A. It is not a violation of Section 30-22-1 or Section 30-22-4 NMSA 1978 for a person who is a member, resident, employee or volunteer of or is otherwise associated with a domestic violence safe house or shelter to request that a law enforcement officer show a valid search warrant before allowing the officer to enter the domestic violence safe house or shelter. Nothing in this section shall prevent a law enforcement officer from executing a valid search warrant.
B. Prior to attempting to serve an arrest warrant within a domestic violence safe house or shelter, a law enforcement officer shall obtain a valid search warrant, unless exigent circumstances exist necessitating immediate entry.
History: Laws 2009, ch. 84, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2009, ch. 84 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 19, 2009, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.