New Mexico Statutes
Article 6 - Magistrate Court; Fees and Costs
Section 35-6-2 - Magistrate costs; posting of schedule.

The administrative office of the courts shall furnish, and each magistrate shall keep posted at all times in a conspicuous place in his courtroom, a plain and legible:
A. statement of costs required by law to be collected by magistrate courts; and
B. a notice in letters at least two inches high reading as follows: "NOTICE TO PUBLIC -- The magistrate court is required to forthwith give official receipts itemizing all money paid to the court. Secure your receipt when payment is made."
History: 1953 Comp., § 36-8-2, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 62, § 93; 1991, ch. 82, § 8.
Repeals. — Laws 1968, ch. 62, § 171, repealed former 36-8-2, 1953 Comp., relating to issuing notice of hearing on exemption claim, effective January 1, 1969.
The 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, redesignated former Paragraphs (1) and (2) as Subsections A and B; deleted former Subsection B which read "Any magistrate who violates this section is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and shall be removed from office"; and made a related stylistic change.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 47 Am. Jur. 2d Justices of the Peace § 2 et seq.
24B C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 125(3), 421, 1622, 1702, 1770(2); 51 C.J.S. Justices of the Peace §§ 16, 27, 43.

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