New Mexico Constitution
Article VI - Judicial Department
§ 31 Justices of the peace abolished.

Universal Citation: NM Const art VI § 31

Justices of the peace shall be abolished not later than five years from the effective date of this amendment and may, within this period, be abolished by law, and magistrate courts vested with appropriate jurisdiction. Until so abolished, justices of the peace shall be continued under existing laws. (As added November 8, 1966.)

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