The office of justice of the peace is abolished. All jurisdiction, powers and duties conferred by law upon justices of the peace are transferred to the magistrate court. Whenever the term "justice of the peace" may be used in the laws, it shall be construed to refer to the magistrate court.
§ 35-1-38 NMSA 1978
Magistrate court; justices of the peace abolished; transfer
1953 Comp., § 36-1-38, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 62, § 40.
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