New Mexico § 4-40-2 County clerk; bond

New Mexico Statutes

§ 4-40-2 — County clerk; bond

New Mexico § 4-40-2

Ch. 4Counties

Art. 40County Clerk

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 4-40-2 (2026).

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The county clerk of each county shall, before entering upon the duties of his office and within ten days after the first day of January following his election, execute a bond to the state of New Mexico, in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars [($10,000)], with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the judge of the district court of said county, conditioned that he will well and faithfully perform all of his duties as such county clerk during his term of office.

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The county clerk of each county shall, before entering upon the duties of his office and within ten days after the first day of January following his election, execute a bond to the state of New Mexico, in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars [($10,000)], with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the judge of the district court of said county, conditioned that he will well and faithfully perform all of his duties as such county clerk during his term of office.