New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 34 - Court Structure and Administration
Article 7 - Probate Courts

Section 34-7-1 - Probate judge; authorized. - There shall be a probate judge in each county of...

Section 34-7-2 - [Probate judge and sheriff elected at each general election.] - At each general election held in this state there shall...

Section 34-7-3 - [Seal of probate court.] - The probate courts shall procure and keep a seal with...

Section 34-7-4 - [Place of holding court and keeping clerk's office.] - The probate judges of this state are strictly required to...

Section 34-7-5 - [Failure to hold court or keep clerk's office at county seat; penalty.] - For every neglect on the part of any probate judge,...

Section 34-7-6 - [County must furnish office and supplies for judge.] - That the county commissioners of each county in this state...

Section 34-7-7 - [Custody of archives, documents and books.] - The archives of said offices shall be under the charge...

Section 34-7-8 - Probate courts; hours of business; notice. - The probate courts of the state shall be in session...

Section 34-7-9 - [Probate judge interested or disqualified; transfer to district court.] - Whenever the probate judge shall, for any reason, be interested...

Section 34-7-10 - [Proceedings in district court after transfer.] - All proceedings thus transferred shall be docketed as other causes...

Section 34-7-11 - [Probate judge absent or unable to attend to duties; powers of district judge.] - Whenever the probate judge shall be absent from the county...

Section 34-7-12 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1978, ch. 159, § 15, effective March...

Section 34-7-13 - [Judges may issue process and make rules.] - That the judges of probate courts shall have full power...

Section 34-7-14 - Fees of probate court clerks. - Clerks of the probate courts are entitled to receive the...

Section 34-7-15 - [Additional fees of clerk.] - In addition to the fees provided for in Section 1...

Section 34-7-16 - [Fees exclusive.] - No other or different fees than those above provided shall...

Section 34-7-17 - [Record of receipts and disbursements.] - The probate clerks of the different counties of this state...

Section 34-7-18 - [Current accounts; public inspection.] - There shall also be kept in said book a full...

Section 34-7-19 - [Penalty for violation of Sections 34-7-17 and 34-7-18 NMSA 1978.] - All clerks who shall fail in the discharge of the...

Section 34-7-20 - Record of decedent's [decedents'] estates. - The county clerk shall keep a record or docket additional...

Section 34-7-21 - Record of bonds and wills. - The clerk shall also record at length in books kept...

Section 34-7-22 - [Deputy clerks; appointment; powers.] - The clerks of the probate courts of this state, with...

Section 34-7-23 - [Oath of deputy clerks.] - The said deputy clerk shall take the same oath of...

Section 34-7-24 - [Authority of deputies; responsibility; signing papers.] - The clerks of the probate court shall be responsible, respectively,...

Section 34-7-25 - [Compensation of deputies to be paid by clerk.] - A deputy clerk of the probate clerk [court] shall not...