Statutes > New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 34 - Court Structure and Administration. > Article 8A - Metropolitan Courts, 34-8A-1 through 34-8A-15. > Section 34-8A-1 - Metropolitan court; established.

Section 34-8A-1 - Metropolitan court; established.

34-8A-1. Metropolitan court; established.

There is established within the boundaries of a class A county with a population of more than two hundred fifty thousand persons in the last federal decennial census the "metropolitan court".  The name of the metropolitan district is the same as the name of the county in which it is located.