Chaves County, NM

General information for New Mexico, not legal advice. Nothing shared trains an AI model.

General information for New Mexico, not legal advice. Do not share confidential client-attorney communications. Nothing shared is used to train an AI model.

Chaves County anchors southeastern New Mexico and is home to Roswell — famous for the 1947 UFO incident and for the New Mexico Military Institute. The 5th Judicial District sits at the Roswell courthouse. The U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico has a Roswell courthouse. The economy combines agriculture (dairy, alfalfa), oil and gas, and aerospace (Roswell Air Center).