{"data":{"id":"us-nm/29-16-9","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"29-16-9","heading":"Enforcement.","body":"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:\n(1) provide a sample; or\n(2) provide a sample by alternative means if the covered offender or person will not cooperate.\nB. 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.","path":["Chapter 29 - Law Enforcement","ARTICLE 16 DNA Identification"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18529/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"8d43d0ae1f8b011be41df8aa6e8fb1b0537c7975b533a88abbad063ee74ab450","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/29-16-8.1","next":"us-nm/29-16-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}