Persons summoned for jury service and jurors shall be reimbursed for travel in excess of forty miles round trip from their place of actual residence to the courthouse when their attendance is ordered at the rate allowed public officers and employees per mile of necessary travel. Persons summoned for jury service and jurors shall be compensated for their time in attendance and service at the highest prevailing state minimum wage rate.
History: 1953 Comp., § 19-1-15, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 222, § 15; 1970, ch. 40, § 3; 1976 (S.S.), ch. 16, § 1; 1979, ch. 285, § 1; 1991, ch. 71, § 7; 2017, ch. 61, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For Per Diem and Mileage Act, see 10-8-1 NMSA 1978.
For provision of meals and accommodations for jurors, see 34-6-41 NMSA 1978.
The 2017 amendment, effective June 16, 2017, reduced mileage reimbursement for certain jurors, allowing a juror to be reimbursed for mileage only if the juror travels more than forty miles round trip from the juror's residence to the courthouse; and after "reimbursed for travel", added "in excess of forty miles round trip".
The 1991 amendment, effective April 1, 1991, deleted "and jury commissioners" following "jurors" in the catchline; deleted "Jury commissioners" at the beginning of the first and second sentences; and made related stylistic changes.
When jurors are kept together a night during the course of a trial, they should be paid for this time. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-101.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 47 Am. Jur. 2d Jury § 99.
50 C.J.S. Juries § 207.