New Mexico § 35-5-5 Criminal actions; disposition of bail receipt

New Mexico Statutes

§ 35-5-5 — Criminal actions; disposition of bail receipt

New Mexico § 35-5-5

Ch. 35Magistrate and Municipal Courts

Art. 5Magistrate Court; Criminal Actions

This text of New Mexico § 35-5-5 (Criminal actions; disposition of bail receipt) 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. § 35-5-5 (2026).

Text

Whenever bail is received in any criminal action, the magistrate or person designated by the magistrate to accept bail shall complete the criminal bail receipt, require the defendant's acknowledgment of receipt of the form on all copies and deliver the original to the defendant. The magistrate shall file the second copy of the bail receipt with his standardized monthly report, and the third copy shall be retained by the magistrate.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Whenever bail is received in any criminal action, the magistrate or person designated by the magistrate to accept bail shall complete the criminal bail receipt, require the defendant's acknowledgment of receipt of the form on all copies and deliver the original to the defendant. The magistrate shall file the second copy of the bail receipt with his standardized monthly report, and the third copy shall be retained by the magistrate.