New Mexico Statutes
Article 5 - Vacation, Alteration and Establishment of County Roads and Bridges
Section 67-5-11 - [Service of warrants; return; refusal of viewer to serve; forfeiture.]

The sheriff of the proper county shall serve the warrant mentioned in the preceding section [67-5-10 NMSA 1978] by delivering a copy to each of the viewers named therein, and the original shall be returned to the county clerk with his endorsement of service made thereon. Any person appointed road viewer and duly served with a warrant, who shall willfully neglect or refuse to act, shall forfeit the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25) to the county.
History: Laws 1905, ch. 124, § 9; Code 1915, § 2661; C.S. 1929, § 64-710; 1941 Comp., § 58-410; 1953 Comp., § 55-4-10.
Compiler's notes. — New Mexico Const., art. XII, § 4, provides that, "All fines and forfeitures collected under general laws . . . shall constitute the current school fund of the state."

Structure New Mexico Statutes

New Mexico Statutes

Chapter 67 - Highways

Article 5 - Vacation, Alteration and Establishment of County Roads and Bridges

Section 67-5-1 - [County bridges, township and section lines are parts of public highways; width.]

Section 67-5-2 - [Width of public highways.]

Section 67-5-3 - Repealed.

Section 67-5-4 - [Discontinuance; procedure; viewers; county-line roads.]

Section 67-5-5 - [Alteration or establishment; petition; contents.]

Section 67-5-6 - Establish rights-of-way.

Section 67-5-7 - [Petitioners' deposit or bond covering viewing expense.]

Section 67-5-8 - [Proposed county-line roads; petitions; viewers; opening and maintaining.]

Section 67-5-9 - [Viewers for proposed alteration or establishment; appointment; notice of time and place for viewing; posting.]

Section 67-5-10 - [Warrants to viewers; contents.]

Section 67-5-11 - [Service of warrants; return; refusal of viewer to serve; forfeiture.]

Section 67-5-12 - Laying out road; assessment for damages; survey.

Section 67-5-13 - [Replacing road viewers.]

Section 67-5-14 - [Report of viewers; contents; compensation.]

Section 67-5-15 - [Consideration of viewer's report by county commissioners; additional data.]

Section 67-5-16 - [Approval of road opening; recording viewers' report.]

Section 67-5-17 - [Notice of road opening; prerequisites; posting.]

Section 67-5-18 - [Damages exceeding benefits; persons under disability.]

Section 67-5-19 - [Determination of damages on appeal to district court.]

Section 67-5-20 - [Establishment on petition of all owners.]

Section 67-5-21 - [Private roads; procedure for establishment.]