Any person entering a New Mexico courthouse or judicial building must wear a mask or other protective face covering to help control the spread of COVID-19.

PLEASE NOTE –

All courts in the Seventh Judicial District, including all District and Magistrate Courts in Socorro, Sierra, Torrance and Catron Counties WILL REMAIN OPEN during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Please help us keep all courts safe.

You will not be allowed to enter our courthouses if you (1) have a fever, cough, or shortness of breath that has developed in the past fourteen days, (2) have traveled out of state within the past fourteen days to a high risk area as defined by the New Mexico Department of Health, or (3) have had a diagnosis, or close contact with anyone who has a diagnosis, of a COVID-19 infection.

If you are scheduled to appear in court but are at risk as described above, you must please call the court at the numbers listed below.

DISTRICT COURTS

Socorro County and Catron County Courthouse – Phone: 575-835-0050
Sierra County Courthouse in Truth or Consequences – Phone: 575-894-7167
Torrance County Courthouse – Neil Mertz Judicial Complex in Estancia – Phone: 505-384-2974

MAGISTRATE COURTS

Reserve Magistrate Court – Phone 575-533-6474
Socorro Magistrate Court – Phone 575-835-2500
Truth or Consequences Magistrate Court – Phone 575-894-3051
Moriarty Magistrate Court – Phone 505-832-4476

The Seventh Judicial District Court has email or fax numbers for Self Represented Litigants to use to file documents:

Socorro County and Catron County District Courts- (575) 838-5217; socdproposedtext-grp@nmcourts.gov
Sierra County District Court – (575) 894-7168; tocdproposedtext@nmcourts.gov
Torrance County District Court – (505) 384-2229; estdproposedtext-grp@nmcourts.gov
Child Support Hearing Office: socdcsho-grp@nmcourts.gov

Socorro Magistrate Court – (575) 838-0428
Truth or Consequences Magistrate Court – (575) 894-0476
Moriarty Magistrate Court – (505) 832-1563
Reserve Magistrate Court – (575) 533-6623