N.M. Stat. § 29-1-6
[Penalty for violation by magistrate.]
If any justice of the peace [magistrate] shall be guilty of a violation of Section 29-1-4
NMSA 1978, on conviction thereof before the district court, he shall be fined in any sum
not less than twenty-five dollars [($25.00)] nor more than fifty dollars [($50.00)].