There shall be nine district judges in the thirteenth judicial district.History: 1953 Comp., § 16-3-3.13, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 52, § 3; 1974, ch. 77, § 5; 1979, ch. 302, § 1; 1985, ch. 212, § 1; 1992, ch. 70, § 2; 2003, ch. 254, § 1; 2006, ch. 99, § 5; 2014, ch. 73, § 4; 2020, ch. 40, § 9; 2022, ch. 56, § 35. ANNOTATIONSThe 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, created a new judgeship in the thirteenth judicial district; and after 'There shall be', changed 'eight' to 'nine'. The 2020 amendment, effective May 20, 2020, removed residency and office location requirements for district judges in the thirteenth judicial district, and deleted 'The judges of divisions one, three and six shall reside and maintain their principal offices in Valencia county. The judges of divisions two, five, seven and eight shall reside and maintain their principal offices in Sandoval county. The judge of division four shall reside and maintain the judge's principal offices in Cibola county.'.The 2014 amendment, effective May 21, 2014, created an additional judgeship; in the first sentence, after 'shall be', changed 'seven' to 'eight', and in the third sentence, after 'five', deleted 'and', and after ndment, effective May 21, 2014, created an additional judgeship; in the first sentence, after 'shall be', changed 'seven' to 'eight', and in the third sentence, after 'five', deleted 'and', and after 'five, seven', added 'and eight'. The 2006 amendment, effective July 1, 2006, increased the number of judges from six to seven. The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, increased the number of judges from five to six; and inserted 'and six' following 'three' in the second sentence. The 1992 amendment, effective March 9, 1992, increased the number of judges from four to five; added the second sentence; and rewrote the third sentence, which formerly read: 'The judge of division two shall reside and maintain his principal office in Sandoval county.'
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