N.M. Stat. § 29-1-8

Current through 2024, ch. 69

Section 29-1-8 - Penalty for refusing to aid officer; action to recover

If any person shall refuse or neglect to obey the summons of any such officer, such person shall be fined in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars [($50.00)], nor less than five dollars [($5.00)], to be recovered by suit before any justice of the peace [magistrate], to the use of the county in which said suit may originate.

NMS § 29-1-8

Laws 1850-1851, p. 163; C.L. 1865, ch. 89, § 2; C.L. 1884, § 2613; C.L. 1897, § 3786; Code 1915, § 4538; C.S. 1929, § 106-109; 1941 Comp., § 40-108; 1953 Comp., § 39-1-8.