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Article 1 - District Attorneys
Section 36-1-1 - [Oath and bond of district attorneys.] - Each district attorney shall, within sixty days after his election,...
Section 36-1-2 - Assistants; appointment; revocation; duties. - Each district attorney in this state may appoint one or...
Section 36-1-3 - District attorneys; travel expenses. - District attorneys and their employees shall be allowed per diem...
Section 36-1-4 - District attorneys; limitation of private practice. - After January 1, 1977, no district attorney or assistant district...
Section 36-1-5 - District attorneys; assistants; investigators. - A. Within legislative appropriations, the district attorney in each judicial...
Section 36-1-6 - District attorneys; salaries. - A. For fiscal year 2000, district attorneys who serve in...
Section 36-1-7 - District attorneys; salary and allowances exclusive. - No district attorney shall receive to his own use any...
Section 36-1-8 - District attorneys; payments of salaries and expenses. - A. The salaries of all district attorneys, assistant district attorneys...
Section 36-1-8.1 - District attorney facilities; maintenance and upkeep. - Each board of county commissioners shall provide adequate quarters for...
Section 36-1-8.2 - Eleventh judicial district; two district attorney divisions. - The eleventh judicial district is divided into two separate district...
Section 36-1-8.3 - District attorneys; election; residence. - The district attorney in division 1 shall be elected by...
Section 36-1-8.4 - District attorneys; assistants. - Within legislative appropriations, the district attorney in each judicial division...
Section 36-1-9 - [Removal from office; grounds enumerated.] - Any district attorney may be removed from office according to...
Section 36-1-10 - [Original jurisdiction of supreme court in removal proceedings.] - Charges of any of the causes for removal mentioned in...
Section 36-1-11 - [Attorney general to prosecute removal proceedings; exceptions.] - All charges so presented to the court shall be prosecuted...
Section 36-1-12 - [Service upon accused; appearance and answer.] - Upon any such presentment, the court shall make and enter...
Section 36-1-13 - [Contents and nature of answer.] - Within the time prescribed in such order, the accused may...
Section 36-1-14 - [Hearing and determination when defendant fails to appear.] - If the accused shall not appear, the court will proceed...
Section 36-1-15 - [Issues to be tried without jury; applicability of Rules of Civil Procedure; burden of proof.] - The issues shall be tried to the court without a...
Section 36-1-16 - [Decision of court to be final.] - The decision and judgment of the court shall be final....
Section 36-1-17 - [No filing fee; taxation of costs.] - No docket fee or filing fee shall be required in...
Section 36-1-18 - Duties of district attorney. - A. Each district attorney shall: (1) prosecute and defend for...
Section 36-1-19 - Legal representation; state; county. - A. Except as provided in Subsections B and C of...
Section 36-1-20 - [Authority of district attorney before magistrate court.] - The district attorney may appear and represent the county or...
Section 36-1-21 - [Aiding defense; penalty against attorney general or district attorney; removal from office; exceptions; taking case in which state or county interested prohibited.] - If the attorney general or any district attorney shall consult...
Section 36-1-22 - [Compromise, satisfaction or release by attorney general or district attorney.] - The attorney general and district attorneys of this state in...
Section 36-1-23 - Terminated. - Compiler's notes. — The provisions of 36-1-23 NMSA 1978, as...
Section 36-1-23.1 - Special prosecutors in conflict cases. - Each district attorney may, when he cannot prosecute a case...
Section 36-1-24 - Terminated. - Compiler's notes. — The provisions of 36-1-24 NMSA 1978, as...
Section 36-1-25 - Administrative office of the district attorneys created; director; personnel. - A. There is created the "administrative office of the district...
Section 36-1-26 - Director; duties. - The director of the administrative office of the district attorneys...
Section 36-1-27 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1989, ch. 324, § 45 repealed 36-1-27...
Section 36-1-28 - District attorney fund; created; administration; purpose. - A. The "district attorney fund" is created in the state...
Article 1A - District Attorney Personnel and Compensation
Section 36-1A-1 - Short title. - This act [36-1A-1 to 36-1A-15 NMSA 1978] may be cited...
Section 36-1A-2 - Purpose of act; enactment under constitution. - The purpose of the District Attorney Personnel and Compensation Act...
Section 36-1A-3 - Definitions. - As used in the District Attorney Personnel and Compensation Act:...
Section 36-1A-4 - Coverage of service; exemptions. - A. The District Attorney Personnel and Compensation Act shall cover...
Section 36-1A-5 - Personnel board; appointment. - There is created the "district attorney personnel review board". The...
Section 36-1A-6 - Board members; compensation. - Each board member shall be reimbursed as provided in the...
Section 36-1A-7 - Board; duties. - The board shall: A. recommend to the district attorneys regulations...
Section 36-1A-8 - Rules; adoption; coverage. - A. Personnel rules shall be promulgated by the district attorneys...
Section 36-1A-9 - Appeals by covered employees to the board; judicial review. - A. A covered employee who is dismissed, demoted or suspended...
Section 36-1A-10 - Oaths; testimony; records; refusal. - The board or the state-personnel-office-designated hearing officer has the power...
Section 36-1A-11 - District attorneys to establish a compensation plan coverage. - A. The district attorneys shall establish a compensation plan for...
Section 36-1A-12 - Additional duties of district attorneys. - The district attorneys as a group shall: A. adopt and...
Section 36-1A-13 - Status of present employees. - All current employees holding covered positions affected by the District...
Section 36-1A-14 - Existing rules. - Existing personnel rules, policies and compensation plans for the employees...
