//**PROOF OF CONCEPT** — full quality-of-life profile for New Mexico, 16 dimensions of the sex-offense registry regime. Ratings are researcher judgments from the //registrant's// perspective; each links its statute. NOT legal advice.//

====== New Mexico — Registry Profile ======

**Weighted burden index 34.2/100** · rank **44 of 56** (1 = least burdensome) · 11/16 dimensions statute-verified · 1 unverified.

Legend: 🟢 favorable (less burden) · 🟠 moderate · 🔴 restrictive · ℹ️ context · ⚪ unknown. ✓ = statute-verified.

^ Dimension ^ Rating ^ Detail ^ Statute ^
| **Registration length** | 🟠 moderate | Two tiers: 10 years (lesser offenses) or natural life (serious offenses / second conviction) — **lifetime** | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-29-law-enforcement/nm-st-sect-29-11a-4/|29-11A-4]] ✓ |
| **Removal / petition off** | 🔴 restrictive | No petition or early-removal mechanism in the chapter; 10-yr duty expires, lifetime registrants never come off — ⚑ needs human review | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-29-law-enforcement/nm-st-sect-29-11a-4/|29-11A-4]] ✓ |
| **Individualized risk assessment** | 🔴 restrictive | No — state does not use risk assessment for tier assignment | n/a |
| **In-person reporting frequency** | 🟠 moderate | In-person every 90 days or 6 months | 29-11A-4 L |
| **Registration fee** | 🟢 favorable | No registration fee (29-11A-4 registration statute imposes none) | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-29-law-enforcement/nm-st-sect-29-11a-4/|n/a]] ✓ |
| **Residency restriction** | 🟢 favorable | No statewide statutory residency restriction — NM SORNA (29-11A) addresses registration/notification only, with no living-proximity ban | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-29-law-enforcement/nm-st-sect-29-11a-5-1/|29-11A (none)]] ✓ |
| **Employment restriction** | 🟢 favorable | None — NM SORNA imposes no employment restriction on registrants | [[https://www.probationinfo.org/sor/employment/|n/a]] ✓ |
| **Presence / loitering restriction** | 🟢 favorable | None — NM SORNA (29-11A) addresses only registration/notification; no statewide presence/loitering (child safety zone) restriction | [[https://www.probationinfo.org/sor/residence/|29-11A]] ✓ |
| **Visitor registration trigger** | 🟠 moderate | Within 5 days if in state 14+ days or 30 aggregate days in a year | 29-11A-4 D |
| **Internet identifiers required** | 🔴 restrictive | Required — 29-11A-4(B)(8) requires the offender's 'email addresses and monikers and other self-identifiers used on social networking sites' (law-enforcement use only) | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-29-law-enforcement/nm-st-sect-29-11a-4/|29-11A-4B]] ✓ |
| **Civil commitment** | 🟢 favorable | None | n/a |
| **Public website exposure** | 🟠 moderate | Public internet list covers only a subset of registerable offenses; lower-tier adult offenses (e.g. 4th-degree CSC) registered but not posted — lowest tier withheld | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-29-law-enforcement/nm-st-sect-29-11a-5-1/|29-11A-5.1]] ✓ |
| **Halloween / holiday restriction** | ⚪ unknown | No statutory Halloween/holiday restriction located in reviewed sources; any restriction would be a supervision/parole condition, not confirmed from a read source | n/a |
| **Marked driver's license / ID** | 🟢 favorable | State-issued ID / driver's license is NOT labeled or branded for registrants | [[https://www.probationinfo.org/sor/id/|n/a]] ✓ |
| **Community notification (& who pays)** | 🟠 moderate | No broad public door-to-door notification, but the sheriff must actively notify every school and licensed day care within a one-mile radius (non-tiered) | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-29-law-enforcement/nm-st-sect-29-11a-5-1/|29-11A-5.1 D]] ✓ |
| **Age of consent (context)** | ℹ️ context | 17 — with close-in-age exception (13–16 y/o victim is 4th-degree CSP only where actor is 18+ and 4+ years older) | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-30-criminal-offenses/nm-st-sect-30-9-11/|30-9-11]] ✓ |

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Source wiki page: [[new_mexico|New Mexico]] · compare with others via [[playground:qol_index|the index]].
//Weighted index from the v1 model (weighted_score.py); weights encode NARSOL's judgment about everyday lived burden. Removal ratings and the weights need NARSOL/attorney sign-off before authoritative use.//