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N.M. Stat. § 14-11-2 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 11 / Section 14-11-2
§ 14-11-2. Requirement for publication of legal notice or advertisement
Status: in_force

Any and every legal notice or advertisement shall be published in a daily, tri-weekly, a semi-weekly or a weekly newspaper of general circulation that can be obtained by single copy and that is entered under the second class postage privilege in the county in which the notice or advertisement is required to be published; which newspaper, if published tri-weekly, semi-weekly or weekly, shall have been so published in the county continuously and uninterruptedly during the period of at least twenty-six consecutive weeks next prior to the first issue thereof containing any such notice or advertisement, and which newspaper, if published daily, shall have been so published in the county uninterruptedly and continuously during the period of at least six months next prior to the first issue thereof containing any such notice or advertisement; provided that the mere change in the name of any newspaper or the removal of the principal business office or seat of publication of any newspaper from one place to another in the same county shall not break or affect the continuity in the publication of any such newspaper if the newspaper is in fact continuously and uninterruptedly printed and published within the county as provided in this section; provided further that a newspaper shall not lose its rights as a legal publication if it fails to publish one or more of its issues by reason of fire, flood, accident, transportation embargo or tie-up or other casualty beyond the control of the publisher; provided further that any legal notice which fails of publication for the required number of insertions by reasons beyond the control of the publisher shall not be declared illegal if the publication has been made in one issue of the publication; and provided further that if in any county in this state there has not been published any newspaper for the prescribed period at the time when any such notice or advertisement is required to be published, the notice or advertisement may be published in any newspaper having a general circulation or published and printed in whole or in part in that county and that can be obtained by single copy in that county.
N.M. Stat. § 65-2A-5 — NM Code / Chapter 65 / Article 2A / Section 65-2A-5
§ 65-2A-5. Applications in general; ministerial grants of authority; when public hearings required
Status: in_force

A. A person shall file an application for any matter for which department approval is required. An application shall be made in writing, verified and in a form that contains information and is accompanied by proof of service upon interested persons as required by the department.

B. The department shall simplify to the extent possible the process for approving applications. The department may hold a public hearing on its own initiative or specific to an objection that has been filed within the notice period in opposition to or in consideration of an application.

C. The department shall hold a public hearing on an application whenever a protest is filed concerning the application during the notice period or the traffic safety bureau of the department requests a hearing during the notice period.

D. The department may approve or deny an application in whole or in part, or allow or require particular terms of service as it may find reasonable and appropriate. If no objection, protest or request for hearing by the traffic safety bureau of the department is filed during the notice period, the department may grant the application by ministerial action, if the application complies with the provisions of the Motor Carrier Act and the rules of the department regarding fitness, ability, financial responsibility and safety.
N.M. Stat. § 7-1-80 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-1-80
§ 7-1-80. Dissolution or withdrawal of corporation
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall not issue any certificate of dissolution to any taxpayer or allow any corporate taxpayer to withdraw from the state until:

A. the taxpayer files with the secretary of state a certificate signed by the secretary of taxation and revenue or the secretary of taxation and revenue's delegate stating that as of a certain date the taxpayer is not liable for any tax and containing a statement verified by a responsible official of the corporation to the effect that the taxpayer has not engaged in business after the date above specified. If the taxpayer has so engaged in business, any certificate of dissolution or withdrawal shall be of no effect and all liabilities of the corporation shall continue as if no certificate had been granted;

B. a successor, acceptable to the secretary of taxation and revenue or the secretary's delegate, to any corporation requesting dissolution or withdrawal enters into a binding agreement by provision of which the successor assumes full liability for payment of all taxes due or expected to become due from the corporation and certification thereof is given by the secretary of taxation and revenue or the secretary's delegate; or

C. satisfactory security for payment of the taxes due or expected to become due from the corporation is furnished in accordance with the provisions of Section 7-1-54 NMSA 1978 and certification thereof is given by the secretary of taxation and revenue or the secretary's delegate.
N.M. Stat. § 72-12-1.3 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 12 / Section 72-12-1.3
§ 72-12-1.3. Underground public waters; temporary uses
Status: in_force

If a person, firm, corporation or the state desires to use underground public water in an amount not to exceed three acre-feet for a definite period of not to exceed one year in prospecting, mining or construction of public works, highways and roads or drilling operations designed to discover or develop the natural mineral resources of the state, only the application referred to in Section 72-12-3 NMSA 1978 shall be required. Separate application shall be made for each proposed use, whether in the same or in different basins. Upon the filing of an application, the state engineer shall make an examination of the facts and, if the proposed use will not permanently impair any existing rights of others, the state engineer shall grant the application. If the state engineer finds that the proposed use sought will permanently impair such rights, there shall be advertisement and hearing as provided in the case of applications made under Section 72-12-3 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 72-15-14 — NM Code / Chapter 72 / Article 15 / Section 72-15-14
§ 72-15-14. Notice of approval
Status: in_force

