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.
§ 35-1-37 NMSA 1978
Magistrate court; presiding magistrate
1953 Comp., § 36-1-37, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 62, § 39; 1999, ch. 95, § 1; 2021, ch. 95, § 1.
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