New Mexico Law Research

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New Mexico Statutes Albuquerque City & County Ordinances Community Legal Resources Courts & Opinions Executive & Agencies Forms, Rules & Jury Instructions Guide to New Mexico Law (ALSO)	Guide to New Mexico Law (LOC) Legislation New Mexico Bar Association New Mexico Government Telephone Directory New Mexico Law By Subject New Mexico Supreme Court Law Library New Mexico Torts Research Guides

This research guide is intended to be used as a starting point for research in New Mexico law at the UNM Law Library. If you have any questions, please contact the Law Library’s reference desk at (505) 277-0935 or at reference@law.unm.edu.

New Mexico Legal Research Guide

Index to Resources Below

Legislative
Judiciary
Executive
Forms
Directories
City and County Ordinances
Other NM Research Guides
Selective Print Sources

Legislative

Bills
State Constitution
Statutes

Judicial

Court Rules (can be found in the "Contents of Judicial Volumes" folder)
New Mexico Citation Rule and Appendix
Court of Appeals and Supreme Court Cases 1996-2005
Court of Appeals and Supreme Court Cases 2006-current
Cases Court of Appeals Slip Opinions 2007-current
NM Courts (click on court sites)

Executive

Administrative Code
New Mexico Register
Executive Orders 2003-current
AG Opinions
Listing of NM State Agency websites

Forms

NM Supreme Court Forms
Approved Forms -- Forms approved by the Supreme Court can be found by choosing New Mexico Statutes and Court Rules -- Contents of Judicial Volumes -- and then search to see if a form exists
New Mexico Court of Appeals Forms under Documents tab
Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court
Magistrate Court-Approved Complaint Form and Brochure
State Court Sites: Find hours, locations, and some forms approved for that specific court
Federal New Mexico District Court Forms
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, New Mexico Forms
Public Regulation Commission -- Corporation Forms
Taxation and Revenue Forms
Listing of NM State Agency websites -- Check State Agency websites for specific topical forms

Directories

Community Legal Resources
New Mexico Government Telephone Directory

City and County Ordinances

Albuquerque
Bernalillo
Individual Jurisdictions
Compilations by Municode
Compilations by American Legal Publishing

Other New Mexico Legal Research Guides

JEC Resources -- benchbooks/handbooks, training materials, topical law materials
New Mexico Health Care Decisions and Advance Directives
American Law Sources Online
Library of Congress Guide to New Mexico Law Online
Historic New Mexico Law-Related Documents at The Avalon Project at Yale Law School

Selective Print Resources

New Mexico Digest -- New Mex. and Pro Se KFN3657.N43
New Mexico Bar Bulletin -- Desk Res. and New Mex. KF332.N615
New Mexico Blue Book – Lower Floor JK8030.A22

Compiled by Eileen Cohen (updated February 10, 2009)

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