{"data":{"id":"us-nm/31-2-2","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"31-2-2","heading":"[Arrested person taken before magistrate; hearing; commitment or discharge.]","body":"If an arrest is made in this state by an officer of another state in accordance with the provisions of Section 1 [31-2-1 NMSA 1978] of this act he shall without unnecessary delay take the person arrested before a magistrate of the county in which the arrest was made, who shall conduct a hearing for the purpose of determining the lawfulness of the arrest. If the magistrate determines that the arrest was lawful he shall commit the person arrested to await for a reasonable time the issuance of an extradition warrant by the governor of this state. If the magistrate determines that the arrest was unlawful he shall discharge the person arrested.","path":["Chapter 31 - Criminal Procedure","ARTICLE 2 Fresh Pursuit"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18531/index.do","current_through":"2026-05-20","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"56b5e001daea10fb816804514eb7601e5ab3f67ac6851526e6e33773a00e4078","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/31-2-1","next":"us-nm/31-2-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}