Section 29-15-7 - Law enforcement requirements; missing person reports; unidentified human remains. - New Mexico Statutes

29-15-7. Law enforcement requirements; missing person reports; unidentified human remains.

A.     A law enforcement agency shall accept without delay and without exception for any reason any report of a missing person and, no later than two hours after receiving a missing person report or additional or supplemental information for the report, shall:

(1)     start an appropriate investigation to determine the present location of the missing person and to determine whether the missing person is an endangered person;

(2)     provide to the clearinghouse all information the law enforcement agency has relating to an investigation regarding or the location or identification of a missing person;

(3)     enter the name of the missing person into the clearinghouse and the national crime information center missing person file; and

(4)     if the missing person is determined to be an endangered person, notify the department of public safety in accordance with procedures prescribed by the department.

B.     Information not immediately available shall be obtained as soon as possible by the law enforcement agency and, no later than two hours after receipt of the information, entered into the clearinghouse and the national crime information center file as a supplement to the original entry.

C.     All New Mexico law enforcement agencies are required to enter information about all unidentified human remains found in their jurisdiction into the clearinghouse and the national crime information center unidentified person file, including all available identifying features of the human remains and a description of the clothing found on the human remains.  If an information entry into the national crime information center file results in an automatic entry of the information into the clearinghouse, the law enforcement agency is not required to make a direct entry of that information into the clearinghouse.