New Mexico Marriage Laws | § 40-1-11

New Mexico Statutes Annotated 40-1-11

Fees; disposition

A. The county clerk shall receive a fee of fifty-five dollars ($55.00) for issuing, acknowledging and recording a marriage license and marriage certificate.

B. Fees collected pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall be deposited in the county clerk recording and filing fund; provided that the county treasurer shall remit the fees collected within fifteen days of the last day of each month as follows:

(1) fifteen dollars ($15.00) of each fee shall be remitted to the county general fund;

(2) twenty dollars ($20.00) of each fee shall be remitted to the state treasurer for credit to the children's trust fund; and

(3) twenty dollars ($20.00) of each fee shall be retained by the county clerk."

1953 Comp., § 57-1-10.1, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 33, § 1; 1977, ch. 253, § 64; 1979, ch. 131, § 1; 1985, ch. 52, § 1; 1986, ch. 15, § 10; 2013, ch. 144, § 8.; amd June 2025

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§ 40-1-2 Marriages solemnized; ordained clergy or civil magistrates may solemnize.
§ 40-1-9 Prohibited marriages.
§ 40-1-15 Certification of marriage; recording and indexing.
§ 40-1-16 Application of law.
§ 40-1-18 Form of application, license and certificate.
§ 40-1-3 Ceremony by religious society.
§ 40-1-4 [Lawful marriages without the state recognized.]
§ 40-1-1 [Marriage is civil contract requiring consent of parties.]
§ 40-1-7 Incestuous marriages.
§ 40-1-14 Production of license and proof of legal qualifications.
§ 40-1-19 Offenses; penalties.
§ 40-1-17 Uniform use form.
§ 40-1-20 [Marriages without license in 1905 validated.]
§ 40-1-11 Fees; disposition
§ 40-1-6 Restrictions on marriage of minors.
§ 40-1-10 License required; county clerk.