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The '''Torrance County Magistrate Court''' is a [[New Mexico Magistrate Court|magistrate court]] in [[Torrance County, New Mexico (Judicial)|Torrance County]], [[New Mexico]].<ref>[http://www.nmjustice.net/nmsc/juvenile/program.php?id=5862 ''New Mexico Justice'', "NMSC Combined Adult/Juvenile Justices Directory," accessed January 12, 2015]</ref>
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==Judges==
The '''Torrance County Magistrate Court''' resides in [[New Mexico]]. Click on the links below to learn more about the court's...
*'''Division 1''': [[Mateo Page]]<ref>[http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Public_Records_And_Publications/2015-roster-web.pdf#page=62 ''New Mexico Secretary of State'', "New Mexico Roster of Elected Officials 2015-2016," accessed April 20, 2015]</ref>


==Former judges==
* [[#Jurisdiction|Jurisdiction]]
*[[Steve Jones]]
* [[#Selection method|Selection method]]
 
==Jurisdiction==
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==Selection method==
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===Judicial elections in New Mexico===
::''See also: [[New Mexico judicial elections]]''
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Torrance County, New Mexico (Judicial)|Torrance County, New Mexico]]
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*[[Courts in New Mexico]]
*[[New Mexico counties]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Public_Records_And_Publications/2015-roster-web.pdf#page=62 ''New Mexico Secretary of State'', "New Mexico Roster of Elected Officials 2015-2016"]
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*[http://www.torrancecountynm.org/ ''Torrance County, New Mexico'']
*[https://www.nmcourts.gov/ New Mexico courts]
*[http://www.nmcourts.gov/othercourts/mag_proc_manual.pdf ''New Mexico Courts'', "Magistrate Court Procedures for Judges and Clerks"]


==Footnotes==
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The Torrance County Magistrate Court resides in New Mexico. Click on the links below to learn more about the court's...

Jurisdiction

This court holds the following jurisdiction:[1]

“ Sixty-seven judges preside. There are 54 magistrate courts. These are courts of limited jurisdiction. Jury trials.

This court will hear these types of cases: Tort, contract, landlord/tenant rights ($0-10,000); Felony preliminary hearings; Misdemeanor, DWI/DUI and other traffic violations.[2]

”

Selection method

See also: Judicial selection in the states
See also: Partisan elections

Judges of the New Mexico Magistrate Courts are each elected to four-year terms.[3] The elections for this court are partisan contested elections. To serve on this court, a judge must be a qualified elector of the district and have a high school diploma or equivalent. In districts with a population greater than 200,000 people, a judge must also be licensed to practice law in New Mexico.[4]

Judicial elections in New Mexico

See also: New Mexico judicial elections

New Mexico is one of seven states that use partisan elections to initially select judges and then use retention elections to determine whether judges should remain on the bench. To read more about how states use judicial elections to select judges across the country, click here.

Retention election

In these elections, judges do not compete against another candidate, but voters are given a "yes" or "no" choice whether to keep the judge in office for another term. The retention elections are held on general election day. In a retention election, a candidate must receive 57% of the vote to be retained.[5]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ New Mexico Courts, "About the Courts," accessed May 18, 2023
  2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. ↑ New Mexico Courts, "The Magistrate Court in New Mexico," accessed August 14, 2014
  4. ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: New Mexico; Limited Jurisdiction Courts," archived October 3, 2014
  5. ↑ New Mexico Compilation Commission, "New Mexico Statutes, Article VI, Section 33," accessed April 25, 2014

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