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§ 40-17-10 NMSA 1978

Relinquishment of firearms

Known as the Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order Act

The act spans §§ 40–40 (13 sections).

Laws 2020, ch. 5, § 10; 2025, ch. 17, § 2.

A. A respondent who receives a temporary or one-year extreme risk firearm protection order shall relinquish all firearms in the respondent's possession, custody or control or subject to the respondent's possession, custody or control in a safe manner to a law enforcement officer, a law enforcement agency or a federal firearms licensee immediately upon service of the order or as directed by the court.

B. A law enforcement officer, law enforcement agency or federal firearms licensee that takes temporary possession of a firearm pursuant to this section shall:

(1) prepare a receipt identifying all firearms that have been relinquished or taken;

(2) provide a copy of the receipt to the respondent;

(3) provide a copy of the receipt to the petitioner within seventy-two hours of taking possession of the firearms;

(4) file the original receipt with the court that issued the temporary or one-year extreme risk firearm protection order within seventy-two hours of taking possession of the firearms; and

(5) ensure that the law enforcement agency retains a copy of the receipt.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.