All fines, penalties and forfeitures incurred under any provisions of Sections 67-7-3, 67-7-4 and 67-7-2 NMSA 1978, except as otherwise provided, shall be recoverable by an action of debt in the name of the people of the state of New Mexico in any court of competent jurisdiction.
History: Laws 1905, ch. 124, § 40; Code 1915, § 2702; C.S. 1929, § 64-1311; 1941 Comp., § 58-606; 1953 Comp., § 55-6-6.
ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — The specific statutory references in this section, which formerly referred to "Sections 2699, 2700 and 2701," were substituted by the 1915 Code compilers for "this act."
The 1915 Code compilers omitted the words "and the county treasurer shall set the same apart to the district wherein the same accrued," at the end of the section.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 40 Am. Jur. 2d Highways, Streets and Bridges § 609.
40 C.J.S. Highways §§ 228, 229.