New Mexico § 31-16-8 Payment of costs, expenses and attorney fees

New Mexico Statutes

§ 31-16-8 — Payment of costs, expenses and attorney fees

New Mexico § 31-16-8

Ch. 31Criminal Procedure

Art. 16Defense of Indigents

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 31-16-8 (2026).

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A. Payments of costs, expenses and attorney fees under the Indigent Defense Act shall be made from:

(1)funds appropriated to the supreme court with respect to habeas corpus matters initiated in that court; and (2) funds appropriated to the district court with respect to all stages of proceedings initiated in the district court. B. The court assigning counsel under the Indigent Defense Act shall pay costs, including the costs of transcripts where appropriate, shall reimburse counsel for direct expenses the court determines to have been properly incurred by him and shall pay to counsel fees:

(1)for services in magistrate courts and district courts where the proceedings are terminated prior to trial in the district court, a sum fixed by the court at not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more

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A. Payments of costs, expenses and attorney fees under the Indigent Defense Act shall be made from: (1) funds appropriated to the supreme court with respect to habeas corpus matters initiated in that court; and (2) funds appropriated to the district court with respect to all stages of proceedings initiated in the district court. B. The court assigning counsel under the Indigent Defense Act shall pay costs, including the costs of transcripts where appropriate, shall reimburse counsel for direct expenses the court determines to have been properly incurred by him and shall pay to counsel fees: (1) for services in magistrate courts and district courts where the proceedings are terminated prior to trial in the district court, a sum fixed by the court at not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300); (2) for services in magistrate courts and district courts which include trial in the district court and, where appropriate, filing notice of appeal, a sum fixed by the court at not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than four hundred dollars ($400); (3) for services in postconviction remedy proceedings in the district court, a sum fixed by the court at not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150); (4) for services in prosecuting any appeal or review in the court of appeals or the supreme court, a sum fixed by the court at not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500); (5) for services in habeas corpus proceedings in the supreme court, a sum fixed by the court at not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150); and (6) for services in any case involving a capital offense, a sum fixed by the court.