A person brought into this state by, or after waiver of, extradition based on a criminal charge shall not be subject to service of personal process in civil actions arising out of the same facts as the criminal proceedings for which he is being or has been returned, until he has been convicted in the criminal proceedings, or, if acquitted, until he has had reasonable opportunity to return to the state from which he was extradited.
§ 31-4-27 NMSA 1978
Immunity from service of process in certain civil actions
Known as the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act
The act spans §§ 31–31 (31 sections).
Laws 1937, ch. 65, § 25; 1941 Comp., § 42-1927; 1953 Comp., § 41-19-27; Laws 1975, ch. 69, § 1.
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