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New Mexico Constitution
Adopted by Constitutional Convention November 21, 1910
Ratified by vote of the People Novermber 5, 1911 Became effective upon Admission January 6, 1912Sections
- Preamble
- Article I. Name and Boundaries
- Article II. Bill of Rights
- Article III. Distribution of Powers
- Article IV. Legislative Department
- Article V. Executive Department
- Article VI. Judicial Department
- Article VII. Elective Franchise
- Article VIII. Taxation and Revenue
- Article IX. State, County and Municipal Indebtedness
- Article X. County and Municipal Corporations
- Article XI. Corporations Other Than Municipal
- Article XII. Education
- Article XIII. Public Lands
- Article XIV. Public Institutions
- Article XV. Agriculture and Conservation
- Article XVI. Irrigation and Water Rights
- Article XVII. Mines and Mining
- Article XVIII. Militia
- Article XIX. Amendments
- Article XX. Miscellaneous
- Article XXI. Compact with the United States
- Article XXII. Schedule
- Article XXIII. Intoxicating Liquors [Repealed]
- Article XXIV. Leases on State Land
Article II. Bill of Rights
Rights under Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo preserved
Military power subordinate; quartering of soldiers
Trial by jury; less than unanimous verdicts in civil cases
Bail; excessive fines; cruel and unusual punishment
Indictment and information; grand juries; rights of accused
Self-incrimination; double jeopardy
Freedom of speech and press; libel
Due process; equal protection; sex discrimination
Retroactive laws; bills of attainder; impairment of contracts
