N.M. Stat. § 4-41-2

Current through 2024, ch. 69

Section 4-41-2 - Duties

The sheriff shall be conservator of the peace within his county; shall suppress assaults and batteries, and apprehend and commit to jail, all felons and traitors, and cause all offenders to keep the peace and to appear at the next term of the court and answer such charges as may be preferred against them.

NMS § 4-41-2

Kearny Code, Sheriffs, § 4; C.L. 1865, ch. 99, § 3; C.L. 1884, § 398; C.L. 1897, § 734; Code 1915, § 1260; C.S. 1929, § 33-4416; 1941 Comp., § 15-3802; 1953 Comp., § 15-40-2.