20-2-5. Fresh pursuit.
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A. In case the United States is at war or in case of any other emergency declared by the president or the congress of the United States or by the governor or the legislature of this state, any organization, unit or detachment of the military forces of this state by direction of the governor and upon order of the officer in immediate command thereof may continue in fresh pursuit of insurrectionists, saboteurs, perpetrators of felony, enemies or enemy forces beyond the borders of this state into another state of the United States until they are apprehended or captured by such organization, unit or detachment or until the military or police forces of such other state or the forces of the United States have had a reasonable opportunity to take up the pursuit or to apprehend or capture the persons pursued, provided such other state shall have given authority by law for such pursuit by such forces of this state.
Except as otherwise provided by law, any person who shall be apprehended or captured in another state of the United States by any of the forces of this state shall without unnecessary delay be surrendered to the military or police forces of the state in which he is taken or to the United States, but such surrender shall not constitute a waiver by this state of its right to extradite or prosecute such person for any crime committed in this state.
B. Military forces of other states of the United States may enter this state. Any military forces of another state of the United States who are in fresh pursuit of insurrectionists, saboteurs, perpetrators of felony, enemies or enemy forces may continue such pursuit into this state until the military or police forces of this state or the forces of the United States have had a reasonable opportunity to take up the pursuit or to apprehend or capture the persons pursued and the pursuing forces may arrest or capture such persons within this state while in fresh pursuit.
Any such person who shall be captured or arrested by the military forces of such other state while in this state shall without unnecessary delay be surrendered to the military or police forces of this state to be dealt with according to law.
C. This section shall not be construed so as to make unlawful any arrest in this state which would otherwise be lawful or to repeal or prevent the application of any of the provisions of the Uniform Act on Fresh Pursuit [31-2-1 to 31-2-7 NMSA 1978].
History: 1978 Comp., § 20-2-5, enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 318, § 12.