New Mexico § 30-3-11 Definitions

New Mexico Statutes

§ 30-3-11 — Definitions

New Mexico § 30-3-11

Ch. 30Criminal Offenses

Art. 3Assault and Battery

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 30-3-11 (2026).

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As used in the Crimes Against Household Members Act: A. "household member" means a spouse, former spouse, parent, present or former stepparent, present or former parent in-law, grandparent, grandparent-in-law, a co- parent of a child or a person with whom a person has had a continuing personal relationship. Cohabitation is not necessary to be deemed a household member for the purposes of the Crimes Against Household Members Act; B. "continuing personal relationship" means a dating or intimate relationship; C. "strangulation" means the unlawful touching or application of force to another person's neck or throat with intent to injure that person and in a manner whereby great bodily harm or death can be inflicted, the result of which impedes the person's normal breathing or blood circulation;

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As used in the Crimes Against Household Members Act: A. "household member" means a spouse, former spouse, parent, present or former stepparent, present or former parent in-law, grandparent, grandparent-in-law, a co- parent of a child or a person with whom a person has had a continuing personal relationship. Cohabitation is not necessary to be deemed a household member for the purposes of the Crimes Against Household Members Act; B. "continuing personal relationship" means a dating or intimate relationship; C. "strangulation" means the unlawful touching or application of force to another person's neck or throat with intent to injure that person and in a manner whereby great bodily harm or death can be inflicted, the result of which impedes the person's normal breathing or blood circulation; and D. "suffocation" means the unlawful touching or application of force that blocks the nose or mouth of another person with intent to injure that person and in a manner whereby great bodily harm or death can be inflicted, the result of which impedes the person's normal breathing or blood circulation.