NM Stat § 56-9-41 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 56 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Article 9 - Transfers to Prefer Creditors - Voluntary Assignments|Section 56-9-41 - [Time for payment of claims; notice; refusal to pay; penalty; dismissal.]

As soon as practicable and not exceeding thirty days after a time for allowance of demands had under this chapter, provided sufficient money shall have then come into his hands, the assignee or assignees shall pay upon the demands allowed, according to their right, as much as the means on hand will permit after reserving enough for proper fees, costs, expenses and demands, including expenses of litigation then pending, and as often thereafter as a dividend of five per centum can be paid upon the demands allowed as aforesaid, the assignee or assignees shall give notice thereof for publication for one week in the same newspaper in which was published the notice for allowance of demands, or in such other newspaper as the court or judge thereof may direct; and if such assignee or assignees shall neglect or refuse to make payment out of such trust fund, as in this section required, for more than three days after the same have become due and have been demanded by the person entitled thereto, his agent or attorney, or if he or they shall in any way neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of this section, he or they shall for every such neglect or refusal, forfeit and pay to the person or persons aggrieved, five per centum per month interest on such sum as such person or persons were entitled to at the time of such demand, to be recovered by motion in the court having jurisdiction of said assignment; and any judgment rendered by said court on the hearing of said motion shall be against said assignee or assignees and his or their securities on their trust provided for in this chapter, and such assignee or assignees shall in addition to such forfeiture, be subject to be dismissed from his or their trust by said court for such neglect and refusal and on motion and citation for that purpose. History: Laws 1889, ch. 71, § 32; C.L. 1897, § 2858; Code 1915, § 314; C.S. 1929, § 7-141; 1941 Comp., § 23-141; 1953 Comp., § 27-1-41. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Compiler's notes. — Laws 1889, ch. 67, § 9, presently compiled as 56-9-9 NMSA 1978, provides the procedure should an assignee not settle within 12 months. See the compiler's notes to 56-9-8 NMSA 1978. The words "in this chapter," the first time they appear, were inserted by the 1915 Code compilers; the words "this chapter," the second time they appear, were substituted for "this act." Presumably, "this chapter" refers to 56-9-1 to 56-9-55 NMSA 1978, whereas "this act" refers only to Laws 1889, ch. 67, §§ 1 to 9, presently compiled as 56-9-1 to 56-9-9 NMSA 1978. Cross references. — For publication of notice, see Chaper 14, Article 11 NMSA 1978. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Lessor's right to compensation out of estate for use of premises by assignee for creditors not adopting lease, 43 A.L.R. 740. 6A C.J.S. Assignments for Benefit of Creditors §§ 74, 98, 145.