Section 8-5-19 - Attorney general; authority to investigate and prosecute missing indigenous persons cases

The attorney general shall assist, with the consent of an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo, with the investigation and prosecution of all missing persons cases in which one or more indigenous persons are reasonably believed to be victims pursuant to the Missing Persons Information and Reporting Act [Chapter 29, Article 15 NMSA 1978].History: Laws 2022, ch. 2, § 1. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clauses. — Laws 2022, ch. 2, § 7 contained an emergency clause and was approved February 24, 2022.