N.M. Sup. Ct. Order and Rules for E-Filing in the Supreme Court C

Filing fees; no fees charged for use of the EFS; non-electronic payment of

docket fees required; dismissal for untimely payment of docket fee.

(1) Except for the payment of any docket fee required under the Rules of

Appellate Procedure, no other fees shall be charged for the filing or service of documents by

electronic transmission through the EFS.

(2) Payments currently cannot be accepted by the Supreme Court through the

EFS or by other electronic payment methods.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision in these rules requiring the payment

of a docket fee at the time a document is filed, any docket fee required under the Rules of

Appellate Procedure for initiating a case in the Supreme Court through the EFS shall be paid by

check no later than five (5) days after the attorney is notified through the EFS that the case has

been accepted for filing.

(4) A check for payment of a docket fee under this paragraph shall include a

notation providing the docket number of the case to which the payment applies.

(5) Failure to timely pay the docket fee as required under Subparagraph (3) of

this paragraph may, on the Court’s own motion, result in the dismissal of the case without

prejudice to a timely motion for reinstatement filed under Subparagraph (6) of this paragraph.

(6) A motion for reinstatement of any case dismissed without prejudice under

Subparagraph (5) of this paragraph may be filed within fifteen (15) days after the date of the

dismissal order provided that payment of the docket fee is delivered to the Court clerk on or

before the date that the motion for reinstatement is submitted for filing through the EFS.

(7) A motion for reinstatement may be granted on a showing of good cause,

and any proceeding reinstated under the provisions of this subparagraph shall be deemed initiated

on the date that the proceeding was originally filed.