New Mexico Article 3 — Probate of Wills and Administration, 45-3-101 through 45-3-1302.
Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 45-3-101 — Devolution of estate at death; administration on deaths of husband and wife.
- 45-3-102 — Necessity of order of probate for will.
- 45-3-103 — Necessity of appointment for administration.
- 45-3-104 — Claims against decedent; necessity of administration.
- 45-3-105 — Proceedings affecting devolution and administration.
- 45-3-105.1 — Repealed.
- 45-3-106 — Proceedings before district court; service; jurisdiction over persons.
- 45-3-107 — Scope of proceedings; proceedings independent; exception.
- 45-3-108 — Probate, testacy and appointment proceedings; ultimate time limit.
- 45-3-109 — Statutes of limitation on decedent's claim for relief.
Part 2. VENUE FOR PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY TO ADMINISTER; DEMAND FOR NOTICE
- 45-3-201 — Venue for first and subsequent estate proceedings; location of property.
- 45-3-202 — Appointment or testacy proceedings; conflicting claim of domicile in another state.
- 45-3-203 — Priority among persons seeking appointment as personal representative.
- 45-3-204 — Demand for notice of order or filing concerning decedent's estate.
Part 3. INFORMAL PROBATE AND APPOINTMENT PROCEEDINGS
- 45-3-301 — Informal probate or appointment proceedings; application; contents.
- 45-3-302 — Informal probate; duty of court; effect of informal probate.
- 45-3-303 — Informal probate; proof and findings required.
- 45-3-304 — Reserved.
- 45-3-305 — Informal probate; court not satisfied.
- 45-3-306 — Informal probate; notice requirements.
- 45-3-307 — Informal appointment proceedings; delay in order; duty of court; effect of appointment.
- 45-3-308 — Informal appointment proceedings; proof and findings required.
- 45-3-309 — Informal appointment proceedings; court not satisfied.
- 45-3-310 — Informal appointment proceedings; notice requirements.
- 45-3-311 — Informal appointment unavailable in certain cases.
Part 4. FORMAL TESTACY AND APPOINTMENT PROCEEDINGS
- 45-3-401 — Formal testacy proceedings; nature; when commenced.
- 45-3-402 — Formal testacy or appointment proceedings; petition; contents.
- 45-3-403 — Formal testacy proceeding; notice of hearing on petition.
- 45-3-404 — Formal testacy proceedings; written objections to probate.
- 45-3-405 — Formal testacy proceedings; uncontested cases; hearings and proof.
- 45-3-406 — Formal testacy proceedings; contested cases; testimony of attesting witnesses.
- 45-3-407 — Formal testacy proceedings; burdens in contested cases.
- 45-3-408 — Formal testacy proceedings; will construction; effect of final order in another jurisdiction.
- 45-3-409 — Formal testacy proceedings; order; foreign will.
- 45-3-410 — Formal testacy proceedings; probate of more than one instrument.
- 45-3-411 — Formal testacy proceedings; partial intestacy.
- 45-3-412 — Formal testacy proceedings; effect of order; vacation.
- 45-3-413 — Formal testacy proceedings; vacation of order for other cause.
- 45-3-414 — Formal proceedings concerning appointment of personal representative.
Part 5. SUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION
- 45-3-501 — Supervised administration; nature of proceeding.
- 45-3-502 — Supervised administration; petition; order.
- 45-3-503 — Supervised administration; effect on other proceedings.
- 45-3-504 — Supervised administration; powers of personal representative.
- 45-3-505 — Supervised administration; interim orders; distribution and closing orders.
Part 6. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE; APPOINTMENT, CONTROL AND TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY
- 45-3-601 — Qualification.
- 45-3-602 — Acceptance of appointment; consent to jurisdiction.
- 45-3-603 — Bond requirements.
- 45-3-604 — Bond amount; security; procedure; reduction.
- 45-3-605 — Demand for bond by interested person.
- 45-3-606 — Terms and conditions of bonds.
- 45-3-607 — Order restraining personal representative.
- 45-3-608 — Termination of appointment; general.
- 45-3-609 — Termination of appointment; death or disability.
- 45-3-610 — Termination of appointment; voluntary.
- 45-3-611 — Termination of appointment by removal; cause; procedure.
- 45-3-612 — Termination of appointment; change of testacy status.
- 45-3-613 — Successor personal representative.
- 45-3-614 — Special administrator; appointment.
- 45-3-615 — Special administrator; who may be appointed.
- 45-3-616 — Special administrator; appointed informally; powers and duties.
- 45-3-617 — Special administrator; formal proceedings; powers and duties.
