playground:qol_state_new_mexico
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 | 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 | 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) | n/a ✓ |
| Residency restriction | 🟢 favorable | No statewide statutory residency restriction — NM SORNA (29-11A) addresses registration/notification only, with no living-proximity ban | 29-11A (none) ✓ |
| Employment restriction | 🟢 favorable | None — NM SORNA imposes no employment restriction on registrants | n/a ✓ |
| Presence / loitering restriction | 🟢 favorable | None — NM SORNA (29-11A) addresses only registration/notification; no statewide presence/loitering (child safety zone) restriction | 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) | 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 | 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 | 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) | 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) | 30-9-11 ✓ |
Source wiki page: New Mexico · compare with others via 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.
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