New Mexico § 72-2-15 - Failure or refusal to comply with subpoena; refusal to testify; body attachment; contempt
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 72-2-15 — Failure or refusal to comply with subpoena; refusal to testify; body attachment; contempt, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 72-2-15. Failure or refusal to comply with subpoena; refusal to testify; body attachment; contempt
In case of failure or refusal on the part of any person to comply with any subpoena
issued by said state engineer or his appointed examiner, or on the refusal of any
witnesses to testify or to answer as to any matters regarding which he may be lawfully
interogated [interrogated], the judge of any district court in this state, on application
of the state engineer, may issue an attachment for such person and compel him to comply
with such subpoena and to attend before the state engineer or his appointed examiner
and produce such documents, and give his testimony upon such matters as may be lawfully
required, and the judge shall have the power to punish for contempt as in the case
of disobedience of a like subpoena issued by or from a district court or a refusal
to testify therein.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 72-2-15 ("Failure or refusal to comply with subpoena; refusal to testify; body attachment; contempt") is part of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Mexico. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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