2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 10: Public Officers and Employees
Article 17: Miscellaneous Provisions, 10-17-1 through 10-17-12
Section 10-17-7: Shortages in accounts of public officers; compromise prohibited.
10-17-7. [Shortages in accounts of public officers; compromise prohibited.]
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any state official, district attorney, board of county commissioners or other official charged with the collection of any indebtedness, or the prosecution of any suit for the collection of any indebtedness due to, or claimed by the state, any county, city, town, precinct or school district, from any public official or the sureties on his official bond, to compromise, satisfy or discharge such indebtedness in favor of such official or sureties, except upon payment in full of the amount claimed to be due, or of the amount for which judgment is rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
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