Any person who shall be guilty of violating the preceding section [19-7-46 NMSA 1978], upon conviction before any justice of the peace [magistrate court] or district court having jurisdiction of the same shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten [dollars] ($10.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), and shall be liable in a civil action for all costs of clearing the title to said property including a reasonable attorney's fee. History: 1941 Comp., § 8-836c, enacted by Laws 1953, ch. 69, § 2; 1953 Comp., § 7-8-49. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. The office of justice of the peace was abolished by 35-1-38 NMSA 1978, and the jurisdiction, powers and duties thereof transferred to the magistrate court.
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