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9-307.  Notice of forfeiture and hearing.

[For use with District Court Rule 5-406 NMRA,

Magistrate Court Rule 6-406 NMRA,

Metropolitan Court Rule 7-406 NMRA and

Municipal Court Rule 8-406 NMRA]

 

STATE OF NEW MEXICO

[COUNTY OF ___________________]

[CITY OF _______________________]

_________________________ COURT

 

[STATE OF NEW MEXICO]

[COUNTY OF ___________________]

[CITY OF _______________________]

 

v.                                                                                                         No. ___________

 

__________________________________________, Defendant

[and

__________________________________________, (surety)

__________________________________________, (surety)]

 

NOTICE OF FORFEITURE AND

HEARING

TO:

___________________________________
defendant

___________________________________
address

 

___________________________________
surety

___________________________________
address

 

___________________________________
surety

___________________________________
address

 

You and each of you are hereby notified that the bond in this case has been forfeited because of a failure of the defendant to appear before the court as required.

 

IT IS ORDERED that you appear on the ____ day of _________________, ________, at ___________ [a.m.] [p.m.], before this court at __________________, New Mexico, for a hearing to determine whether a judgment of default should be entered against you, jointly and severally, for the amount of the bond or bonds executed in this case.

 

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that if you fail to appear as required by this order, a judgment of default will be entered against you, and if the judgment of default is not paid within ten (10) days, action may be taken to collect the full amount of the bond.

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Notice of Forfeiture and Hearing be forthwith mailed by the clerk of the court to each of the persons named above at their last known addresses and to all attorneys of record.

 

 

                                                                        _____________________________________

                                                                        Judge

 

[Adopted, effective October 1, 1987; as amended by Supreme Court Order 07-8300-29, effective December 10, 2007; as amended by Supreme Court Order No. 17-8300-005, effective for all cases pending or filed on or after July 1, 2017.]

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