acknowledgments.] The county clerk shall be allowed the following fees: for recording letters testamentary or of administration, one dollar [($1.00)]; for filing the bond of the executor or administrator, fifty cents [($.50)]; for order appointing guardian or curator, twelve and one-half cents [($.125)]; for filing and preserving bond of guardian or curator, fifty cents [($.50)]; for every order of publication, twenty-five cents [($.25)]; for every order relating to executors, administrators or guardians, not otherwise provided for, twelve and one- half cents [($.125)]; for copying any order, record or paper, for every one hundred words, ten cents [($.10)]; for entering any judgment and verdict, twelve and one-half cents [($.125)]; for proof of every will and codicil taken by the probate judge, twenty-five cents [($.25)]; for every certificate and seal, twenty-five cents [($.25)]; for issuing every subpoena, twenty-five cents [($.25)]; for administering every oath, three cents [($.03)]; for keeping abstracts of demands, for each defendant, three cents [($.03)]; for certifying the amount, date and classes of any demand, without seal, five cents [($.05)]; for entering every motion or rule, five cents [($.05)]; for swearing and entering a jury, twenty-five cents [($.25)]; for entering every trial, five cents [($.05)]; for a commission to take depositions, twenty-five cents [($.25)]; for every execution, fifty cents [($.50)]; for every continuance of a cause, five cents [($.05)]; for entering an appeal, twelve and one-half cents [($.125)]; for every writ to summon a jury, twelve and one-half cents [($.125)]; for every order to distribute effects among heirs, etc., twelve and one-half cents [($.125)]; for every settlement of executor, administrator or guardian, whether annual or final, twenty-five cents [($.25)]; for every order appointing road overseers, twenty-five cents [($.25)]; for filing and preserving constable’s bond, to be paid for by the constable, twenty-five cents [($.25)]; for all services in filing, taking and safekeeping the collectors’ bonds for territorial taxes, to be paid by the territory, one dollar [($1.00)]; for like services for collectors’ bonds for county taxes, to be paid by the territory and county, each for its own, for every one hundred words, ten cents [($.10)]; for issuing any license, to be paid for by the applicant, fifty cents [($.50)]; for taking, filing and safekeeping of every other bond not otherwise provided for, fifty cents [($.50)]; for issuing each writ, and receiving, filing and docketing the return, fifty cents [($.50)]; for taking every acknowledgment to a deed or writing, twenty-five cents [($.25.)].

Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 14-8-13

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.