Enforcement

NMSA 1978, § 29-16-9 — under Article 16.

NMSA 1978, § 29-16-9

A. The attorney general or a district attorney may petition a district court for an order requiring a covered offender or a person required to provide a DNA sample pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 of this 2006 act [29-3-10 NMSA 1978] to: (1) provide a sample; or (2) provide a sample by alternative means if the covered offender or person will not cooperate. B. Nothing in this section shall prevent the collection of samples by order of a court of competent jurisdiction or the collection of samples of covered offenders. History: Laws 1997, ch. 105, § 9; 2006, ch. 104, § 7.