2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 42: Actions and Proceedings Relating to Property
Article 9: Attachment, 42-9-1 through 42-9-39
Section 42-9-23: When court acquires jurisdiction; survival of action.


NM Stat § 42-9-23 (1996 through 1st Sess 50th Legis) What's This?

42-9-23. [When court acquires jurisdiction; survival of action.]

From the time of the issuing of the order of attachment, the court shall be deemed to have acquired jurisdiction, and to have control of all subsequent proceedings in relation thereto; and if after the issuing of the order, the defendant being a person, should die, or a corporation, and its charter should expire by limitation, forfeiture or otherwise, the proceedings, shall be carried on, but in all such cases other than where the defendant was a foreign corporation, his legal representatives shall be made parties to the action.

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