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10-724. Affidavit for search warrant.

[For use with Rule 10-215 NMRA]

STATE OF NEW MEXICO

COUNTY OF ___________________

_____________ JUDICIAL DISTRICT

IN THE CHILDREN’S COURT

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

AFFIDAVIT FOR SEARCH WARRANT¹

            Affiant, being duly sworn, upon his oath, states that [he] [she] has reason to believe that on the following premises or person of _____________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

(here name the person and/or describe the premises) in the city or county designated above, there is now being concealed ________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

(set forth the name of the person or describe the property as particularly as possible) and that the facts tending to establish the foregoing grounds for issuance of a search warrant are as follows:

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

(include facts in support of the credibility of any hearsay relied upon; if necessary, continue on reverse side of this form or on a separate page or pages).

                                                                        ____________________________

                                                                        Affiant's Signature

                                                                        ____________________________

                                                                        Official Title (if any)

Subscribed and sworn to before me in the above-named county of the State of New Mexico this __________ day of __________________, ________.

                                                                        ____________________________

                                                                        Judge, Notary or other officer authorized to

                                                                        administer oaths

                                                                        ____________________________

                                                                        Official Title

USE NOTES

            1.         The affidavit shall be filed in the same file as the search warrant.  If no criminal proceedings are filed, the affidavit and warrant shall be filed in a miscellaneous file.  Either this form or the form approved for an affidavit for search warrant in an adult criminal proceeding may be used in the children’s court.

[As amended by Supreme Court Order No. 11-8300-044, effective January 16, 2012; 10-411 recompiled and amended as 10-724 by Supreme Court Order No. 16-8300-017, effective for all cases pending or filed on or after December 31, 2016.]