Notice of approval of the Amended Costilla Creek Compact shall be given by the governor of New Mexico to the governor of Colorado and to the president of the United States of America.
N.M. Stat. § 40-3-13 — NM Code / Chapter 40 / Article 3 / Section 40-3-13
§ 40-3-13. Transfers, conveyances, mortgages and leases of real property; when joinder required
Status: in_force

A. Except for purchase-money mortgages and except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the spouses must join in all transfers, conveyances or mortgages or contracts to transfer, convey or mortgage any interest in community real property and separate real property owned by the spouses as cotenants in joint tenancy or tenancy in common. The spouses must join in all leases of community real property or separate real property owned by the spouses as cotenants in joint tenancy or tenancy in common if the initial term of the lease, together with any option or extension contained in the lease or provided for contemporaneously, exceeds five years or if the lease is for an indefinite term.

Any transfer, conveyance, mortgage or lease or contract to transfer, convey, mortgage or lease any interest in the community real property or in separate real property owned by the spouses as cotenants in joint tenancy or tenancy in common attempted to be made by either spouse alone in violation of the provisions of this section shall be void and of no effect, except that either spouse may transfer, convey, mortgage or lease directly to the other without the other joining therein.

Except as provided in this section, either spouse may transfer, convey, mortgage or lease separate real property without the other's joinder.

B. Nothing in this section shall affect the right of one of the spouses to transfer, convey, mortgage or lease or contract to transfer, convey, mortgage or lease any community real property or separate real property owned by the spouses as cotenants in joint tenancy or tenancy in common without the joinder of the other spouse, pursuant to a validly executed and recorded power of attorney as provided in Section 47-1-7 NMSA 1978 . Nothing in this section shall affect the right of a spouse not joined in a transfer, conveyance, mortgage, lease or contract to validate an instrument at any time by a ratification in writing.
N.M. Stat. § 4-55A-37 — NM Code / Chapter 4 / Article 55A / Section 4-55A-37
§ 4-55A-37. Improvement district; ordinance for refunding bonds; conditions; sale or exchange
Status: in_force

A. The ordinance authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds for an improvement district shall describe the:

(1) details of the issue;

(2) form of the refunding bonds and interest coupons, if any;

(3) fund from which the principal and interest of the refunding bonds will be paid; and

(4) manner in which the bonds are to be issued.

B. The refunding bonds may:

(1) be issued in an amount less than, equal to or greater than the principal amount of improvement district bonds being refunded;

(2) not bear a rate of interest greater than the rate of interest borne by the assessments providing security for the refunding bonds if secured by assessments;

(3) become due and payable in regular numerical order;

(4) not be issued for a period of more than twenty years from the date of issuance; and

(5) be payable from substitute security or from the same funds that were applicable to the payment of the bonds being refunded.

C. The refunding bonds may be:

(1) sold at a public or private sale at a discount; or

(2) exchanged, dollar for dollar, for the improvement district bonds being refunded.
N.M. Stat. § 1-22-10 — NM Code / Chapter 1 / Article 22 / Section 1-22-10
§ 1-22-10. Candidate qualification; challenges; ballots
Status: in_force

A. The proper filing officer shall determine whether a candidate filing a declaration of candidacy is registered to vote within the area to be elected to represent and, if required for the office being sought, whether the candidate's nominating petition for that office has been filed with a number of signatures that is equal to or greater than the number required for that office. If the candidate is so qualified and no withdrawal of candidacy has been filed as provided in the Local Election Act, the proper filing officer shall place the candidate's name on the ballot for the position specified in the declaration of candidacy and notify each candidate in writing no later than the sixty-seventh day before the local election.

B. Any voter may challenge the candidacy of any person seeking election at the regular local election for the reason that the person does not meet the requirements for the office sought by filing a petition in the district court within seven days after the day for filing a declaration of candidacy. The district court shall hear and render a decision on the matter within ten days after the filing of the petition. The decision of the district court may be appealed to the supreme court within five days after the decision is rendered. The supreme court shall hear and render a decision on the appeal forthwith.

C. Ballots for the regular local election shall be prepared by the proper filing officer and printed in accordance with the provisions of Section 1-10-5 NMSA 1978 .

D. The printed ballot shall contain the name of each person who is a candidate and the position for which the person is a candidate.

