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10-701.  Statement of probable cause.

[For use with Rules 10-221 and 10-222 NMRA]

STATE OF NEW MEXICO

COUNTY OF _______________

_______________ JUDICIAL DISTRICT

IN THE CHILDREN’S COURT

In the Matter of _____________, a Child.                                               No. __________

STATEMENT OF PROBABLE CAUSE 

The above child has been arrested without a warrant for the following reasons (set forth a plain, concise and definitive statement of facts establishing probable cause and the name of the offense charged):

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I SWEAR OR AFFIRM UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT THE FACTS SET FORTH ABOVE ARE TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY INFORMATION AND BELIEF.  I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE SUBJECT TO THE PENALTY OF IMPRISONMENT TO MAKE A FALSE STATEMENT UNDER OATH.

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Date                                                                            Arresting Officer

USE NOTES

            This form may be used to make a written showing of probable cause. It is used only in the absence of a written showing of probable cause being made in an arrest warrant.

[Adopted, effective November 1, 1995; 10-430 recompiled and amended as 10-701 by Supreme Court Order No. 16-8300-017, effective for all cases pending or filed on or after December 31, 2016.]