New Mexico. District Court (6th Judicial District)

Otero County, New Mexico was established in 1899 and formed part of the 3rd Judicial District of the United States Territorial Courts in New Mexico. In subsequent years Otero County was transferred from the 3rd to the 6th Judicial District (1904) and from the 6th to the 12th Judicial District (1971). Upon statehood in 1912, the Territorial Courts became the New Mexico District Courts.

From the guide to the Records of the United States Territorial and New Mexico District Courts for Otero County, 1899-1951, (bulk 1899-1915), (New Mexico State Records Center and Archives)

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