N.M. Stat. § 56-13-4 — NM Code / Chapter 56 / Article 13 / Section 56-13-4
§ 56-13-4. Implementation of central filing system
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall design and implement a central filing system for effective financing statements. The secretary of state shall be the system operator. The system shall provide a means for filing effective financing statements or notices of such financing statements on a statewide basis. The system shall include requirements that:

A. an effective financing statement or notice of such financing statement shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state;

B. the secretary of state shall compile all such statements or notices into a master list:

(1) organized according to farm product;

(2) arranged within each such product:

(a) in alphabetical order according to the last name of the individual debtors or, in the case of debtors doing business other than as individuals, the first word in the name of such debtors;

(b) in numerical order according to the social security number of the individual debtors or, in the case of debtors doing business other than as individuals, the internal revenue service taxpayer identification number of such debtors;

(c) geographically by county; and

(d) by crop year; and

(3) containing the information referred to in Subsection E of Section 3 of the Farm Products Secured Interest Act;

C. the secretary of state shall have the information on the master list published in lists by farm product arranged alphabetically by debtor and by farm product arranged numerically by the debtor's social security number for individual debtors or, in the case of debtors doing business other than as individuals, the internal revenue service taxpayer identification number of such debtors. If a registered buyer so requests, the list or lists for such buyer may be limited to any county or group of counties where the farm product is used or produced or to any crop year or a combination of such identifiers;

D. all buyers of farm products, commission merchants, selling agents and other persons may register with the secretary of state to receive lists described in Subsection C of this section. Any buyer of farm products, commission merchant, selling agent or other person conducting business from multiple locations shall be considered as one entity. Such registration shall be on an annual basis. The secretary of state shall provide the form for registration which shall include the name and address of the registrant and the lists described in Subsection C of this section which such registrant desires to receive. A registration shall not be completed until the form provided is properly completed and received by the secretary of state accompanied by the proper registration fee. The fee for annual registration shall be thirty dollars ($30.00). A registrant shall pay an additional annual fee to receive quarterly lists described in Subsection C of this section. For each farm product list provided on microfilm, the annual fee shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150). For each farm product list provided on paper, the annual fee shall be three hundred dollars ($300). The annual fee for a special list which is a list limited to fewer than all counties or less than all crop years shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for each farm product. The secretary of state shall maintain a record of the registrants and the lists and contents of the lists received by the registrants for a period of five years;

E. the lists as identified pursuant to Subsection D of this section shall be distributed by the secretary of state on a quarterly basis and shall be in written or printed form. A registrant may choose in lieu of receiving a written or printed form to receive statewide lists on microfilm. The distribution shall be made by certified mail, return receipt requested. The secretary of state shall, by rule and regulation, establish the dates upon which the quarterly distributions will be made, the dates after which a filing of an effective financing statement will not be reflected on the next quarterly distribution of lists and the dates by which a registrant must complete a registration to receive the next quarterly list; and

F. the secretary of state shall remove lapsed and terminated effective financing statements or notices of such financing statements from the master list prior to preparation of the lists required to be distributed by Subsection E of this section.