New Mexico Code § 4-33-11

[Retention of court jurisdiction on creation or change of county.]
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county.]
The jurisdiction of the courts of this state to proceed to final determination or
settlement of all civil and criminal actions and probate proceedings pending therein shall
in no wise be affected by the creation of a new county or by any other change of the
boundary lines of any county, and the court in which such action or proceeding is then
pending shall retain full jurisdiction of such action or proceeding to final judgment or
decree, subject only to change of venue or appeals, as provided by law.
History: Laws 1899, ch. 55, § 1; Code 1915, § 1122; C.S. 1929, § 33-3302; Laws 1939,
ch. 76, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 15-3104; 1953 Comp., § 15-33-11.

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