2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 34 - Court Structure and Administration
Article 6 - District Courts
Section 34-6-26 - Operation; record; authentication.

Universal Citation: NM Stat § 34-6-26 (2020)

The district court of each county shall keep a record containing orders entered by the court. Orders made orally by the court shall be entered upon the record by the district court clerk. The district judge shall review and sign the record following each term of the court, but if, for any cause, the district judge fails to sign the record, the district court clerk may certify the record as authentic.

History: 1953 Comp., § 16-3-13, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 69, § 27.

ANNOTATIONS

Cross references. — For duty of clerk to record and index proceedings, see 34-1-6 NMSA 1978.

Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1968, ch. 69, § 69, repealed former 16-3-13, 1953 Comp., relating to fixing terms in new counties.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 20 Am. Jur. 2d Courts § 25 et seq.

21 C.J.S. Courts § 178 et seq.

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