Statutes > New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 35 - Magistrate and Municipal Courts. > Article 8 - Magistrate Court; Juries and Jurors, 35-8-1 through 35-8-7. > Section 35-8-1 - Magistrate jury; right to trial by jury.

Section 35-8-1 - Magistrate jury; right to trial by jury.

35-8-1. Magistrate jury; right to trial by jury.

Except for contempt of the magistrate court, penalty assessment misdemeanors or offenses that do not prescribe incarceration as a penalty, the right to trial by jury exists in all actions in the magistrate court that are within magistrate trial jurisdiction.