The sheriff shall be conservator of the peace within his county; shall suppress assaults and batteries, and apprehend and commit to jail, all felons and traitors, and cause all offenders to keep the peace and to appear at the next term of the court and answer such charges as may be preferred against them.
§ 4-41-2 NMSA 1978
[Duties.]
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Farris v. Moeckel (1987)
Most recently applied in Farris v. Moeckel (July 1987)
Kearny Code, Sheriffs, § 4; C.L. 1865, ch. 99, § 3; C.L. 1884, § 398; C.L. 1897, § 734; Code 1915, § 1260; C.S. 1929, § 33-4416; 1941 Comp., § 15-3802; 1953 Comp., § 15-40-2.
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.