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Basic Legal Research

This guide will provide basic legal information that can be found in the NMSU Library and elsewhere on the internet.

New Mexico Statutes

NM Legislature Bill Finder

Laws of the State of New Mexico passed by the session of the legislature, State of New Mexico 1912-present
Call Number: J87 .N6 C801.31
Superceded laws are under the same call number in the circulating collection.

Finding Current Laws by Topic

New Mexico statutes annotated
Call Number: J87 .N6 B261.31, 1978
Provides state laws and any changes or modifications made to the individual laws. Includes a section for AmJur and ALR reports and law review articles.

Interpreting Legislation

American law reports annotated, second series.
Call Number: KF132 .A5217
Citation: 1 ALR2d
The ALR offers researchers annotations (articles) on a narrow point of law. The ALR is
not a reporter in the sense that it collects the text of reported cases in a given jurisdiction. Index is available.
New Mexico law review
Call Number: J87 .N6 F131.93
Contains research articles, some of which focus on New Mexico law. NMSA includes NMLR references.

New Mexico Law Review - online version from the University of New Mexico