If the petitioner shall successfully prosecute an election content [contest] or recount proceeding that results in a change in his favor the court shall refund to him the deposit required under Section 1-14-9 NMSA 1978 less any amount expended for guarding and preserving the impounded ballots. In all other cases there shall be no refund. Any amounts not refunded shall be transmitted to the state treasurer for credit to the state general fund.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-14-16.4, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 249, § 5.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 14 - Contests and Recounts
Section 1-14-1 - Contest of elections; who may contest.
Section 1-14-2 - Contest of elections; status of person holding certificate.
Section 1-14-3 - Contest of election; filing of complaint.
Section 1-14-4 - Contest of election; judgment; effect; costs.
Section 1-14-5 - Contest of election; appeal.
Section 1-14-6 - Contest of election; preservation of ballots.
Section 1-14-7 - Contest of election; disqualification of trial judge.
Section 1-14-8 - Impounding ballots; ballots defined.
Section 1-14-9 - Impounding ballots; application for court order; deposit required.
Section 1-14-10 - Order of impoundment; contents.
Section 1-14-11 - Impoundment; subsequent orders; access; termination of order.
Section 1-14-12 - Disposition of deposit in impoundment proceedings.
Section 1-14-13 - Post-election duties; proof that no corruption occurred; rejection of ballots.
Section 1-14-13.2 - Post-election duties; voting system check.
Section 1-14-13.3 - General election audit.
Section 1-14-14 - Recounts; rechecks; application.
Section 1-14-15 - Recounts; rechecks; cost of proceedings.
Section 1-14-16 - Recount or recheck proceedings.
Section 1-14-18 - Recount; recheck; recanvass by canvassing boards.
Section 1-14-19 - Recount; recheck; candidate for district judge.
Section 1-14-20 - Recounts; rechecks; appointment of a special master.
Section 1-14-21 - Recounts; rechecks; mandamus.
Section 1-14-23 - Recount procedures.
Section 1-14-24 - Automatic recounts; elections for state and federal offices; procedures.