New Mexico Courts include New Mexico Supreme Court, New Mexico Court of Appeals, New Mexico District Courts, New Mexico Magistrate Court , Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court, New Mexico Municipal Court and Probate Court.
New Mexico Supreme Court is composed of five Justices. It is the highest court of the state that hears all appeals from the lower courts such as the Court of Appeals and exercises control over all courts and advocates practicing in the state of New Mexico. New Mexico Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction on criminal cases pertaining to sentencing of capital punishment or life imprisonment, cases involving the writs of habeas corpus, and hearing appeals from the Public Regulation Commission. It also hears appeals involving removal of public officials and appeals challenging nominations.
New Mexico Court of Appeals is composed of ten Presiding Judges but only three judges sit in the panel of judges presiding over a case. Court of Appeals has jurisdiction over matters involving non- capital criminal cases, civil cases and juvenile cases. Additionally it also exercises discretionary jurisdiction over cases involving appeals from the administrative agencies and on cases involving provisional decisions.
New Mexico District Courts have a total strength of eighty-eight Presiding Judges. New Mexico has thirteen districts in total with district courts that have general jurisdiction and hold trials by jury. The cases heard by these courts include, contract, torts, property rights, estates and titles, mental health, cases on domestic relations, and appeals from lower courts and administrative agencies. It also hears misdemeanor cases and exercises exclusive jurisdiction over criminal appeals, cases involving juveniles and miscellaneous civil cases.
There are fifty-four Magistrate Courts in the state of New Mexico with a collective strength of sixty-six Presiding Judges. These courts hear cases such as torts, tenant rights cases up to $10,000, contracts, misdemeanor cases, and preliminary hearings on felony cases, DUI and other traffic violation cases.
Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court is composed of nineteen Presiding Judges. This court has limited jurisdiction and holds trials by jury. The cases heard by this court are contracts, torts, cases involving tenant rights, with damage amounts upto $10,000, first appearances of felony cases, misdemeanor cases, domestic violence cases, DUI and cases involving other traffic violations.
Municipal Courts of New Mexico have a total collective strength of eighty-two Presiding judges. These courts exercise limited jurisdiction and hold trials without jury. These courts hear cases on DUI, petty misdemeanor cases, violation of municipal ordinances and cases on other traffic violations.
There are thirty-three counties in New Mexico. New Mexico Probate Court consists of thirty-three judges and exercises limited jurisdiction. It holds trials with no juries. The cases heard by the Probate Courts in New Mexico are uncontested cases on estates and informal probate cases.
All citizens have the right to access New Mexico Court records, and New Mexico Court cases, to either view or examine them. But all New Mexico Court< /strong> records cannot be accessed by the general public. Certain court files may be sealed by the New Mexico courts or there may be statutes that render the contents of a file confidential. Usually statutes seal records on communications and other written documents between a patient and his doctor automatically. Apart from these, court cases and court records that involve juveniles as the main subjects are also not accessible to the general public.
The courts in which the petitions were documented keep New Mexico court records and New Mexico court cases. You can access New Mexico court records and New Mexico court cases, review them or verify the records either by visiting the courts or online through an internet service called PACER, acronym for Public access to Court Electronic Records. New Mexico court access and information on court records online through PACER is secure and requires a nominal charge.
