N.M. Stat. § 40-13B-3

Current through 2024, ch. 69

Section 40-13B-3 - Confidential substitute address program; application

A. The "confidential substitute address program" is created in the office of the secretary of state to provide a process by which a victim of domestic violence may protect the confidentiality of the victim's residential and delivery addresses in public records.

B. An applicant, with the assistance of an application assistant, shall submit an application to the secretary of state on a form prescribed by the secretary of state. The application assistant's signature shall serve as recommendation that the applicant participate in the confidential substitute address program.

C. An application shall be signed and dated by the applicant and the application assistant and shall include:

(1) the applicant's name;

(2) the applicant's statement that the applicant fears for the safety of the applicant, the applicant's child or another person in the applicant's household because of a threat of immediate or future harm;

(3) the applicant's statement that the disclosure of the applicant's residential or delivery address would endanger the applicant, the applicant's child or another person in the applicant's household;

(4) the applicant's statement that the applicant has confidentially relocated in the past ninety days or will relocate within the state in the next ninety days;

(5) a designation of the secretary of state as the applicant's agent for the purpose of receiving mail, deliveries and service of process, notice or demand;

(6) the names and ages of those persons in the applicant's household who will also be participants in the program if the applicant is admitted into the program. Each person in an applicant's household listed in the application shall be considered a separate participant in the program;

(7) the applicant's residential and delivery addresses, if different, the confidentiality of which the applicant seeks to protect;

(8) the applicant's telephone number and email address; and

(9) the applicant's statement under penalty of perjury that the information contained in the application is true.

NMS § 40-13B-3

Amended by 2023, c. 39,s. 93, eff. 6/13/2023.

Added by 2018, c. 40,s. , eff. 7/1/2018.