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§ 4-41-19 NMSA 1978

County peace officers and constables; mileage; conditions

1953 Comp., § 15-40-21.1, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 253, § 2; 1963, ch. 9, § 1.

A. Peace officers and constables shall be allowed mileage or the distance actually and necessarily traveled by privately owned conveyance in serving any judicial process.

B. In serving any jury venire, a sheriff, deputy sheriff, constables [constable] or other county peace officer shall charge for the actual mileage traveled and necessary in providing service of jury venire.

C. If more than one peace officer or constable travels in one privately owned conveyance in the performance of official business, only the officer owning the conveyance used shall be reimbursed.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.