2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 34 - Court Structure and Administration
Article 7 - Probate Courts
Section 34-7-16 - Fees exclusive.]
No other or different fees than those above provided shall be made or received by clerks of probate courts, and any services required of them in any matter other than those for which fees are herein provided shall be without compensation.
History: Laws 1923, ch. 29, § 4; C.S. 1929, § 34-409; 1941 Comp., § 16-424; 1953 Comp., § 16-4-24.
Cross references. — For penalty for public officer demanding illegal fees, see 30-23-1 NMSA 1978.
Compiler's notes. — Section 2308, Code 1915, which the present section is deemed to supersede, read: "The county clerk shall receive for granting testamentary letters, and of administration, and attesting the same, the sum of three dollars, and for each time that accounts are to be settled with an administrator or executor, he shall receive one dollar, and at the rate of ten cents for every hundred words he may have to write."
