New Mexico § 3-10-1 - Officers; elective; term of office
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 3-10-1 — Officers; elective; term of office, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 3-10-1. Officers; elective; term of office
A. The elective officers of a municipality having a mayor-council form of government
are: (1) one mayor; (2) the members of the governing body; and (3) a municipal judge. B. The elective officers of a municipality having a commission-manager form of government
are: (1) five commissioners; and (2) a municipal judge. C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this section, a municipality
with a population of five hundred persons or less in the last federal decennial census
shall not have a municipal judge if it adopts an effective ordinance in accordance
with the provisions of Subsection B of Section 35-14-1 NMSA 1978 . D. In every noncharter municipality, except those noncharter municipalities having
a commission-manager form of government or electing members of the governing body
from districts, the terms of office for the mayor and members of the governing body
shall be four years. The term of office for members of the governing body shall be staggered so that
the terms of office for one-half of the members of the governing body will expire
every two years. E. Any elected municipal official whose term of office has expired shall continue
in that office until a successor is elected and has taken office pursuant to the provisions
of the Local Election Act.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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