Form 9-208 NMRA
Form 9-208. Criminal summons.
[For use with District Court Rules 5-208, 5-209 NMRA,
Magistrate Court Rules 6-204, 6-205 NMRA,
Metropolitan Court Rules 7-204, 7-205 NMRA and
Municipal Court Rules 8-203, 8-204 NMRA]
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
[COUNTY OF ___________________]
[CITY OF _______________________]
__________________ COURT
No. _____________
[STATE OF NEW MEXICO]
[COUNTY OF ___________________]
[CITY OF _______________________]
v.
__________________________________________, Defendant
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
To: ____________________________________________________ (Defendant)
_________________________________________________________ (Address)
You are notified that a Complaint, a copy of which is attached hereto, has been filed
in this court charging that you committed the offense of
_________________________________________________ (common name and
description of offense charged).
You are ordered to appear before the undersigned on the __________ day of
__________________, ________, at __________ m. at __________________ in the
(County of) (City of) __________________ State of New Mexico, to plead to the above
charge(s).
If you fail to appear at the time and place specified, a warrant will be issued for your
arrest.
Service of this summons shall be by: (personal service) (mail).
______________________________________
Judge or Clerk
Name of the Law Enforcement Entity
Filing the Criminal Complaint
__________________________________________
BY: ______________________________________
Prosecuting Attorney
Law Enforcement Officer
__________________________________________
Address
__________________________________________
CERTIFICATE OF MAILING
I certify that I mailed a copy of the Summons and a copy of the Complaint in the
above-styled cause to the defendant at the above address on the __________ day of
__________________, ________.
_____________________________________
Signature
_____________________________________
Title (if any)
_____________________________________
Date
RETURN
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
)
)
ss.
COUNTY OF __________________
)
(check one box and fill in appropriate blanks)
(if full-time salaried law enforcement officer)
[ ]
I certify that I served the above Summons on __________________ this
__________ day of __________________, ________, by delivering a copy thereof, with
copy of complaint attached, in the (county) (municipality) named above in the following
manner:
[ ]
I, __________________, being duly sworn, upon my oath, say that I am over the
age of eighteen (18) years and that I served the within summons the __________ day
of __________________, ________, by delivering a copy thereof, with a copy of
complaint attached, in the (county) (municipality) named above in the following manner:
(check one box and fill in appropriate blanks)
[ ]
to the defendant
(if the defendant was absent)
[ ]
to __________________ (name of person), a person over the age of fifteen (15)
residing at the usual place of abode of defendant
(if no person is found at defendant's dwelling)
[ ]
by posting a copy on the ____________________________________________
(describe place — most public part of premises)
(if a corporation)
[ ]
to __________________ (name of officer and title) of __________________
(corporation)
_____________________________________
Signature [of Affiant]
of Person Making Service
_____________________________________
Title (if any)
* Subscribed and sworn to before me
this ______ day of ________, ________.
________________________________________
Judge, Notary Public or Other Officer
Authorized to Administer Oaths
________________________________________
Official Title
If Notary Public:
My commission expires: __________________
* If service is made by a full-time salaried law-enforcement officer, the signature of such
officer need not be notarized.