{"data":{"id":"us-nm/35-14-4","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"35-14-4","heading":"Election; term; vacancy.","body":"A. Municipal judges shall be elected, for terms of four years, at a regular municipal election.\nB. In municipalities with a population of thirty thousand persons or more, additional judges may be elected if the municipal governing body determines the workload of the court requires more than one judge. Municipalities with a population of less than thirty thousand persons shall have only one municipal judge.\nC. The governing body of any municipality may fill vacancies by appointment of a municipal judge to serve until the next regular municipal election.","path":["Chapter 35 - Magistrate and Municipal Courts","ARTICLE 14 Municipal Courts"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18535/index.do","current_through":"2025-06-20","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"a98822643f6cc6cfe2ebc6a8864ef57117ad96908c305c4588b51e0491abcfe4","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/35-14-3","next":"us-nm/35-14-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}