2023 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses
Article 3 - Assault and Battery
Section 30-3-19 - Threatening a judge or an immediate family member of a judge; penalty.

A. No person shall threaten a judge or the immediate family member of a judge with the intent to:

(1) place the judge or the immediate family member of a judge in fear of great bodily harm to the judge or to an immediate family member of the judge;

(2) prevent or interrupt the ability to carry out the judge's job duties; or

(3) retaliate against a judge on account of the performance of the judge's official duties during the judge's term of service.

B. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a fourth degree felony.

C. As used in this section:

(1) "immediate family member" means a spouse, child, sibling, parent, grandparent or grandchild, and "immediate family member" includes a stepparent, a stepchild, a stepsibling and an adoptive relationship;

(2) "judge" means a current or former justice, judge, magistrate, domestic violence special commissioner or hearing officer; and

(3) "retaliate" means intentionally threatening bodily injury to or damage to the property of a judge or a family member of a judge with the intent to retaliate against the judge for the judge's exercise of the judge's judicial duties and causing the judge or the family member to reasonably believe that the judge's or the family member's person or property is in danger.

History: Laws 2022, ch. 56, § 47.

Effective dates. — Laws 2022, ch. 56, § 47 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 18, 2022, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.