Magistrate court; presiding magistrate

NMSA 1978, § 35-1-37 — under Article 1.

NMSA 1978, § 35-1-37

In magistrate districts where two or more divisions operate as a single court, the chief district judge shall designate the magistrate of one of the divisions as "presiding magistrate" to perform administrative duties prescribed by the supreme court. History: 1953 Comp., § 36-1-37, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 62, § 39; 1999, ch. 95, § 1; 2021, ch. 95, § 1.