The magistrate court consists of one magistrate district in each county excepting a class A county with a population of more than two hundred thousand persons in the last federal decennial census. The name of the magistrate district is the same as the name of the county in which it is located.
History: 1953 Comp., § 36-1-2, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 62, § 4; 1979, ch. 346, § 10.
Repeals. — Laws 1968, ch. 62, § 171, repealed former 36-1-2, 1953 Comp., relating to ballots for justices of the peace and constables, effective January 1, 1969.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 35 - Magistrate and Municipal Courts
Article 1 - Magistrate Court; Establishment; Districts; Election
Section 35-1-1 - Magistrate court; establishment.
Section 35-1-2 - Magistrate court; districts.
Section 35-1-3 - Magistrate court; election; terms.
Section 35-1-5 - Magistrate court; Catron district.
Section 35-1-6 - Magistrate court; Chaves district.
Section 35-1-6.1 - Magistrate court; Cibola district.
Section 35-1-7 - Magistrate court; Colfax district.
Section 35-1-8 - Magistrate court; Curry district.
Section 35-1-9 - Magistrate court; DeBaca district.
Section 35-1-10 - Magistrate court; Dona Ana district.
Section 35-1-11 - Magistrate court; Eddy district.
Section 35-1-12 - Magistrate court; Grant district.
Section 35-1-13 - Magistrate court; Guadalupe district.
Section 35-1-14 - Magistrate court; Harding district.
Section 35-1-15 - Magistrate court; Hidalgo district.
Section 35-1-16 - Magistrate court; Lea district.
Section 35-1-17 - Magistrate court; Lincoln district.
Section 35-1-18 - Magistrate court; Los Alamos district.
Section 35-1-19 - Magistrate court; Luna district.
Section 35-1-20 - Magistrate court; McKinley district.
Section 35-1-21 - Magistrate court; Mora district.
Section 35-1-22 - Magistrate court; Otero district.
Section 35-1-23 - Magistrate court; Quay district.
Section 35-1-24 - Magistrate court; Rio Arriba district.
Section 35-1-25 - Magistrate court; Roosevelt district.
Section 35-1-26 - Magistrate court; Sandoval district.
Section 35-1-27 - Magistrate court; San Juan district election division precincts.
Section 35-1-28 - Magistrate court; San Miguel district.
Section 35-1-29 - Magistrate court; Santa Fe district.
Section 35-1-30 - Magistrate court; Sierra district.
Section 35-1-31 - Magistrate court; Socorro district.
Section 35-1-32 - Magistrate court; Taos district.
Section 35-1-33 - Magistrate court; Torrance district.
Section 35-1-34 - Magistrate court; Union district.
Section 35-1-35 - Magistrate court; Valencia district.
Section 35-1-36.1 - Magistrate court; compensation.
Section 35-1-37 - Magistrate court; presiding magistrate.
Section 35-1-38 - Magistrate court; justices of the peace abolished; transfer.