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New Mexico · Through 2026-05-20

61-27B-20: Fees. (Repealed effective July 1, 2030.)

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  1. Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses
  2. ARTICLE 27B Private Investigations

Except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978, the department shall establish a schedule of reasonable fees as follows:

A. private investigator fees:

(1) application fee, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100);

(2) initial private investigator's license fee or license renewal fee, not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300); and

(3) initial private investigations manager license fee or license renewal fee, not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200);

B. private patrol operator fees:

(1) application fee, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100);

(2) initial private patrol operator's license fee or license renewal fee, not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300); and

(3) initial private patrol operations manager license fee or license renewal fee, not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200);

C. private investigations employee or private patrol employee, initial registration fee or registration renewal fee, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100);

D. private investigation company or private patrol company, initial license fee or renewal license fee, not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300);

E. security guard fees:

(1) level one or level two security guard registration fee or registration renewal fee, not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00); and

(2) level three security guard registration fee or registration renewal fee, not to exceed seventy-five dollars ($75.00);

F. polygraph examiners:

(1) application fee, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100);

(2) initial polygraph examiner's license fee or license renewal fee, not to exceed four hundred dollars ($400); and

(3) examination fee, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100);

G. instructors:

(1) application fee, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100); and

(2) initial registration or registration renewal, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100); and

H. other fees applying to private investigators, private patrol operators, polygraph examiners and instructors:

(1) change in license fee, not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200);

(2) late fee on license or registration renewals, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100);

(3) special event permit fee, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100); and

(4) special event license fee for a private patrol company, not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00).

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