A. If a sex offender intends to move from New Mexico to another state, no later than thirty days prior to moving to the other state, he shall:
(1) notify the county sheriff of the county he resides in that he is moving to the other state; and
(2) provide the county sheriff with a written notice that identifies the state to which the sex offender is moving.
B. Within five days of receiving a sex offender's written notice of intent to move to another state, the county sheriff shall transmit that information to the department of public safety. Within five days of receiving that information from a county sheriff, the department shall contact the state agency responsible for registering sex offenders in the state to which the sex offender is moving. The department shall provide that state agency with registration information regarding the sex offender. The department shall also obtain information regarding registration requirements for sex offenders in the state to which the sex offender is moving. The department shall provide the sex offender with written notification of the registration requirements in the state to which the sex offender is moving.
C. A sex offender who willfully fails to comply with the requirements set forth in this section is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978.
History: Laws 2000, ch. 8, § 6; 2005, ch. 279, § 3.
The 2005 amendment, effective July 1, 2005, deleted the former provision in Subsection C that the crime is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for a definite term of not less that one year or a fine of not more that $1,000, or both; and provided in Subsection C that the crime is a fourth degree felony punishable as provided in Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978.
Applicability. — Laws 2005, ch. 279, §14, effective July 1, 2005, provided that Laws 2005, ch. 279, §§ 1 through 13 apply to a person convicted of a sex offense on or after July 1, 2005 and a person convicted of a sex offense prior to July 1, 2005 and who, on July 1, 2005, was still incarcerated, on probation or on parole for commission of that sex offense.
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