Constitution · New Mexico

N.M. Const. art. II, § 12

Constitution
Constitution of New Mexico
Text as of
October 2026

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[Trial by jury; less than unanimous verdicts in civil cases.] The right of trial by jury as it has heretofore existed shall be secured to all and remain inviolate. In all cases triable in courts inferior to the district court the jury may consist of six. The legislature may provide that verdicts in civil cases may be rendered by less than a unanimous vote of the jury.

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