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§ 40-1-11 NMSA 1978

Fees; disposition

1953 Comp., § 57-1-10.1, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 33, § 1; 1977, ch. 253, § 64; 1979, ch. 131, § 1; 1985, ch. 52, § 1; 1986, ch. 15, § 10; 2013, ch. 144, § 8; 2025, ch. 124, § 1.

A. The county clerk shall receive a fee of fifty-five dollars ($55.00) for issuing, acknowledging and recording a marriage license and marriage certificate.

B. Fees collected pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall be deposited in the county clerk recording and filing fund; provided that the county treasurer shall remit the fees collected within fifteen days of the last day of each month as follows:

(1) fifteen dollars ($15.00) of each fee shall be remitted to the county general fund;

(2) twenty dollars ($20.00) of each fee shall be remitted to the state treasurer for credit to the children's trust fund; and

(3) twenty dollars ($20.00) of each fee shall be retained by the county clerk.

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.