A. The district court clerk shall keep for each county in indexed volumes:

(1) a civil docket;

(2) a criminal docket;

(3) an incapacitated person docket;

(4) an adoption docket;

(5) a probate docket;

(6) a children's docket;

(7) a judgment docket; and

(8) a record of the proceedings of the court.

In counties where the amount of business makes it desirable, separate criminal and civil records may be kept.

B. The dockets shall show in convenient form for each case:

(1) the names of the parties;

(2) the names of their attorneys;

(3) the nature of the case;

(4) the filing of each paper;

(5) a brief statement of every return, motion, rule, order, judgment or other proceeding, with reference to pages of the record where each entry can be found; and

(6) the costs taxed and all costs and fees received.

History: 1953 Comp., § 16-3-20, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 69, § 34; 1972, ch. 97, § 47; 1975, ch. 257, § 8-101.

Cross references. — For duty of clerk to record and index proceedings, see 34-1-6, 34-6-26 NMSA 1978.

For judgment docket book, see 39-1-8 NMSA 1978.

Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1968, ch. 69, § 69, repealed former 16-3-20, 1953 Comp., relating to concurrent jurisdiction with probate court.

Entry of judgment essential. — A judgment does not become complete and effective until a proper entry thereof is made. Animas Consol. Mines Co. v. Frazier, 1937-NMSC-031, 41 N.M. 389, 69 P.2d 927.

Effective date of order. — In determining the time within which a cost bond must be filed, an order in writing signed by the district judge, allowing an appeal, became effective as the judgment of the court when filed with the clerk for entry in the record, and not on the date of the signing of the order. State v. Capital City Bank, 1926-NMSC-022, 31 N.M. 430, 246 P. 899.

Signature by rubber stamp. — The clerk's signature by rubber stamp to endorsement of filing paper in cause was not prohibited by general principles. Costilla Estates Dev. Co. v. Mascarenas, 1927-NMSC-076, 33 N.M. 356, 267 P. 74.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 20 Am. Jur. 2d Courts § 25 et seq.

21 C.J.S. Courts § 178 et seq.