29-16-9. Enforcement.
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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.