- 45-3-618 — Termination of appointment; special administrator.
Part 7. DUTIES AND POWERS OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES
- 45-3-701 — Time of accrual of duties and powers.
- 45-3-702 — Priority among different letters.
- 45-3-703 — General duties; relation and liability to persons interested in estate; standing to sue.
- 45-3-704 — Personal representative to proceed without court order; exception.
- 45-3-705 — Duty of personal representative; notice to heirs and devisees.
- 45-3-706 — Duty of personal representative; inventory and appraisement.
- 45-3-707 — Employment of appraisers.
- 45-3-708 — Duty of personal representative; supplementary inventory.
- 45-3-709 — Duty of personal representative; possession of estate.
- 45-3-710 — Power to avoid transfers.
- 45-3-711 — Powers of personal representatives; in general.
- 45-3-712 — Improper exercise of power; breach of fiduciary duty.
- 45-3-713 — Sale, encumbrance or transaction involving conflict of interest; voidable; exceptions.
- 45-3-714 — Persons dealing with personal representative; protection.
- 45-3-715 — Transactions authorized for personal representatives; exceptions.
- 45-3-716 — Powers and duties of successor personal representative.
- 45-3-717 — Co-representatives; when joint action required.
- 45-3-718 — Powers of surviving personal representative.
- 45-3-719 — Compensation for personal representatives.
- 45-3-720 — Expenses in estate litigation.
- 45-3-721 — Proceedings for review of employment and compensation.
Part 8. CREDITORS' CLAIMS
- 45-3-801 — Notice to creditors.
- 45-3-802 — Statutes of limitations.
- 45-3-803 — Limitations on presentation of claims.
- 45-3-804 — Manner of presentation of claims.
- 45-3-805 — Classification of claims.
- 45-3-806 — Allowance of claims.
- 45-3-807 — Payment of claims.
- 45-3-808 — Individual liability of personal representative.
- 45-3-809 — Secured claims.
- 45-3-810 — Claims not due and contingent or unliquidated claims.
- 45-3-811 — Counterclaims.
- 45-3-812 — Execution and levies prohibited.
- 45-3-813 — Compromise of claims.
- 45-3-814 — Encumbered assets.
- 45-3-815 — Administration in more than one state; duty of personal representative.
- 45-3-816 — Final distribution to domiciliary representative.
Part 9. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION
- 45-3-901 — Successors' rights if no administration.
- 45-3-902 — Distribution; order in which assets appropriated; abatement.
- 45-3-903 — Successor's indebtedness offset against interest; defenses.
- 45-3-904 — Interest on general pecuniary devise.
- 45-3-905 — Reserved.
- 45-3-906 — Distribution in kind; valuation; method.
- 45-3-907 — Distribution in kind; evidence.
- 45-3-908 — Distribution; right or title of distributee.
- 45-3-909 — Improper distribution; liability of distributee.
- 45-3-910 — Purchases from distributees protected.
- 45-3-911 — Partition for purpose of distribution.
- 45-3-912 — Private agreements among successors to decedent binding on personal representative.
- 45-3-913 — Distributions to trustee.
- 45-3-914 — Disposition of unclaimed assets.
- 45-3-915 — Distribution to person under disability.
- 45-3-916 — Repeal.
Part 10. CLOSING ESTATES
- 45-3-1001 — Formal proceedings terminating administration; testate or intestate; order of general protection.
- 45-3-1002 — Formal proceedings terminating testate administration; order construing will without adjudicating testacy.
- 45-3-1003 — Closing estates; by sworn statement of personal representative.
- 45-3-1004 — Liability of distributees to claimants.
- 45-3-1005 — Limitations on proceedings against personal representative.
- 45-3-1006 — Limitations on actions and proceedings against distributees.
- 45-3-1007 — Certificate discharging liens securing fiduciary performance.
- 45-3-1008 — Subsequent administration.
Part 11. COMPROMISE OF CONTROVERSIES
- 45-3-1101 — Effect of approval of agreements involving trusts, inalienable interests or interests of third persons.
- 45-3-1102 — Procedure for securing court approval of compromise.
Part 12. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY BY AFFIDAVIT AND SUMMARY ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURE FOR SMALL ESTATES
- 45-3-1201 — Collection of personal property by affidavit.
- 45-3-1202 — Effect of affidavit.
- 45-3-1203 — Small estates; summary administrative procedure.
- 45-3-1204 — Small estates; closing by sworn statement of personal representative.
- 45-3-1205 — Small estates; transfer of title to homestead to surviving spouse by affidavit.
- 45-3-1206 — Effect of affidavit.