Forbearance of costs associated with extreme risk firearm protection orders.

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A reporting party who requests that a petitioner seek an extreme risk firearm protection order shall not be required to bear the cost of:

A. the filing, issuance or service of a petition for an extreme risk firearm protection order;

B. the filing, issuance or service of a warrant;

C. the filing, issuance or service of a witness subpoena;

D. service of an extreme risk firearm protection order;

E. obtaining law enforcement reports or photographs or copies of photographs relating to the allegations in the petition; or

F. any cost associated with the confiscation, storage or destruction of a firearm.

History: Laws 2020, ch. 5, § 3.

ANNOTATIONS

Effective dates. — Laws 2020, ch. 5 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 20, 2020, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.


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