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N.M. Stat. § 22-7-1 (2026)

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History: 1953 Comp., § 77-4A-1, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 308, § 1; 2018, ch. 79, §
89; 1978 Comp., § 22-7-1, recompiled and amended as § 1-25-1 by Laws 2019, ch.
212, § 159.

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Recompilations. — Laws 2019, ch. 212, § 159 recompiled and amended former 22-7-1
NMSA 1978 as 1-25-1 NMSA 1978, effective April 3, 2019.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases, 1964–2017 · leading case: Cordova v. Cline, 2017 NMSC 20 (N.M. 2017).
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Cordova v. Cline, 2017 NMSC 20 (N.M. 2017). · cites it 2× “{1} This dispute comes before the Court in relation to a malicious abuse of process claim made by Taos school board member Arsenio Cordova (Cordova) against eighteen members of an unincorporated citizens’ association (collectively, Petitioners) following their efforts to remove…”
Chatterjee v. King, 2011 NMCA 12 (N.M. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “” Chapter 319, Sections 1-14 of New Mexico Laws of 1973, repealing and amending Sections 22-7-1 to -22 of the 1953 Compilation.”
Cordova v. Cline, 2013 NMCA 83 (N.M. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “NMSA 1978, §§ 22-7-1 to -16 (1977, as amended through 1993).”
Doña Ana Cnty. Clerk v. Martinez, 2005 NMSC 037 (N.M. 2005). · cites it 2× “See NMSA 1978, § 22-7-1 (1977). They alleged that the Named Board Members engaged in malfeasance by violating the Open Meetings Act, see NMSA 1978, § 10-15-1.”
State Ex Rel. DuBois v. Ryan, 514 P.2d 851 (N.M. 1973). · cites it 2× “Section 22-7-1, N.M.S. A.1953. New Mexico was the first state to recognize incompatibility as a ground for divorce.”
Caps v. Bd. Members, 832 P.2d 790 (N.M. 1992). “I In August 1991, Appellants Citizens Advocating Public Safety (CAPS) submitted petitions to the Dona Ana County Clerk seeking to recall four members of the Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education, pursuant to the Local School Board Member Recall Act, NMSA 1978, Sections…”
Bernstein v. Bernstein, 388 P.2d 187 (N.M. 1964). “Section 22 (which as slightly amended is now § 22-7-1, N.M.S.A.1953) provided that, “The several district courts within and for the Territory [state] of New Mexico are hereby vested with full power and authority to decree divorces * * * ”; and following the quoted section…”
Montoya v. Lopez, 659 P.2d 900 (N.M. 1983). “Sections 22-7-1 through 22-7-16, N.M.S. A.”
State ex rel. Citizens for Quality Educ. v. Gallagher, 697 P.2d 935 (N.M. 1985). “1 (school district), to initiate local school board member recall election proceedings pursuant to the Local School Board Member Recall Act (Recall Act), NMSA 1978, Sections 22-7-1 to 22-7-16 (Repl.Pamp.1981).”
Cordova v. Cline, 2013 NMCA 083 (N.M. 2013). · cites it 2× “NMSA 1978, §§ 22-7-1 to -16 (1977, as amended through 1993).”
Cordova v. Cline (N.M. 2017). · cites it 2× “3 {1} This dispute comes before the Court in relation to a malicious abuse of process 4 claim made by Taos school board member Arsenio Cordova (Cordova) against 5 eighteen members of an unincorporated citizens’ association (collectively, 6 Petitioners) following their efforts to…”
Chatterjee v. King, 253 P.3d 915 (N.M. Ct. App. 2011). “" Chapter 319, Sections 1-14 of New Mexico Laws of 1973, repealing and amending Sections 22-7-1 to -22 of the 1953 Compilation.”
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