Section 34-7-20 – Record of decedent’s [decedents’] estates.
The county clerk shall keep a record or docket additional to the other records required by law, showing as follows: A. the name of every decedent whose estate is administered and the date of his death; B. the names of all the heirs, devisees and surviving spouse of the decedent and their ages and places […]
Section 34-7-21 – Record of bonds and wills.
The clerk shall also record at length in books kept for that purpose, all bonds given by personal representatives, conservators and guardians, and all wills admitted to probate. History: Laws 1889, ch. 90, § 43; C.L. 1897, § 2012; Code 1915, § 2310; C.S. 1929, § 47-903; 1941 Comp., § 16-429; 1953 Comp., § 16-4-29; […]
Section 34-7-22 – [Deputy clerks; appointment; powers.]
The clerks of the probate courts of this state, with the consent of the probate judges, shall have power to appoint a deputy clerk of the probate court; each clerk shall appoint one, and such deputies when duly appointed and qualified shall have full power and shall be authorized to perform all the duties of […]
Section 34-7-23 – [Oath of deputy clerks.]
The said deputy clerk shall take the same oath of office as is or may be provided by law as to his duties, which oath of office and his appointment shall be recorded in the records of the probate court. History: Laws 1866-1867, ch. 24, § 2; C.L. 1884, § 422; C.L. 1897, § 760; […]
Section 34-7-24 – [Authority of deputies; responsibility; signing papers.]
The clerks of the probate court shall be responsible, respectively, for the acts of their deputies, and for such purpose, all and every official act of the deputy shall be considered as an official act of the clerk who appointed him, and each deputy clerk shall sign all the papers issued by himself with the […]
Section 34-7-9 – [Probate judge interested or disqualified; transfer to district court.]
Whenever the probate judge shall, for any reason, be interested or disqualified from acting in any proceeding coming within the jurisdiction of the probate court, he shall upon his own motion or that of any interested party, forthwith enter an order transferring such proceeding to the district court having jurisdiction in that county and directing […]
Section 34-7-10 – [Proceedings in district court after transfer.]
All proceedings thus transferred shall be docketed as other causes in the district court, which court shall thereupon exercise the same authority and take the same steps and proceedings as would have otherwise have [sic] been taken in the probate court. History: Laws 1933, ch. 102, § 2; 1941 Comp., § 16-413; 1953 Comp., § […]
Section 34-7-11 – [Probate judge absent or unable to attend to duties; powers of district judge.]
Whenever the probate judge shall be absent from the county wherein he was elected, or shall be incapacitated or unable to attend to his duties from any cause whatsoever, any district judge, of said county, or any other district judge designated to hold court in said county for him, may do any and all things […]
Section 34-7-12 – Repealed.
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1978, ch. 159, § 15, effective March 6, 1978, repealed 16-4-15, 1953 Comp. (34-7-12 NMSA 1978), relating to vacancy in the office of probate judge.
Section 34-7-13 – [Judges may issue process and make rules.]
That the judges of probate courts shall have full power and authority to issue whatever process may be necessary for the efficient discharge of their duties, and to make and publish rules and orders regulating the business and practice of their several courts, not inconsistent with the laws of this state. History: Laws 1887, ch. […]