Constitution · New Mexico

N.M. Const. art. II, § 10

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Constitution of New Mexico
Text as of
October 2026

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[Searches and seizures.] The people shall be secure in their persons, papers, homes and effects, from unreasonable searches and seizures, and no warrant to search any place, or seize any person or thing, shall issue without describing the place to be searched, or the persons or things to be seized, nor without a written showing of probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation.

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