N.M. Stat. § 29-15-2 — NM Code / Chapter 29 / Article 15 / Section 29-15-2
§ 29-15-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Missing Persons Information and Reporting Act:

A. “ Brittany alert ” means a notification relating to an endangered person:

(1) who is a missing person; and

(2) about whom there is a clear indication that the person has a developmental disability as defined in Subsection A of Section 28-16A-6 NMSA 1978 and that the person's health or safety is at risk;

B. “ child ” means a person under the age of eighteen years who is not emancipated;

C. “ clearinghouse ” means the missing persons information clearinghouse;

D. “ custodian ” means a parent, guardian or other person who exercises legal physical control, care or custody of a child or of an adult with a developmental disability; or a person who performs one or more activities of daily living for an adult;

E. “ endangered person ” means a missing person who:

(1) is in imminent danger of causing harm to the person's self;

(2) is in imminent danger of causing harm to another;

(3) is in imminent danger of being harmed by another or who has been harmed by another;

(4) has been a victim of a crime as provided in the Crimes Against Household Members Act 1 or in Section 30-3A-3 or 30-3A-3.1 NMSA 1978, or their equivalents in any other jurisdiction;

(5) is or was protected by an order of protection pursuant to the Family Violence Protection Act; 2

(6) has Alzheimer's disease, dementia or another degenerative brain disorder or a brain injury; or

(7) has a developmental disability as defined in Subsection A of Section 28-16A-6 NMSA 1978 and that person's health or safety is at risk;

F. “ immediate family member ” means the spouse, nearest relative or close friend of a person;

G. “ law enforcement agency ” means a law enforcement agency of the state, a state agency or a political subdivision of the state;

H. “ lead station ” means an AM radio station that has been designated as the “state primary station” by the federal communications commission for the emergency alert system;

I. “ missing person ” means a person whose whereabouts are unknown to the person's custodian or immediate family member and the circumstances of whose absence indicate that:

(1) the person did not leave the care and control of the custodian or immediate family member voluntarily and the taking of the person was not authorized by law; or

(2) the person voluntarily left the care and control of the custodian without the custodian's consent and without intent to return;

J. “ missing person report ” means information that is:

(1) given to a law enforcement agency on a form used for sending information to the national crime information center; and

(2) about a person whose whereabouts are unknown to the reporter and who is alleged in the form submitted by the reporter to be missing;

K. “ person ” means an individual, regardless of age;

L. “ possible match ” means the similarities between unidentified human remains and a missing person that would lead one to believe they are the same person;

M. “ reporter ” means the person who reports a missing person;

N. “ silver alert ” means a notification relating to an endangered person:

(1) who is a missing person; and

(2) who is fifty years or older; or

(3) about whom there is a clear indication that the individual suffers from Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia, regardless of age;

O. “ state agency ” means an agency of the state, a political subdivision of the state or a public post-secondary educational institution; and

P. “ state registrar ” means the employee so designated by the public health division of the department of health pursuant to the Vital Statistics Act. 3