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Section 42-9-16 - [Time for return of writs of execution, attachment and replevin.]

NM Stat § 42-9-16 (2019) (N/A)
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All executions, writs of attachment and writs of replevin shall be returned within sixty days from the date of the delivery thereof to the sheriff or other officer or person whose duty it is, or who may be designated to serve the same.

History: Laws 1897, ch. 73, § 176; C.L. 1897, § 2685 (176); Code 1915, § 4257; C.S. 1929, § 105-1004; 1941 Comp., § 22-116; 1953 Comp., § 26-1-16.

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Compiler's notes. — An almost identical provision relating to executions will be found in 39-4-9 NMSA 1978.

Law reviews. — For article, "Attachment in New Mexico - Part I," see 1 Nat. Resources J. 303 (1961).

For article, "Attachment in New Mexico - Part II," see 2 Nat. Resources J. 75 (1962).

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Inclusion or exclusion of first and last days in computing the time for performance of an act or event which must take place a certain number of days before a known future date, 98 A.L.R.2d 1331.

7 C.J.S. Attachment §§ 84, 102 to 105.

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