2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses
Article 27B - Private Investigations
Section 61-27B-20 - Fees. (Repealed effective July 1, 2024.)

A. Except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978, the department shall establish a schedule of reasonable fees as follows:

(1) private investigator fees:

(a) application fee, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100);

(b) initial private investigator's license fee or license renewal fee, not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300); and

(c) initial private investigations manager license fee or license renewal fee, not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200);

(2) private patrol operator fees:

(a) application fee, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100);

(b) initial private patrol operator's license fee or license renewal fee, not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300); and

(c) initial private patrol operations manager license fee or license renewal fee, not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200);

(3) security guard fees:

(a) level one or level two security guard registration fee or registration renewal fee, not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00); and

(b) level three security guard registration fee or registration renewal fee, not to exceed seventy-five dollars ($75.00);

(4) polygraph examiners:

(a) application fee, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100);

(b) initial polygraph examiner's license fee or license renewal fee, not to exceed four hundred dollars ($400); and

(c) examination fee, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100); and

(5) other fees applying to private investigators, private patrol operators and polygraph examiners:

(a) change in license fee, not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200);

(b) late fee on license or registration renewals, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100);

(c) special event permit fee, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100); and

(d) special event license fee for a private patrol company, not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00).

B. Fees charged by the department shall not be increased prior to fiscal year 2009.

History: Laws 2007, ch. 115, § 20; 2020, ch. 6, § 55.

Delayed repeal. — For delayed repeal of the section, see 61-27B-36 NMSA 1978.

Compiler's note. — Laws 2007, ch. 115, § 20 was enacted as 61-27A-7.1 NMSA 1978. It has been codified by the compiler of the NMSA 1978 as 61-27B-20 NMSA 1978. See the compiler's note following 61-27B-1 NMSA 1978.

The 2020 amendment, effective July 1, 2020, provided an exception to the licensure fee for qualified military service members, their spouses and dependent children, and for certain veterans; and in Subsection A, in the introductory clause, added "Except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978".