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2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 47 - Property Law
Article 8 - Owner-Resident Relations
Section 47-8-44 - Absence from court of defendant.
Universal Citation: NM Stat § 47-8-44 (2017)
47-8-44. Absence from court of defendant.
If the defendant shall not appear in response to the summons, and it shall have been properly served, the court shall try the cause as though he were present.
History: 1953 Comp., 70-7-44, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 38, 44.
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