N.M. Stat. § 29-1-8
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§ 29-1-8. Penalty for refusing to aid officer; action to recover
Official statutory text
If any person shall refuse or neglect to obey the summons of any such officer, such person shall be fined in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars [($50.00)], nor less than five dollars [($5.00)], to be recovered by suit before any justice of the peace [magistrate], to the use of the county in which said suit may originate.
Status: in_force
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