Section 36-1A-15 - Federal funds and assistance. - When the provisions of any laws of the United States...
Article 2 - Regulation of Attorneys
Section 36-2-1 - [Rules defining and regulating practice of law; authority of supreme court; distribution; effective date.] - The supreme court of the state of New Mexico shall,...
Section 36-2-2 to 36-2-9 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1979, ch. 143, § 2, repealed 36-2-2...
Section 36-2-9.1 - Exclusion. - The board of bar commissioners of the state bar and...
Section 36-2-10 - [Duties of attorneys.] - It is the duty of an attorney-at-law: A. to support...
Section 36-2-11 - [Authority of attorneys.] - An attorney has authority: A. to execute in the name...
Section 36-2-12 - [Proof of authority; stay of proceedings.] - The court may, on motion of either party and on...
Section 36-2-13 - [Attorneys prohibited from acting as surety for clients.] - No practicing attorney shall be a surety in any action...
Section 36-2-13.1 - Liability for court reporting costs. - A. Except as provided in Subsection C of this section,...
Section 36-2-14 - [Method for changing attorney; notice.] - The attorney in any action or proceeding may be changed...
Section 36-2-15 - [Death, removal, etc., of attorney; procedure.] - When an attorney dies or is removed or suspended, or...
Section 36-2-16 - [Breach of confidence; deserting or jeopardizing client; penalty.] - Any attorney or attorneys, counselor or counselors, defender or defenders...
Section 36-2-17 - [Deceit or collusion; damages; disbarment.] - If an attorney is guilty of deceit or collusion or...
Section 36-2-18 - [Grounds for disbarment and suspension by supreme court.] - An attorney may be disbarred or suspended by the supreme...
Section 36-2-19 - [Conviction of crime; certifying copy of record to supreme court; disbarment.] - In the case of the conviction of an attorney of...
Section 36-2-20 - [Attorneys who are partners of or related to district attorney; restrictions on practice.] - No attorney-at-law, who is at the time a partner of...
Section 36-2-21 - [Judgment of disbarment.] - Upon conviction of the accused in cases arising under the...
Section 36-2-22 - [Payment of costs in disbarment proceedings.] - In all disbarment proceedings where the respondent is disbarred or...
Section 36-2-23 - [Effect of disbarment; reinstatement.] - Every judgment or order of disbarment or suspension made in...
Section 36-2-24 - [License fraudulently obtained; revocation.] - The supreme court may revoke the license of any attorney...
Section 36-2-25 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1979, ch. 143, § 2, repealed 36-2-25...
Section 36-2-26 - [Annual meetings of state bar; annual election.] - There shall be an annual meeting presided over by the...
Section 36-2-27 - Practice without admission; contempt of court; foreign attorneys. - No person shall practice law in a court of this...
Section 36-2-28 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1925, ch. 100, § 12; C.S. 1929, §...
Section 36-2-28.1 - Unauthorized practice of law; private remedies. - A. A person likely to be damaged by an unauthorized...
Section 36-2-28.2 - Unauthorized practice of law; action by attorney general or bar association. - A. Whenever the attorney general, the state bar of New...
Section 36-2-29 - [Direct and indirect solicitation of damage claims declared illegal.] - It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit employment...
Section 36-2-30 - [Solicitation of damage claims; injunction.] - The attorney general or the board of bar commissioners of...
Section 36-2-31 - [Fee splitting prohibited; division of fees by attorneys excepted.] - It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or...
Section 36-2-32 - [Hospital or other employees; communication with attorneys concerning damage claims declared illegal.] - It shall be unlawful for any person in the employ...
Section 36-2-33 - [Solicitation prosecutions; prima facie evidence of agency.] - The solicitation by any person of another person to employ,...
Section 36-2-34 - [Solicitation violation; stay of proceeding; employment of other counsel.] - In any action for personal injury brought in any court...
Section 36-2-35 - [Solicited employment contracts void; recovery of compensation paid.] - Any contract of employment obtained or made in violation of...
Section 36-2-36 - [Penalty for solicitation.] - Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of...
Section 36-2-37 - [Prosecution by attorney general for solicitation.] - Whenever the attorney general has reason to believe that employment...
Section 36-2-38 - [Duty to testify in action for solicitation; immunity; perjury.] - No person shall be excused from testifying in any action,...
Section 36-2-39 - Recompiled. - Recompilations. — Former 36-2-39 NMSA 1978 has been recompiled as...
Section 36-2-40 - Criminal offender's character evaluation. - The provisions of the Criminal Offender Employment Act [28-2-1 to...
Article 3 - Immigration and Nationality Law Practice
Section 36-3-1 - Short title. - This act [36-3-1 to 36-3-10 NMSA 1978] may be cited...
Section 36-3-2 - Purpose. - The purpose of the Immigration and Nationality Law Practice Act...
Section 36-3-3 - Definitions. - As used in the Immigration and Nationality Law Practice Act:...
Section 36-3-4 - Representation. - A. A person desiring immigration and nationality services may be...
Section 36-3-5 - Unauthorized practice of law prohibited. - On or after the effective date of the Immigration and...
Section 36-3-6 - Authority of the attorney general. - A. Whenever the public interest so requires, the attorney general...
Section 36-3-7 - Filing; process. - Any information required to be filed by any subsection of...
Section 36-3-8 - Unlawful acts. - Any person who misrepresents the services he may provide in...
Section 36-3-9 - Original documents of the client. - No person shall retain original documents of a client in...
Section 36-3-10 - Violation is a misdemeanor. - Violation of any provision in the Immigration and Nationality Law...