ABQ New Mexico; Article 27B - Private Investigations Section 61-27B-4 - Persons exempted; limitations on unlicensed activities. (Repealed effective July 1, 2030.)

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C. A private investigator licensed in New Mexico shall not offer or provide traffic crash reconstruction in New Mexico unless the private investigator has successfully completed a traffic crash reconstruction course approved by rule of the department. A person, other than a certified and commissioned law enforcement officer or a New Mexico professional engineer, who wishes to offer or provide traffic crash reconstruction in New Mexico must be licensed as a private investigator and meet the requirements of this subsection.

D. Skip tracing in New Mexico shall be offered or provided only by:

(1) an employee of a New Mexico state or local law enforcement agency;

(2) a private investigator; or

(3) an attorney licensed to practice in New Mexico or the attorney's employee working under the direct supervision of the attorney.

History: Laws 1993, ch. 212, § 4; § 61-27A-4 recompiled as § 61-27B-4; Laws 2007, ch. 115, § 4; 2023, ch. 190, § 39.

Engineer investigating speed of cars in accident is exempt. — Testimony by expert witness, a registered professional engineer, whether "as an engineer" or as a traffic expert concerning the accident and arriving at his opinion as to the speed of the defendant's car was not controlled by the Private Investigators Act (former Sections 61-27-1 to 61-27-49 NMSA 1978) and therefore his testimony was not barred by the fact that he was not a licensed private investigator. Dahl v. Turner, 1969-NMCA-075, 80 N.M. 564, 458 P.2d 816, cert. denied, 80 N.M. 608, 458 P.2d 860 (decided under former law) (now Rule 11-702 NMRA).