A. It is the duty of the New Mexico state police to install and maintain complete systems for the identification of criminals, including the fingerprint system and the modus operandi system. The New Mexico state police shall obtain, from whatever source procurable, and shall file and preserve for record, plates, photographs, outline pictures, fingerprints, measurements, descriptions, modus operandi statements and such other information about, concerning and relating to any and all persons who have been or who shall be convicted of a felony or who shall attempt to commit a felony within this state or who are well-known and habitual criminals or who have been convicted of any of the following felonies or misdemeanors:
(1) illegally carrying, concealing or possessing a pistol or any other dangerous weapon;
(2) buying or receiving stolen property;
(3) unlawful entry of a building;
(4) escaping or aiding an escape from prison;
(5) making or possessing a fraudulent or forged check or draft;
(6) petit larceny;
(7) unlawfully possessing or distributing habit-forming narcotic drugs; and
(8) driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.
B. The New Mexico state police may also obtain like information concerning persons who have been convicted of violating any of the military, naval or criminal laws of the United States or who have been convicted of a crime in any other state, country, district or province, which, if committed within this state, would be a felony.
C. The New Mexico state police shall make a complete and systematic record and index of all information obtained for the purpose of providing a convenient and expeditious method of consultation and comparison.
History: Laws 1935, ch. 149, § 4; 1941 Comp., § 40-301; 1953 Comp., § 39-3-1; Laws 1977, ch. 257, § 43; 1979, ch. 202, § 36; 1997, ch. 242, § 1.
Cross references. — For the DNA Identification Act, see Chapter 29, Article 16 NMSA 1978.
The 1997 amendment, effective July 1, 1997, in Subsection A, deleted "such" preceding "plates" and "hereafter" following "who shall", designated the paragraphs and added Paragraph (8), in Subsection C inserted "of" following "index", and made minor stylistic changes.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 6A C.J.S. Arrest § 62.
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