New Mexico Statutes
§ 35-1-2 — Magistrate court; districts
New Mexico § 35-1-2
JurisdictionNew Mexico
Ch. 35Magistrate and Municipal Courts
Art. 1Magistrate Court; Establishment; Districts; Election
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 35-1-2 (2026).
Text
The magistrate court consists of one magistrate district in each county excepting a class A county with a population of more than two hundred thousand persons in the last federal decennial census. The name of the magistrate district is the same as the name of the county in which it is located.
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Legislative History
1953 Comp., § 36-1-2, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 62, § 4; 1979, ch. 346, § 10.
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Bluebook (online)
New Mexico § 35-1-2, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/35/35-1-2.