New Mexico Statutes
§ 47-8-44 — Absence from court of defendant
New Mexico § 47-8-44
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 47-8-44 (2026).
Text
If the defendant shall not appear in response to the summons, and it shall have been properly served, the court shall try the cause as though he were present.
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Legislative History
1953 Comp., § 70-7-44, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 38, § 44.
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Bluebook (online)
New Mexico § 47-8-44, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/47/47-8-44.