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Proposed amendments to the Supreme Court’s Rules of Practice and Procedure are posted below. To view any of the proposals published for comment, click on the link to the proposal. You may submit a comment electronically using the Rule Proposal Comment Form below, or you may submit your comment by email to nmsupremecourtclerk@nmcourts.gov, by fax to 505-827-4837, or by mail to
Elizabeth A. Garcia New Mexico Supreme Court P O Box 848 Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-0848
Proposal 2023-001 – Detention Hearings and Conditions of Release [Rule 10-225 NMRA]
Proposal 2023-002 – Notification to Tribes of Change of Placement [Forms 10-565 and 10-566
NMRA]
Proposal 2023-003 – Consent Decree Order [Form 10-714 NMRA]
Proposal 2023-004 – Educational Decision Maker Form [Form 10-564 NMRA]
Proposal 2023-005 – Acceptance of Gifts [Rule 21-313 NMRA]
Proposal 2023-006 – Judicial Disqualification [Rule 21-211 NMRA]
Proposal 2023-007 – Safekeeping Property [Rule 16-115 NMRA]
Proposal 2023-008 – Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict [New Rules 5-614.1 and 7-611.1,
and Rules 5-607, 5-701, 6-603.1, 6-701, 7-603.1, and 7-701 NMRA]
Proposal 2023-009 – Definition of Local Detention Center [Rules 5-401, 5-403, 6-401, 6-403,
6-506, 6-802, 7-401, 7-403, 7-506, 7-802, 8-401, 8-403, 8-506, and 8-802 NMRA]
Proposal 2023-010 – Filing of Criminal Complaint in District Court
Proposal 2023-011 – Citizen Grand Jury [Rule 5-302.3 NMRA]
Proposal 2023-012 – Grand Jury Time Limits [Rule 5-302.2 NMRA]
Proposal 2023-013 – Incorporation of Plea Deadlines [Rules 6-302 and 7-302 NMRA]
Proposal 2023-014 – Right to Jury Trials in Magistrate Court [Rules 6-602, 6-603, 7-602, and 7-
603 NMRA]
Proposal 2023-015 – Criminal Complaints [Form 9-201 NMRA]
Proposal 2023-016 – Contempt [Rules 5-112, 6-111, 7-111, and 8-110 NMRA and Form 9-611
NMRA]
Proposal 2023-017 – Fifth Amendment Invocation [Rule 11-513 NMRA]
Proposal 2023-018 – Bad Faith Duty to Defend [Chapter 17 Introduction and UJIs 13-1701, 13-
1702, 13-1703A, 13-1703B, 13-1704, 13-1705, 13-1706, 13-1707, 13-1708, 13-1709, 13-1710,
13-1711, 13-1712, 13-1713, 13-1714, 13-1715, 13-1716, 13-1717, and 13-1718 NMRA]
Proposal 2023-019 – Leaving the Scene of an Accident [New UJIs 14-4513, 14-4514, 14-4515,
and 14-4516 NMRA]
Proposal 2023-020 – Facilitative Use of Deadly Weapon [New UJI 14-315 NMRA and UJIs 14-
305, 14-306, 14-355, 14-356, 14-375, 14-376, 14-2202, and 14-2203 NMRA]
Proposal 2023-021 – Aggravated Fleeing in the Third Degree [UJI 14-2217 NMRA]
Proposal 2023-0022 – Rules Governing Admission to the Bar [Rule Set 15 NMRA]