New Mexico Statutes 4-41-16. Fees; attendance on courts; sessions of county commissioners; hearing before judges
A. The sheriffs of this state shall be allowed, except from the state or any state agency, the following fees and compensations:
Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 4-41-16
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- 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.
- Probate: Proving a will
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
(1) for serving every writ, citation, order, subpoena or summons, not more than forty dollars ($40.00);
(2) for every writ of capias or attachment for each defendant, six dollars ($6.00);
(3) for taking and returning every bond required by law, five dollars ($5.00); (4) for levying every execution and return of same, six dollars ($6.00);
(5) for making, executing and delivering every sheriff’s deed, to be paid by the purchaser, six dollars ($6.00);
(6) for every return of non est inventus, fifty cents ($.50); and
(7) for making every return of any process, order, summons, citation or decree of any court, two dollars ($2.00).
No sheriff shall collect more than one of the fees listed in this subsection, regardless of how many documents may be served upon one or more individuals, when those documents are served at the same time and at the same location.
B. In the service of any subpoena or summons for witnesses, the sheriff shall be allowed compensation of one dollar ($1.00) for each of the witnesses so summoned by the sheriff, notwithstanding that the name of the witness may appear in but one copy of the subpoena or summons.
C. It is the duty of the sheriffs of the state to attend:
(1) the sessions of every district court, which attendance shall be paid in the manner now provided by law;
(2) all sessions of the probate court and sessions of the boards of county commissioners, which attendance shall be paid sheriffs out of the general county funds of the county in which the services were rendered; and
(3) at the trial or hearing before magistrates in felony cases, where the arrest is made by the sheriff, either with or without a warrant, which attendance shall be paid as provided in this section out of the general county funds; but sheriffs shall not be allowed any compensation for attending at the trial of any misdemeanor case before any magistrate unless a sheriff made the arrest in the misdemeanor case.