Nothing in Sections 66-8-103 or 66-8-104 NMSA 1978 is intended to authorize a police officer or a judicial or probation officer to make an arrest or to direct the performance of a chemical blood test except in the performance of that officer's official duties and as otherwise authorized by law.
§ 66-8-104 NMSA 1978
Chemical blood tests; officer unauthorized to make arrest or direct test except in performance of official duties
Known as the Implied Consent Act
The act spans §§ 66–66 (67 sections).
1953 Comp., § 64-8-104, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 512; 2025, ch. 4, § 19.
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.