New Mexico § 4-34-4 [Removal to new county seat; neglect of officer;

New Mexico Statutes

§ 4-34-4 — [Removal to new county seat; neglect of officer;

New Mexico § 4-34-4

Ch. 4Counties

Art. 34Change of County Seats

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 4-34-4 (2026).

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misdemeanor; penalty.] So soon as convenient buildings can be had at such new county seat the courts for said county shall be held therein, and so soon as the new courthouse and jail shall have been completed, the county commissioners shall cause all the county records, county offices and property pertaining thereto, and all county prisoners, to be removed to the new county seat. Any county commissioner or other county officer who shall neglect or refuse to carry out any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than five hundred dollars [($500)] nor more than one thousand dollars [($1,000)], which fine may be collected by a suit on his official bond and shall be paid over to the county treasurer 

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misdemeanor; penalty.] So soon as convenient buildings can be had at such new county seat the courts for said county shall be held therein, and so soon as the new courthouse and jail shall have been completed, the county commissioners shall cause all the county records, county offices and property pertaining thereto, and all county prisoners, to be removed to the new county seat. Any county commissioner or other county officer who shall neglect or refuse to carry out any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than five hundred dollars [($500)] nor more than one thousand dollars [($1,000)], which fine may be collected by a suit on his official bond and shall be paid over to the county treasurer for the general county fund.