V. Procedures for issuing and contesting subpoenas

For the most part, neither Rule 11-514 nor the statutory privilege applicable to nonjudicial proceedings imposes any special procedural requirements on those who would subpoena -- or resist subpoenas for -- confidential information or the identities of confidential sources. Accordingly, much of the following discussion concerns the general New Mexico law relating to judicial subpoenas. Subpoenas issued by legislative, administrative, and executive bodies are beyond the scope of this outline, except to the extent that the statutory reporter's privilege applicable to nonjudicial proceedings specifically addresses them.