Section 8-5-3 – [Action in civil and criminal cases.]
That upon the failure or refusal of any district attorney to act in any criminal or civil case or matter in which the county, state or any department thereof is a party or has an interest, the attorney general be, and he is hereby, authorized to act on behalf of said county, state or any […]
Section 8-5-4 – [Employment of legal assistance for departments.]
No compensation shall be allowed to any person for services as an attorney or counsellor [counselor] to any department of the state government, or the head thereof, or to any state board or commission, except in cases specially authorized by law, but special legal assistance, may be employed by the attorney general, under his direction […]
Section 8-5-5 – Assistant attorneys general; other employees; appointment.
A. The attorney general may appoint a deputy attorney general and as many other assistant attorneys general together with stenographic, clerical and other necessary employees on a full- or part-time basis, at salaries to be fixed by him within budget allowances and appropriation limits, as the business of the department shall require and who shall […]
Section 8-5-6 – Opinions and report.
The New Mexico compilation commission shall receive all opinions and advisory letters of the attorney general and shall maintain the attorney general’s opinions and advisory letters as part of the master database of the commission. The attorney general shall provide the commission with an electronic copy of all opinions and advisory letters as issued in […]
Section 8-5-7 – Repealed.
History: 1953 Comp., § 4-3-8, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 20, § 2; 1979, ch. 106, § 2; repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 74, § 10. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2019, ch. 74, § 10 repealed 8-5-7 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 20, § 2, relating to proceeds of sale, credit to […]
Section 8-5-8 to 8-5-13 – Repealed.
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1979, ch. 106, § 6, repealed 8-5-8 to 8-5-13 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 20, § 3, and Laws 1959, ch. 21, §§ 1, 3-6, relating to sale of opinions and reports of the attorney general, indexing of the opinions and disposition of proceeds.
Section 8-4-1 – Repealed.
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1978, ch. 132, § 6, repealed 4-2-1, 1953 Comp. (8-4-1 NMSA 1978), relating to payment of bond premium for secretary of state, effective March 6, 1978.
Section 8-4-2 – [Chief clerk as assistant; appointment; oath; bond.]
The secretary of state is hereby authorized to appoint his chief clerk to be assistant secretary. Such assistant secretary shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties give bond to the state in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), which bond shall be approved by the secretary of state and filed in his […]
Section 8-4-3 – [Assistant secretary; powers.]
The assistant secretary shall have power, in the absence of the secretary, to file all instruments required by the laws of New Mexico to be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and to certify to copies thereof, under his hand and the great seal of the state, with the same force and […]
Section 8-4-4 – Fees of secretary of state.
The secretary of state shall collect the following fees to be deposited with the state treasurer for credit to the general fund: A. photocopies of records, per page twenty-five cents ($.25); B. each certification three dollars ($3.00); C. filing each official oath three dollars ($3.00); D. search of records where another fee is not prescribed, […]