34-6-1. Judicial districts.

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The state shall be divided into judicial districts as follows:

A. first judicial district, the counties of Santa Fe, Rio Arriba and Los Alamos;

B. second judicial district, the county of Bernalillo;

C. third judicial district, the county of Dona Ana;

D. fourth judicial district, the counties of Guadalupe, San Miguel and Mora;

E. fifth judicial district, the counties of Eddy, Chaves and Lea;

F. sixth judicial district, the counties of Grant, Luna and Hidalgo;

G. seventh judicial district, the counties of Socorro, Torrance, Sierra and Catron;

H. eighth judicial district, the counties of Taos, Colfax and Union;

I. ninth judicial district, the counties of Curry and Roosevelt;

J. tenth judicial district, the counties of Quay, DeBaca and Harding;

K. eleventh judicial district, the counties of McKinley and San Juan;

L. twelfth judicial district, the counties of Otero and Lincoln; and

M. thirteenth judicial district, the counties of Cibola, Sandoval and Valencia.

History: Laws 1941, ch. 75, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 16-301; Laws 1951, ch. 177, § 1 (1); 1953 Comp., § 16-3-1; Laws 1961, ch. 188, § 1; 1971, ch. 52, § 1; 1992, ch. 70, § 1.