2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 3 - Municipalities
Section 16 Combined Municipal Organizations
Section 3-16-10 Pending cases in courts not to be affected by consolidation.

NM Stat § 3-16-10 (2015) What's This?

3-16-10. Pending cases in courts not to be affected by consolidation.

If there is a city and county consolidation, any civil or criminal case filed or pending, in any proper court at the time the combined municipal organization becomes effective, shall not be affected by the consolidation but shall continue and may be tried, dismissed or disposed of in the same manner as if the consolidation had not been made.

History: 1953 Comp., 14-15-10, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 300.

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