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N.M. Stat. § 63-9D-1 (2026)

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Sections 63-9D-1 through 63-9D-11.1 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Enhanced 911 Act".

History: Laws 1989, ch. 25, § 1; 1993, ch. 48, § 2; 1998, ch. 108, § 72.

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The 1998 amendment, effective January 1, 1999, substituted "Sections 63-9D-1 through 63-9D-11.1" for "Chapter 63, Article 9D" at the beginning of the section.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 2023–2025 · leading case: Ferlic v. Mesilla Valley Reg'l Dispatch Auth., No. 2:22-cv-00633 (D.N.M. Oct. 2, 2023).
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Ferlic v. Mesilla Valley Reg'l Dispatch Auth., No. 2:22-cv-00633 (D.N.M. Oct. 2, 2023). · cites it 6× “For the following reasons, the Court sua sponte certifies the following question to the New Mexico Supreme Court: Considering the Enhanced 911 Act, NMSA 1978 §§ 63-9D-1 to -11.1 (1989, as amended through 2017), and the Emergency Medical Services Act, NMSA 1978 §§ 24-10B-1 to -7…”
Murphy v. Lash (N.M. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 2× “3d 763 (holding that a 911 16 communications center, jointly created by public bodies, was a governmental entity 17 due to its identical duties and powers to provide emergency communications 18 services as a public entity under the Enhanced 911 Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 63-9D-1 to 19…”
Gebler v. Valencia Reg'l Emergency Commc'n Ctr., 535 P.3d 763 (N.M. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 2× “The VRECC was created pursuant to the New Mexico Enhanced 911 Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 63-9D-1 to -11.1 (1989, as amended through 2017) to provide enhanced 911 emergency communications functions for an area that includes the “incorporated boundaries of the [m]unicipalities and the…”
Murphy v. Lash, No. A-1-CA-39628 (N.M. Ct. App. Oct. 26, 2023). · cites it 2× “, 2023-NMCA-70, ¶¶ 2, 9-12, 535 P.3d 763 (holding that a 911 communications center, jointly created by public bodies, was a governmental entity due to its identical duties and powers to provide emergency communications services as a public entity under the Enhanced 911 Act, NMSA…”
Gonzales v. City of Carlsbad, No. A-1-CA-40943 (N.M. Ct. App. June 11, 2025). · cites it 2× “Plaintiff appeals, arguing that summary judgment was improperly granted on his claim for negligent operation of machinery and equipment because (1) 911 dispatchers do not have immunity under the Enhanced 911 Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 63-9D-1 to -11.1 (1989, as amended through 2017),…”
Ferlic v. Mesilla Valley Reg'l Dispatch Auth., 578 P.3d 1051 (N.M. 2025). “On the one hand, the Enhanced 911 Act, NMSA 1978, 8 §§ 63-9D-1 to -11.1 (1989, as amended through 2017), provides immunity to those 9 covered by its provisions “except for intentional acts.”
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