Section 35-15-3 – Procedure; commitment.
A. In any action for the violation of any ordinance in which an arrest has not been made, a warrant for the arrest of the defendant may issue in the first instance upon the affidavit of any person making a complaint that he has reasonable grounds to believe the party charged is guilty. Any person […]
Section 35-15-4 – Service of process.
A. In the county in which the municipality whose ordinances are alleged to have been violated is located, a law enforcement officer with jurisdiction in that county may serve any municipal court process or make any arrests authorized by law to be made. B. In counties adjacent to the county in which the municipality whose […]
Section 35-14-7 – Monthly reports and remittances.
Each municipal judge shall make monthly written reports to the governing body of all money collected by him; provided he shall account separately for costs collected pursuant to Section 35-14-11 NMSA 1978. The reports shall be filed and the money collected shall be paid to the municipality not later than the tenth day of the […]
Section 35-14-8 – Itemized statement.
All required reports shall include an itemized statement showing the different amounts collected, the purpose of collection, the name of the person paying and the date of payment. History: 1953 Comp., § 37-1-8, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 208, § 8. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1961, ch. 208, § 11, repealed former 37-1-1 to 37-1-9, […]
Section 35-14-9 – Penalty.
Any municipal judge violating any provision relating to making reports or remitting money collected is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars ($200) or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both. History: 1953 Comp., § 37-1-9, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 208, § 9. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — […]
Section 35-14-10 – Municipal judges; training required.
Each municipal judge shall annually as a condition of discharging the duties of that office, successfully complete a judicial training program conducted under the authority, or with the approval of, the court administrator, unless exempted from this requirement by the chief justice of the supreme court. No municipal judge holding office after December 31, 1973 […]
Section 35-14-11 – Municipal ordinance; court costs; collection; purpose.
A. Every municipality shall enact an ordinance requiring assessment of corrections fees, judicial education fees and court automation fees to be collected as court costs and used as provided in this section. B. A municipal judge shall collect the following costs: (1) a corrections fee of twenty dollars ($20.00); (2) a judicial education fee of […]
Section 35-14-12 – Municipal courts; automation required.
By July 1, 1996, each municipal court shall have the capability of providing on a timely basis electronic records in a format specified by the judicial information system council tracking convictions of violations of municipal ordinances prohibiting driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs and prohibiting domestic violence. History: Laws 1993, ch. […]
Section 35-15-1 – Proceedings to enforce ordinances; plaintiff; appeals.
A. All actions to enforce any ordinance of any municipality shall be brought in the name of the municipality as plaintiff. No prosecution, conviction or acquittal for the violation of an ordinance is a defense to any other prosecution of the same party for any other violation of an ordinance, although different causes of action […]
Section 35-15-2 – Pleading existence of ordinance provisions violated.
In all actions brought to enforce any ordinance, it shall be sufficient to state in the complaint or affidavit the number of the section and title of the ordinance violated without stating said section or ordinance in full or the substance thereof. History: Laws 1884, ch. 39, § 104; C.L. 1884, § 1712; C.L. 1897, […]