2025 - Approved Amendments to Rules and Forms

Former Federal Employee Limited Licensure [Approved 05/20/25, Effective 06/01/25]

Case Management Program in the First Judicial District Court [Approved 07/09/25, Effective 01/01/26]

Post-Adjudication Fees and Bench Warrant Fee [Approved 08/25/25, Effective 10/09/25]

Order No. S-1-RCR-2023-00038

Fines, Fees, and Costs [Approved 08/25/25, Effective 10/09/25]

Punitive Contempt [Approved 08/25/25, Effective 10/09/25]

Order No. S-1-RCR-2025-00158

Form 9-612 NMRA

Form 9-614 NMRA

Form 9-615 NMRA

Reinstated and Amended Rule 1-093 NMRA

Reinstated and Amended Rule 2-110 NMRA

Reinstated and Amended Rule 3-110 NMRA

Reinstated and Amended Rule 5-112 NMRA

Reinstated and Amended Rule 6-111 NMRA

Reinstated and Amended Rule 7-111 NMRA

Reinstated and Amended Rule 8-110 NMRA

Reinstated and Amended Form 9-611 NMRA

Reinstated and Amended Rule 10-169 NMRA

Criminal Competency [Approved 09/30/25, Effective 09/30/25]

Order No. S-1-RCR-2025-00143

Second Amended Order No. S-1-AO-2025-00014 – In the Matter of the Suspension of Rule 7-507.1 NMRA and Criminal Competency Proceedings in Metro attest

Form 9-514 NMRA

Suspended Rule 7-507.1 NMRA

Water Court Structure and Procedure [Approved 09/30/25, Effective 10/01/25]

Criminal Competency in the Metropolitan Court [Approved 10/06/25, Effective 10/06/25]

CASA Duties [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Service by Social Media, E-mail, or Text Message [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Contributory Negligence [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Medical Debt Collection [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

New Form 4-226A NMRA

New Form 4-301A NMRA

New Form 4-805C NMRA

Reinstated and Amended Form 4-805B NMRA

Order No. S-1-RCR-2025-00174

Residential Foreclosures [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Expungement and Orders of Expungement [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Withdrawn Form 4-954 NMRA

Withdrawn Form 4-957.1 NMRA

Order No. S-1-RCR-2024-00099

Length of Time to Correct an Illegal Sentence [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Habitual Criminal Proceedings [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Time Limits for Probation Violation Hearings [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Use of Videotaped Depositions [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Misdemeanor Crime of Domestic Violence Form [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Temporary Orders of Protection [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Orders [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

New Form 4-1001 NMRA

New Form 4-1001.1 NMRA

Order No. S-1-RCR-2024-00097

Objections to Domestic Violence Special Commission Recommendations [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Parental Consent to Kinship Guardianship [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

“Gay Panic Defense” [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Compensation for Limitations to Property Access [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Use of AI by Jurors [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Punitive Damages for Cumulative Conduct [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Rules of Professional Conduct and Duty [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Aggravated Shoplifting and Organized Retail Theft [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Multiple Defendants [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Sexual Exploitation of Children (Manufacture) [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Intentional Child Abuse [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Local Rules of the Second Judicial District Court [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Rules Governing Admission to the Bar [Approved 10/31/25, 01/02/26]

Guardianship and Conservatorship Reports and Financial Statements [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Implicit Bias Instructions [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Metropolitan Court Appeals [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

New Rule 7-703.1 NMRA

Withdrawn Rule 1-073 NMRA

Withdrawn Rule 3-109 NMRA

Withdrawn Form 4-909A NMRA

Order No. S-1-RCR-2025-00175

Oral Argument Requests [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Juror Handbook [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Pronouns in UJIs [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

UJI-Civil Chapter 10, Appendix 2 NMRA

UJI-Civil NMRA – HOW TO USE

UJI-Criminal NMRA, General Use Note

Order No. S-1-RCR-2025-00126

Pronouns and Salutations in Court Pleadings [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Typos and Technical Changes [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

Pretrial Release [Approved 10/31/25, Effective 12/31/25]

2025 – Approved Amendments to Rules and Forms

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