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Home » US Law » 2021 New Mexico Statutes » Chapter 10 - Public Officers and Employees » Article 17 - Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 10-17-11 – [Institution of shortage prosecution; admissible evidence.]

When any party shall be liable to be prosecuted under the provisions of this and the two preceding sections [10-17-9, 10-17-10 NMSA 1978], it shall be the duty of the district attorney to immediately commence a suit in favor of the state against said party and his securities for the sum due and interest according […]

Section 10-17-12 – [Willful neglect of duty; penalty.]

When any duty is or shall be enjoined by law upon any public officer, or upon any person holding any public trust or employment, every wilful [willful] neglect to perform such duty, where no special provision shall have been made for the punishment of such delinquency, shall be deemed a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in […]

Section 10-17-3 – Publication of list of expenditures monthly.

On or before the 10th [tenth] day of each month there may be published in a legal newspaper published in the county where such board or commission is situated, by the council, commission or trustees of every city, town or village in this state, and by every board of education in this state, a summary […]

Section 10-17-6 – Repealed.

ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1978, ch. 130, § 5, repealed 5-6-10, 1953 Comp. (10-17-6 NMSA 1978), relating to delivery of supreme court reports and statutes, effective March 6, 1978.

Section 10-17-7 – [Shortages in accounts of public officers; compromise prohibited.]

It shall hereafter be unlawful for any state official, district attorney, board of county commissioners or other official charged with the collection of any indebtedness, or the prosecution of any suit for the collection of any indebtedness due to, or claimed by the state, any county, city, town, precinct or school district, from any public […]