Chapter 34 — Chapter 34

A. The "court facilities fund" is created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the administrative office of the courts. The fund shall consist of court fees and lease and rental revenues transferred to or deposited in the fund, gifts, grants, donations, appropriatio…

The "magistrate drug court fund" is created in the state treasury. The administrative office of the courts shall administer money in the fund to offset client service costs of drug court programs in magistrate courts, consistent with standards approved by the supreme court. Money…

The "drug court fund" is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of appropriations, distributions, gifts, grants, donations and bequests made to the fund and income from investment of the fund. The administrative office of the courts shall administer money in the fund to…

The administrative office of the courts, as holder of record title to the existing Bernalillo county metropolitan court building located on the northwest corner of Fourth street and Roma avenue northwest in Albuquerque, shall administer and manage the building in accordance with …

appropriation. A. The New Mexico finance authority may issue and sell revenue bonds in compliance with the New Mexico Finance Authority Act [Chapter 6, Article 21 NMSA 1978] in installments or at one time in an amount not exceeding forty-six million five hundred thousand dollars …

A. With the approval and direction of the supreme court, the administrative office of the courts shall create a "consolidation study committee" to study the potential consolidation of the magistrate and municipal courts in Dona Ana county. The committee shall consist of fifteen m…

A. The "Bernalillo county criminal justice review commission" is created to exist from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2015. B. The commission shall be composed of the following members or their designees: (1) the chief judge of the second judicial district; (2) the chief judge of …

A. The "judicial performance evaluation fund" is created in the state treasury to be administered by the administrative office of the courts. The fund shall consist of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and bequests made to the fund. Income from the fund shall be credited t…

check system. A. In any circumstance other than that described in Subsection B of this section, the administrative office of the courts shall obtain and electronically transmit information from court proceedings relating to a person's eligibility to receive or possess a firearm o…

approval of supreme court.] The director may appoint necessary employees, subject to the approval of the supreme court, who shall be subject to removal by him with the approval of the supreme court. History: 1953 Comp., § 16-6-2, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 162, § 2.

The "judge pro tempore fund" is created in the state treasury, to be administered by the administrative office of the courts. The fund shall be used to pay the costs of judges pro tempore. The fund shall consist of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and bequests made to the…

The administrative office of the courts shall establish criteria for the distribution of grants supporting pretrial services statewide and develop a framework for the standardization of pretrial services and supervision, including performance measurement and reporting. The framew…

The director of the administrative office of the courts shall, under the supervision and direction of the supreme court: A. supervise all matters relating to administration of the courts; B. examine fiscal matters and the state of the dockets of the courts, secure information as …

No officer or employee of the administrative office shall engage directly or indirectly in the practice of law. History: 1953 Comp., § 16-6-4, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 162, § 4.

notice.] The director may use a seal approved by the supreme court. Judicial notice shall be given of such seal. History: 1953 Comp., § 16-6-5, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 162, § 5.

Sections 34-9-1 to 34-9-7 NMSA 1978.] The authority of the courts to appoint administrative or clerical personnel shall not be limited by any provisions of this act [34-9-1 to 34-9-7 NMSA 1978]. History: 1953 Comp., § 16-6-6, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 162, § 6.

As used with reference to the duties of the director of the administrative office of the courts the word "courts" includes the supreme court, the court of appeals, the district courts, the children's and family court divisions of the district courts, the probate courts and the ma…

A. The director of the administrative office of the courts shall compile manuals prescribing detailed requirements for uniform systems of records and forms for use by courts. Following approval by the supreme court, the manuals shall be reproduced by the administrative office of …

ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1983, ch. 51, § 1, effective March 19, 1983, repealed 34-9-9 NMSA 1978, relating to district court dockets.

The judicial standards commission consists of thirteen positions: A. positions 1 through 5, position 10 and position 12, each of which shall be filled by a person who is a qualified elector of this state, who is not a justice, judge or magistrate of any court and who is not licen…

Whenever any member of the judicial standards commission dies, resigns or no longer has the qualifications required for his original selection, his position on the commission becomes vacant. The remaining members of the commission shall certify the existence of the vacancy to the…

A. Pursuant to the judicial standards commission's authority granted by Article 6, Section 32 of the constitution of New Mexico, any justice, judge or magistrate of any court may be disciplined or removed for willful misconduct in office, persistent failure or inability to perfor…

The judicial standards commission shall employ an executive director. History: 1953 Comp., § 16-8-3, enacted by Laws 1974, ch. 4, § 1.

The executive director of the judicial standards commission shall: A. perform, or cause to be performed, all investigations as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the commission or masters appointed by the commission; B. enter into such contracts as may be necessary to carry …

ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1987, ch. 29, § 1 repealed 34-11-1 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 48, § 4 and amended by Laws 1980, ch. 144, § 1, relating to creation and duties of the judicial conference, effective March 16, 1987. ARTICLE 12 Judicial Council (Repealed.) 34-…

the fund. A. The "judicial education fund" is created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the administrative office of the courts. Money in the fund shall be invested by the state treasurer as provided by law and earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. …

The court education services division of the administrative office of the courts shall provide judicial education, training and instruction for the justices, judges, magistrates and court personnel of the state, municipalities and counties and may provide such education for triba…

A. The "civil legal services commission" is created. The commission shall be composed of five members, all of whom have experience with the civil legal matters affecting low-income persons. The members shall be appointed as follows: (1) two members appointed by the governor; (2) …

History: Laws 2003, ch. 94, § 1; repealed by Laws 2008, ch. 7, § 4.

History: Laws 2003, ch. 94, § 2; repealed by Laws 2008, ch. 33, § 4.

The "juvenile adjudication fund" is created in the state treasury to provide an alternative procedure of adjudication for juveniles charged with misdemeanor offenses to help alleviate the docket of the juvenile judicial system. The fund consists of gifts, grants, donations, appro…