E. The ballot shall also contain all ballot questions that are to be submitted to the voters as certified by a local governing body to the county clerk in each county in which the local government is situate and shall conform to the requirements for ballot questions on the regular local election ballot as provided in Chapter 1, Article 16 NMSA 1978 .
N.M. Stat. § 17-3-37 — NM Code / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 17-3-37
§ 17-3-37. Definition
Status: in_force

“Game bird,” as used in the Regulated Shooting Preserve Act, means pheasant, quail, chukar and mallards.
N.M. Stat. § 14-3-3 — NM Code / Chapter 14 / Article 3 / Section 14-3-3
§ 14-3-3. State commission of public records; creation
Status: in_force

A. A “state commission of public records” is established consisting of:

(1) the secretary of state;

(2) the secretary of general services;

(3) the librarian of the supreme court law library;

(4) the secretary of cultural affairs;

(5) the state auditor;

(6) the attorney general; and

(7) a recognized, professionally trained historian in the field of New Mexico history, who is a resident in New Mexico, appointed by the governor for a term of six years.

B. Each member of the commission may designate an alternate to serve in the member's stead.

C. The commission shall elect one of its members to be chair and another to be secretary. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation other than actual expenses of attending meetings of the commission or while in performance of their official duties in connection with the business of the commission.

D. The commission shall hold not less than four meetings during each calendar year and may hold special meetings as may be necessary to transact business of the commission. All meetings shall be called by the chair or when requested in writing by any two members of the commission. Four members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.

E. The administrator shall attend all meetings of the commission.
N.M. Stat. § 1-16-8 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 1 / Article 16 / Section 1-16-8
§ 1-16-8. Ballot questions; prohibition on nonbinding or advisory questions
Status: in_force

In no case shall a nonbinding or merely advisory question be placed on the ballot for any election held pursuant to the Election Code.
N.M. Stat. § 6-25-29 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 25 / Section 6-25-29
§ 6-25-29. Temporary provision; fund name change; outstanding bonds; fund balances
Status: in_force

Nothing in this act shall be deemed to impair economic development bonds or loan participations outstanding on the effective date of this act. The economic development revolving fund is the new name for the statewide loan participation fund and is not a new fund created by this act.
N.M. Stat. § 7-9-95 — NM Code / Chapter 7 / Article 9 / Section 7-9-95
§ 7-9-95. Deduction; gross receipts tax; sales of certain tangible personal property; limited period
Status: in_force

Receipts from the sale at retail of the following types of tangible personal property may be deducted if the sale of the property occurs during the period beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the first Friday in August and ending at midnight on the following Sunday:

A. an article of clothing or footwear designed to be worn on or about the human body if the sales price of the article is less than one hundred dollars ($100) except:

(1) any special clothing or footwear that is primarily designed for athletic activity or protective use and that is not normally worn except when used for the athletic activity or protective use for which it is designed; and

(2) accessories, including jewelry, handbags, luggage, umbrellas, wallets, watches and similar items worn or carried on or about the human body, without regard to whether worn on the body in a manner characteristic of clothing;

B. a desktop, laptop or notebook computer if the sales price of the computer does not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) and any associated monitor, speaker or set of speakers, printer, keyboard, microphone or mouse if the sales price of the device does not exceed five hundred dollars ($500); and

C. school supplies that are items normally used by students in a standard classroom for educational purposes, including notebooks, paper, writing instruments, crayons, art supplies, rulers, book bags, backpacks, handheld calculators, maps and globes, but not including watches, radios, compact disc players, headphones, sporting equipment, portable or desktop telephones, copiers, office equipment, furniture or fixtures.
N.M. Stat. § 30-16-15 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 30 / Article 16 / Section 30-16-15
§ 30-16-15. Coercing the purchase of insurance from particular broker
Status: in_force

Coercing the purchase of insurance from particular broker consists of any person engaged in selling real or personal property, or the lending of money, requiring as a condition precedent to the sale, financing the purchase of such property or the lending of money, or the renewal of extension of any loan or mortgage, that the purchaser of such property, or recipient of the financial assistance negotiate any policy of insurance or renewal thereof through a particular insurance company, agent, solicitor or broker.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the exercise by any person of the right to designate minimum standards as to the company, the terms and provisions of the policy and the adequacy of the coverage with respect to insurance on property pledged or mortgaged to such person.

