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Section 34-1-1 – Court sessions to be public.

Except as provided in the Children’s Code [Chapter 32A NMSA 1978] and in other laws making specific provisions for exclusion of the public, all courts of this state shall be held openly and publicly, and all persons whatsoever shall be freely admitted to the courts and permitted to remain so long as they shall observe […]

Section 34-1-10 – Judicial compensation commission; creation; membership; duties.

A. The “judicial compensation commission” is created to recommend salaries for judges of the magistrate courts, metropolitan courts, district courts and courts of appeals and justices of the supreme court. B. The judicial compensation commission shall be composed of five members and one chairperson as follows: (1) the dean of the university of New Mexico […]

Section 34-1-9 – Salaries of justices, judges and magistrates.

A. Justices of the supreme court shall each receive an annual salary as provided by the legislature. The chief justice of the supreme court shall receive an annual salary that is two thousand dollars ($2,000) more than the annual salary of a justice of the supreme court. B. The chief judge of: (1) the court […]