The probate courts shall procure and keep a seal with emblems and devices as the supreme court determines. History: Kearny Code, Records and Seals, § 1; C.L. 1865, ch. 93, § 1; C.L. 1884, § 658; C.L. 1897, § 1033; Code 1915, § 1424; C.S. 1929, § 34-402; 1941 Comp., § 16-404; 1953 Comp., § 16-4-4; 1978 Comp., § 34-7-3; 2023, ch. 44, § 3. Cross references. — For affixing and preservation of seal by clerk, see 34-1-6 NMSA 1978. The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, provided the supreme court with the authority to make a determination on the seal to be used by probate courts, a determination that is currently within the authority of the probate courts; added the section heading "Probate courts; seal"; and after "devices as the", deleted "courts shall think proper" and added "supreme court determines".
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