2015 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 35 - Magistrate and Municipal Courts
Section 13 Magistrate Court; Appeals
Section 35-13-2 Appeals; district court proceedings; docket fees; judgment.
35-13-2. Appeals; district court proceedings; docket fees; judgment.
A. Appeals from the magistrate courts shall be tried de novo in the district court.
B. The district court docket fee in any criminal appeal is thirty-five dollars ($35.00), ten dollars ($10.00) of which shall be deposited in the court automation fund.
C. If the judgment of the magistrate court in a criminal action is affirmed or rendered against the appellant on appeal or if the appellant fails to appear at the time fixed for hearing in the district court, the district court shall enter judgment imposing the same, a greater or a lesser penalty as that imposed in the magistrate court in the action.
History: 1953 Comp., 36-15-3, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 242, 10; 1981, ch. 271, 1; 1987, ch. 123, 2; 1996, ch. 41, 6.
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