N.M. Stat. § 32A-3B-3
Protective custody; interference with protective custody;
penalty.
A. A child may be taken into protective custody by a law enforcement officer without
a court order when the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the child:
(1)
has run away from the child's parent, guardian or custodian;
(2)
without parental supervision is suffering from illness or injury;
(3)
has been abandoned;
(4)
is endangered by the child's surroundings and removal from those
surroundings is necessary to ensure the child's safety;
(5)
is engaged in an act that would be designated as prostitution if committed
by an adult; or
(6)
is a victim of human trafficking as defined in Section 30-52-1 NMSA 1978.
B. A child may be taken into protective custody pursuant to a court order issued
after an agency legally charged with the supervision of the child has notified a law
enforcement agency that the child has run away from a placement.
C. When a child is taken into protective custody, the department shall make a
reasonable effort to determine whether the child is an Indian child.
D. Any person, other than the child taken into protective custody, who interferes with
placing the child in protective custody is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and shall be
sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978.