2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 29 - Law Enforcement
Article 15 - Missing Persons Information and Reporting
Section 29-15-9 - Cross-checking and matching.
A. The clearinghouse shall cross-check and attempt to match unidentified human remains with descriptions of missing persons. When the clearinghouse discovers a possible match between unidentified human remains and a missing person description, the clearinghouse shall notify the appropriate law enforcement agencies.
B. Law enforcement agencies that receive notice of a possible match shall make arrangements for positive identification. If a positive identification is made, the law enforcement agency shall complete and close the investigation with written notification to the clearinghouse.
C. Law enforcement agencies that receive notice of a possible match between human remains and a missing person description shall notify the office of the state medical investigator.
History: Laws 1995, ch. 146, § 9; 2010, ch. 33, § 11.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2010 amendment, effective May 19, 2010, in Subsection A, in the first sentence, after "to match unidentified", deleted "bodies" and added "human remains"; and in the second sentence, after "possible match between unidentified", deleted "body" and added "human remains"; and added Subsection C.
