New Mexico § 10-5-2 - Power of secretary to suspend certain officials; grounds for suspension; secretary to take charge of office
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 10-5-2 — Power of secretary to suspend certain officials; grounds for suspension; secretary to take charge of office, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 10-5-2. Power of secretary to suspend certain officials; grounds for suspension; secretary to take charge of office
The secretary of finance and administration may summarily suspend any official of
any local public body in all cases where an audit conducted by the state auditor,
or by personnel of his office, or by an independent auditor employed or approved by
the state auditor reveals any of the following: A. a fraudulent misappropriation or embezzlement of public money; B. fiscal management of an office resulting in violation of law or willful violation
of the fiscal regulations of the department of finance and administration for every
local public body; or C. willful failure to perform any duty imposed by any law which the secretary of finance
and administration is charged with enforcing. Upon such suspension, the secretary of finance and administration may take charge
of the office of the persons [person] suspended.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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