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N.M. Stat. § 29-20-1 (2026)

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Sections 1 through 4 [29-20-1 to 29-20-4 NMSA 1978] of this act may be cited as the
"Law Enforcement Safe Pursuit Act".

History: Laws 2003, ch. 260, § 1.

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Effective dates. — Laws 2003, ch. 260, § 6 made Laws 2003, ch. 260, § 1 effective
July 1, 2003.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 2006–2023 · leading case: State v. Padilla, 176 P.3d 299 (N.M. 2008).
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State v. Padilla, 176 P.3d 299 (N.M. 2008). · cites it 6× “NMSA 1978, §§ 29-20-1 to -4 (2003). Both statutes passed the 2003 Legislature as part of the same bill and became effective the same day, July 1, 2003.”
State v. Padilla, 2006 NMCA 107 (N.M. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “NMSA 1978, § 29-20-1 to -4 (2003). We agree and remand for a new trial.”
State v. Padilla, 142 P.3d 921 (N.M. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “NMSA 1978, § 29-20-1 to -4 (2003). We agree and remand for a new trial.”
Hernandez v. Parker, 508 P.3d 947 (N.M. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “LESPA further outlines the mandatory minimum policies and requirements to address safe pursuit.”
State v. Montano, 2020 NMSC 009 (N.M. 2020). · cites it 2× “vehicle in a manner that endangers the life of another person after being given a visual or audible signal to stop, whether by hand, voice, emergency light, flashing light, siren or other signal, by a uniformed law enforcement officer in an appropriately marked law enforcement…”
State v. Gutierrez, 523 P.3d 560 (N.M. 2022). · cites it 2× “1 (2003, amended 2022), to the Law Enforcement Safe Pursuit Act (LESPA), NMSA 1978, §§ 29-20-1 to -4 (2003). {29} In Padilla, we considered “whether the Legislature intended the phrase ‘in accordance with the provisions of the LESPA’ found at the end of the aggravated fleeing…”
State v. Montano, 423 P.3d 1 (N.M. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “LESPA, which is codified at NMSA 11 1978, Sections 29-20-1 to -4 (2003), mandates the development and implementation 12 of law enforcement agency policies and training to reduce the risk that uninvolved 13 motorists and bystanders will be killed or injured by vehicles involved…”
State v. Ross, 2007 NMCA 126 (N.M. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “The officer also testified that he did not know whether the Farming-ton Police Department’s pursuit policy is pursuant to the Law Enforcement Safe Pursuit Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 29-20-1 to -4 (2003) (the Pursuit Act).”
State v. Ross, 168 P.3d 169 (N.M. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “The officer also testified that he did not know whether the Farmington Police Department's pursuit policy is pursuant to the Law Enforcement Safe Pursuit Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 29-20-1 to -4 (2003) (the Pursuit Act).”
State v. Coleman, 264 P.3d 523 (N.M. Ct. App. 2011). “As we understand Defendant’s argument on appeal, he is asking us to hold that he should not have been convicted of aggravated fleeing because the deputy who pursued him violated the Chaves County high speed pursuit policy.”
State v. Ortega, 528 P.3d 733 (N.M. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 2× “Even assuming the statute requires pursuit after an officer’s signal to stop, an issue which we do not 2The Law Enforcement Safe Pursuit Act (LESPA) is codified at NMSA 1978, §§ 29-20-1 to -4 (2003). The LESPA and Section 30-22-1.”
Hernandez v. Parker (N.M. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “” Section 29-20-4(A). LESPA further outlines the mandatory minimum policies and requirements to address safe pursuit.”
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