New Mexico Statutes

§ 29-1-8 — [Penalty for refusing to aid officer; action to recover.]

New Mexico § 29-1-8
JurisdictionNew Mexico
Ch. 29Law Enforcement
Art. 1Peace Officers in General

This text of New Mexico § 29-1-8 ([Penalty for refusing to aid officer; action to recover.]) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New Mexico primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 29-1-8 (2026).

Text

If any person shall refuse or neglect to obey the summons of any such officer, such person shall be fined in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars [($50.00)], nor less than five dollars [($5.00)], to be recovered by suit before any justice of the peace [magistrate], to the use of the county in which said suit may originate.

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Legislative History

Laws 1850-1851, p. 163; C.L. 1865, ch. 89, § 2; C.L. 1884, § 2613; C.L. 1897,

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