth the...

Section 32A-2-19 - Disposition of an adjudicated delinquent offender. - A. At the conclusion of the dispositional hearing, the court...

Section 32A-2-20 - Disposition of a youthful offender. - A. The court has the discretion to invoke either an...

Section 32A-2-21 - Disposition of a child with a mental disorder or developmental disability in a delinquency proceeding. - A. If in a hearing at any stage of a...

Section 32A-2-22 - Continuance under supervision without judgment; consent decree; disposition. - A. At any time after the filing of a delinquency...

Section 32A-2-23 - Limitations on dispositional judgments; modification; termination or extension of court orders. - A. A judgment transferring legal custody of an adjudicated delinquent...

Section 32A-2-23.1 - Release eligibility. - A. The department shall have exclusive jurisdiction and authority to...

Section 32A-2-23.2 - Release proceedings. - A. When the department determines that a child is ready...

Section 32A-2-24 - Probation revocation; disposition. - A. A child on probation incident to an adjudication as...

Section 32A-2-25 - Parole revocation; procedures. - A. A child on parole from an agency that has...

Section 32A-2-26 - Sealing of records. - A. On motion by or on behalf of a person...

Section 32A-2-27 - Injury to person or destruction of property; liability; costs and attorney fees; restitution. - A. Any person may recover damages not to exceed four...

Section 32A-2-28 - Parental responsibility. - A. In any complaint alleging delinquency, a parent of the...

Section 32A-2-29 - Motor Vehicle Code violations. - A. The municipal, magistrate or metropolitan court shall have original...

Section 32A-2-30 - Indigency standard; fee schedule; reimbursement. - A. The court shall use a standard adopted and information...

Section 32A-2-31 - Child adjudicated delinquent; victim restitution; compensation; deductions. - A. A delinquent child may be ordered by the court...

Section 32A-2-32 - Confidentiality; records. - A. All records pertaining to the child, including all related...

Section 32A-2-32.1 - Information not to be disclosed on a public access web site. - A state agency or a political subdivision of the state,...

Section 32A-2-33 - Child in possession of a firearm on school premises; detention; hearing. - A. If a public school administrator or employee has reasonable...