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GENERAL INFORMATION: Address: Third Judicial District Court201 W. Picacho Ave. Las Cruces, NM 88005 (corner of Alameda Blvd. and Picacho Ave.) Clerk Of The Court:
Nadine Sanchez Office Hours: Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT NOT ALLOWED: Cameras, tape recorders, or other equipment may not be brought into the courthouse without prior approval from a Judge or the Court Administrator or his/her designee.
Division I - Civil - Chief Judge Robert E. Robles
575.523.8225 Top of Page Administrtation:Court Administrator, Nadine Sanchez 575.523.8201 Administrative Assistant, Melody Longwill 575.523.8201 Deputy Court Administrator, Mark Perea 575.523.8275 Human Resources Division, Laura Garcia 575.528.8310 Financial Department, 575.523.8280 Clerk's Office Staff: Criminal Filings Division 575.523.8271 Civil Filings Division 575.523.8296 Probate Filings 575.523.8296 Domestic Relations Filings Division 575.528.8315 Sequestered Filings 575.523.8296 File Room/Microfilm Division 575.523.8297 Jury Division 575.523.8284 (Code-a-Phone) 575.523.8285 Water Division 575.528.8397 Court Reporters: Bailiff's: Court Interpreter Office:
575.523.8210
Civil Cases $122.00 (including non-criminal
case appeals from Magistrate Court) NOTE: No personal checks will be accepted. Cash, money orders, and cashiers checks are accepted, and should be made payable to the Third Judicial District Court. Pursuant to Rule 1-008.1. of the Civil Rules of Procedure provide that pleadings and papers filed in the district courts shall have a caption or heading which shall briefly include: A. (1) the name of the court, (2) the names of the parties; and, (3) a title which describes the cause of action or relief requested. The title of a pleading or paper shall have no legal effect in the action. Sample Caption/Case Heading for pleadings filed: STATE OF NEW MEXICO Except exhibits and papers filed by electronic
transmission pursuant to Rule 5-103.2 of the Rules of Civil Procedure,
all pleadings and papers filed in the district court shall be clearly
legible, shall be on good quality white paper eight and one-half by
eleven (8 ½ x 11) inches in size, with a left margin of (1)
inch, a right margin of one (1) inch, and top and bottom margins of one
and one-half (1 ½) inches; with consecutive page numbers at the
bottom; and stapled at the upper left hand corner; and, except for a
cover page, shall be typed or printed using pica (10 pitch) type style
or a twelve (12) point typeface. A space of at least two and one-half
(2 ½) by and one-half (2 ½) inches for the clerk's
recording stamp shall be left in the upper right-hand corner of the
first page of each pleading. The contents, except quotations and
footnotes, shall be double spaced. Exhibits which are copies of
original documents may be reproduced from originals by any duplicating
or copying process which produces a clear black image on white paper.
The size of any exhibits shall be their original size or any smaller
size not less than eight and one-half by eleven.
Request for Copies and Tapes: Must be submitted when requesting copies from a file, court documents, tapes, certified copies, and exemplified copies. Request for Free Process: A Free Process packet will need to be completed when a party is requesting free process.Cover sheets (Civil and Domestic): Must be completed and submitted when filing a civil or domestic relations case with the court. Top of Page |
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