Section 44-1-7 - Defects of form; names of prisoner and custodian. - New Mexico Statutes

44-1-7. [Defects of form; names of prisoner and custodian.]

Such writ of habeas corpus shall not be disobeyed for any defect of form. It is sufficient:   

A.     if the person having the custody of the prisoner is designated either by his name or office, if he has any, or by his own name, or if both such names are unknown or uncertain, he may be described by any assumed appellation, and anyone who may be served with the writ, shall be deemed to be the person to whom it is directed, although it is directed to him by a wrong name or description, or to another person;   

B.     if the person who is directed to be produced is designated by name, or if his name is uncertain or unknown, he may be described in any other way so as to designate the person intended.