New Mexico Statutes
N.M. Stat. § 36-1-20 (2026)
[Authority of district attorney before magistrate court.]
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The district attorney may appear and represent the county or the state in any manner [matter] arising before the courts of justices of the peace [magistrate courts] or committing magistrates when in his opinion the interests of the people demand his services.
History: Laws 1909, ch. 22, § 3; Code 1915, § 1861; C.S. 1929, § 39-110; 1941 Comp., § 17-113; 1953 Comp., § 17-1-13.
ANNOTATIONS
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
The office of justice of the peace was abolished and all jurisdiction, powers and duties were transferred to magistrate courts. See 35-1-38 NMSA 1978.
Law reviews. — For annual survey of New Mexico criminal procedure, see 16 N.M.L. Rev. 25 (1986).
Notes of Decisions
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case, 2005–2005 · leading case: State v. Rodriguez, 2005-NMSC-019, 116 P.3d 92.
State v. Rodriguez, 2005-NMSC-019, 116 P.3d 92. “*103 VI, § 24, and is authorized to prosecute actions "in which the state or any county in his [or her] district may be a party or may be interested" in district court, NMSA 1978, § 36-1-18(A) (2001), or in magistrate court, NMSA 1978, § 36-1-20 (1909). However, in municipal…”
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