§ 34-9-1 [Maintenance at seat of government; supervision;
§ 34-9-2 [Appointment and removal of employees by director;
§ 34-9-3 Director; duties
§ 34-9-4 [Officer or employee prohibited from practicing law.]
§ 34-9-5 [Seal of director; approval by supreme court; judicial notice.]
§ 34-9-6 [Authority of courts to appoint personnel unaffected by
§ 34-9-7 Courts defined
§ 34-9-8 Courts; records; manuals
§ 34-9-10 Court automation fund created; administration;
§ 34-9-11 Jury and witness fee fund created; administration;
§ 34-9-11.1 Language access fund; created
§ 34-9-12 Municipal court automation fund created; administration;
§ 34-9-13 Magistrate and metropolitan court capital fund created;
§ 34-9-14 Court facilities fund created; administration; distribution
§ 34-9-14 v2 Court facilities fund created; administration; distribution. (Effective July 1, 2024.)
§ 34-9-14.1 Magistrate drug court fund; created
§ 34-9-14.2 Drug court fund; created
§ 34-9-15 Use of Bernalillo county metropolitan court facilities
§ 34-9-16 New Mexico finance authority revenue bonds; purpose;
§ 34-9-17 Consolidation study committee; composition; duties
§ 34-9-17.1 Bernalillo county criminal justice review commission
§ 34-9-18 Judicial performance evaluation fund; created
§ 34-9-19 Reporting to the national instant criminal background check system
§ 34-9-20 Judge pro tempore fund; created
§ 34-9-21 Criteria for distribution of grants

Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 34 > Article 9 - Administrative Office of the Courts

  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.