New Mexico Statutes
§ 31-2-1 — [Officer of another state entering this state in fresh pursuit;
New Mexico § 31-2-1
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 31-2-1 (2026).
Text
power to arrest and hold fugitive.] Any member of a duly organized state, county or municipal peace unit of another state of the United States who enters this state in fresh pursuit, and continues within this state in such fresh pursuit, of a person in order to arrest him on the ground that he is believed to have committed a felony in such other state, shall have the same authority to arrest and hold such person in custody, as has any member of any duly organized state, county or municipal peace unit of this state, to arrest and hold in custody a person on the ground that he is believed to have committed a felony in this state.
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Legislative History
Laws 1937, ch. 12, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 42-201; 1953 Comp., § 41-2-1.
Nearby Sections
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§ 31-1-1
Short title§ 31-1-2
Definitions§ 31-1-3
Method of prosecution§ 31-1-5
Procedures on arrest; reports§ 31-11-1
Stay of execution; release§ 31-11-6
Post-conviction remedy§ 31-12-10
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Bluebook (online)
New Mexico § 31-2-1, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/31/31-2-1.