N.M. Stat. § 29-1-8
[Penalty for refusing to aid officer; action to recover.]
If any person shall refuse or neglect to obey the summons of any such officer, such
person shall be fined in any sum not exceeding fifty dollars [($50.00)], nor less than five
dollars [($5.00)], to be recovered by suit before any justice of the peace [magistrate], to
the use of the county in which said suit may originate.