New Mexico Statutes
§ 1-13-2 — Post-election duties; missing returns
New Mexico § 1-13-2
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 1-13-2 (2026).
Text
A.If at the time the county canvassing board meets it appears that a precinct board [election board] has not delivered the election returns to the county clerk, the county canvassing board shall immediately issue a summons to bring before it the delinquent precinct board [election board] together with the missing election returns. The summons shall be served by the sheriff, without cost to the county, and the members of the precinct board [election board] shall not be paid for their service on election day.
B.If within ten days after the date of the election the secretary of state has not received the election returns of any precinct, the secretary of state may send a special messenger to the county and precinct to secure and convey the missing returns to the secretary of state.
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Legislative History
1953 Comp., § 3-13-2, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 304; 1977, ch. 222, § 73.
Nearby Sections
15
§ 1-1-1
Election Code§ 1-1-1.1
Purpose of [Election] Code§ 1-1-10
Qualified political party§ 1-1-11
Precinct§ 1-1-12
Consolidated precinct§ 1-1-13
Election board§ 1-1-14
Publication§ 1-1-15
Posting§ 1-1-16
Registration officer§ 1-1-16.1
Registration agent§ 1-1-16.2
New registrant§ 1-1-18
Oath includes affirmation§ 1-1-19
Elections covered by code§ 1-1-2
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Bluebook (online)
New Mexico § 1-13-2, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/1/1-13-2.