Forcible entry or detainer; judgment.

  1. Law
  2. New Mexico Statutes
  3. Magistrate and Municipal Courts
  4. Magistrate Court; Forcible Entry or Unlawful Detainer
  5. Forcible entry or detainer; judgment.

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A. If the defendant is found guilty in a civil action for forcible entry or unlawful detainer, judgment shall be entered against him:

(1) for damages; and

(2) that he be removed from the premises and the plaintiff be put in possession.

B. Execution shall include an order that the sheriff or a full-time, salaried deputy sheriff remove the defendant from the premises.

History: 1953 Comp., § 36-12-3, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 62, § 124.

ANNOTATIONS

Repeals. — Laws 1968, ch. 62, § 171, repealed former 36-12-3, 1953 Comp., relating to form of dockets in criminal cases, effective January 1, 1969.

Cross references. — For applicability of personal property exemptions under 42-10-1 NMSA 1978, see 35-4-2 NMSA 1978.

For exemptions and procedure for claiming in magistrate courts, see Rule 2-803 NMRA.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 35 Am. Jur. 2d Forcible Entry and Detainer §§ 47 to 49.

36A C.J.S. Forcible Entry and Detainer §§ 68 to 75.


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