New Mexico Statutes
§ 33-3-18 — Counties without jails; arrangements with other counties
New Mexico § 33-3-18
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 33-3-18 (2026).
Text
In case any county in this state lacks a jail or proper place of confinement for its prisoners, the board of county commissioners of that county shall make contractual arrangements with other counties, municipalities or independent contractors for the incarceration and care of its prisoners, and that jail so designated by any board of county commissioners of any county not having a jail or other proper place of confinement shall be the legal place of confinement of the prisoners of said county.
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Legislative History
Laws 1889, ch. 8, § 4; C.L. 1897, § 840; Code 1915, § 3051; C.S. 1929, § 75-
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Bluebook (online)
New Mexico § 33-3-18, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/33/33-3-18.