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2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 34 - Court Structure and Administration
Article 7 - Probate Courts
Section 34-7-5 - Failure to hold court or keep clerk's office at county seat; penalty.
Universal Citation: NM Stat § 34-7-5 (2017)
34-7-5. [Failure to hold court or keep clerk's office at county seat; penalty.]
For every neglect on the part of any probate judge, or clerk of any probate court of the state, in the discharge of their duties as prescribed in the previous section [34-7-4 NMSA 1978], the one so failing, upon conviction thereof in the district court, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars [($5,000)].
History: Laws 1869-1870, ch. 51, 2; 1882, ch. 82, 1; C.L. 1884, 16; C.L. 1897, 750; Code 1915, 1427; C.S. 1929, 34-405; 1941 Comp., 16-406; 1953 Comp., 16-4-6.
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