If a sheriff neglects to return such writ the attachment may be directed to any person designated therein, who shall have full power to execute the same, and such sheriff upon being brought up may be committed to the jail of any county other than his own.
§ 44-1-12 NMSA 1978
[Attachment against sheriff; place of detention.]
Known as the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act
The act spans §§ 44–44 (147 sections).
Laws 1884, ch. 1, § 12; C.L. 1884, § 2023; C.L. 1897, § 2792; Code 1915, § 2600; C.S. 1929, § 63-112; 1941 Comp., § 25-1112; 1953 Comp., § 22-11-12.
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.