The district attorney in division 1 shall be elected by the qualified electors of San Juan county and the district attorney in division 2 shall be elected by the qualified electors in McKinley county. Each district attorney shall have all the duties and powers vested in a district attorney.
History: Laws 1981, ch. 25, § 2; 1993, ch. 336, § 2; 2019, ch. 212, § 234.
The 2019 amendment, effective April 3, 2019; deleted "registered" preceding each occurrence of "qualified electors".
The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, substituted "The district attorney in division 1" for "Each district attorney" at the beginning of the section, and divided the former provisions into two sentences by substituting the language beginning "San Juan county" at the end of the present first sentence and "Each district attorney" at the beginning of the present second sentence for "the eleventh judicial district and".
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 1 - District Attorneys
Section 36-1-1 - [Oath and bond of district attorneys.]
Section 36-1-2 - Assistants; appointment; revocation; duties.
Section 36-1-3 - District attorneys; travel expenses.
Section 36-1-4 - District attorneys; limitation of private practice.
Section 36-1-5 - District attorneys; assistants; investigators.
Section 36-1-6 - District attorneys; salaries.
Section 36-1-7 - District attorneys; salary and allowances exclusive.
Section 36-1-8 - District attorneys; payments of salaries and expenses.
Section 36-1-8.1 - District attorney facilities; maintenance and upkeep.
Section 36-1-8.2 - Eleventh judicial district; two district attorney divisions.
Section 36-1-8.3 - District attorneys; election; residence.
Section 36-1-8.4 - District attorneys; assistants.
Section 36-1-9 - [Removal from office; grounds enumerated.]
Section 36-1-10 - [Original jurisdiction of supreme court in removal proceedings.]
Section 36-1-11 - [Attorney general to prosecute removal proceedings; exceptions.]
Section 36-1-12 - [Service upon accused; appearance and answer.]
Section 36-1-13 - [Contents and nature of answer.]
Section 36-1-14 - [Hearing and determination when defendant fails to appear.]
Section 36-1-16 - [Decision of court to be final.]
Section 36-1-17 - [No filing fee; taxation of costs.]
Section 36-1-18 - Duties of district attorney.
Section 36-1-19 - Legal representation; state; county.
Section 36-1-20 - [Authority of district attorney before magistrate court.]
Section 36-1-22 - [Compromise, satisfaction or release by attorney general or district attorney.]
Section 36-1-23.1 - Special prosecutors in conflict cases.
Section 36-1-25 - Administrative office of the district attorneys created; director; personnel.
Section 36-1-26 - Director; duties.
Section 36-1-28 - District attorney fund; created; administration; purpose.