N.M. Stat. § 19-3-9

Current through 2024, ch. 69

Section 19-3-9 - Proceedings before magistrate

The justice of the peace [magistrate] before whom complaint shall have been made for a violation of the two foregoing sections [19-3-7, 19-3-8 NMSA 1978], shall immediately enter upon the due investigation of the same, as by law required in the case of other offenses, and shall transmit his proceedings to the proper court.

NMS § 19-3-9

Laws 1865, ch. 16, § 3; C.L. 1884, § 2577; C.L. 1897, § 3751; Code 1915, § 4640; C.S. 1929, § 111-113; 1941 Comp., § 8-309; 1953 Comp., § 7-3-9.