Whoever commits coercing the purchase of insurance from particular broker is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
N.M. Stat. § 53-4-18.1 — NM Code / Chapter 53 / Article 4 / Section 53-4-18.1
§ 53-4-18.1. Duties of directors
Status: in_force

A director shall perform his duties as a director, including his duties as a member of any committee of the board upon which the director may serve, in good faith, in a manner the director believes to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the association and with such care as an ordinarily prudent person would use under similar circumstances in a like position. In performing such duties, a director shall be entitled to rely on factual information, opinions, reports or statements including financial statements and other financial data in each case prepared or presented by:

A. one or more officers or employees of the association whom the director reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented;

B. counsel, public accountants or other persons as to matters which the director reasonably believes to be within such persons' professional or expert competence; or

C. a committee of the board upon which the director does not serve, duly designated in accordance with a provision of the articles of incorporation or the bylaws as to matters within its designated authority, which committee the director reasonably believes to merit confidence, but the director shall not be considered to be acting in good faith if the director has knowledge concerning the matter in question that would cause such reliance to be unwarranted.
N.M. Stat. § 47-1-8 — NM Code / Chapter 47 / Article 1 / Section 47-1-8
§ 47-1-8. Conveyances under terminated power of attorney; validation
Status: in_force

All conveyances or incumbrances of real or personal property heretofore or hereafter made in pursuance of a power of attorney valid when executed, are hereby declared valid notwithstanding the revocation of such power or the death of the donor of such power where the person to whom such conveyance or incumbrance is made or granted is a bona fide purchaser or incumbrancer for value and without notice of such revocation or death.
N.M. Stat. § 19-11-7 — NM Code / Chapter 19 / Article 11 / Section 19-11-7
§ 19-11-7. Covenant to conserve and protect young timber and timber products; use of land for agricultural purposes
Status: in_force

All land sold under the provisions of this act shall be so sold with the proviso and a covenant running therewith, that the purchaser or purchasers thereof shall encourage, protect and conserve the growing of young timber and timber products thereon, such as are particularly adapted to the said lands; provided, however, that any part of such lands sold that are suited for agricultural purposes may be used for that purpose.
N.M. Stat. § 58-28-7 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 28 / Section 58-28-7
§ 58-28-7. Matching funds
Status: in_force

Money from the fund may be used to match federal, local or private money to be used for projects authorized under the Land Title Trust Fund Act.
N.M. Stat. § 28-10-9 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 28 / Article 10 / Section 28-10-9
§ 28-10-9. Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 28-10-9 through 28-10-12 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Disability Employment Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 59A-53-3 — NM Code / Chapter 59A / Article 53 / Section 59A-53-3
§ 59A-53-3. Determination and certification of needs
Status: in_force

A. Annually, on or before the last day of May, the marshal shall consider and determine, in the marshal's reasonable discretion, the relative needs of municipalities and county fire districts for money in the fire protection fund, based upon the information available to the marshal, and shall certify to the state treasurer the names of the municipalities and county fire districts that the marshal determines need the assistance of a distribution from the money in the fire protection fund, and the amount required by each, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 59A, Article 53 NMSA 1978 . In making this determination and certification, the marshal shall consider the intent and purpose of that article that no municipality or county fire district shall receive money distributed from the fire protection fund merely for the purpose of accumulation when the money is not required to accomplish the purposes of that article.

B. In making a determination and certification of needs, the marshal shall consider and provide for any debt obligations of existing or previously existing fire departments or fire districts.
N.M. Stat. § 7-14-6 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 14 / Section 7-14-6
§ 7-14-6. Exemptions from tax
Status: in_force

A. A person who acquires a vehicle out of state thirty or more days before establishing a domicile in this state is exempt from the tax if the vehicle was acquired for personal use.

B. A person applying for a certificate of title for a vehicle registered in another state is exempt from the tax if the person has previously registered and titled the vehicle in New Mexico and has owned the vehicle continuously since that time.

C. A vehicle with a certificate of title owned by this state or any political subdivision is exempt from the tax.

D. A person is exempt from the tax if the person has a disability at the time the person purchases a vehicle and can prove to the motor vehicle division of the department or its agent that modifications have been made to the vehicle that are:

(1) due to that person's disability; and

(2) necessary to enable that person to drive that vehicle or be transported in that vehicle.

E. A person is exempt from the tax if the person is a bona fide resident of New Mexico who served in the armed forces of the United States and who suffered, while serving in the armed forces or from a service-connected cause, the loss or complete and total loss of use of:

(1) one or both legs at or above the ankle; or

(2) one or both arms at or above the wrist.

F. A person who acquires a vehicle for subsequent lease shall be exempt from the tax if:

(1) the person does not use the vehicle in any manner other than holding it for lease or sale or leasing or selling it in the ordinary course of business;

(2) the lease is for a term of more than six months;

(3) the receipts from the subsequent lease are subject to the gross receipts tax; and

(4) the vehicle does not have a gross vehicle weight of over twenty-six thousand pounds.