The principal office of each district judge shall be at the county seat of a county within the judicial district as provided by rule of the district court. When the convenience of the public can be better served by establishment of an additional office within the county, this may be provided by rule of the district court.
History: 1953 Comp., § 16-3-4, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 69, § 18.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For personnel and travel expenses, see 34-6-23 NMSA 1978.
Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1968, ch. 69, § 69, repeals former 16-3-4, 1953 Comp., relating to process and expenditures in the first judicial district.
Commitment hearing held at commitment facility not precluded. — Absent a showing by a "developmentally disabled" person that his substantive rights would in any way be abridged if his involuntary commitment hearing is not held at the county seat, the district court is not precluded from adopting the practice of holding such hearings at the commitment facility when, in its discretion, such practice would better serve the public convenience. 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 79-20.