2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 58: Financial Institutions and Regulations
Article 15: Small Loan Business, 58-15-1 through 58-15-39
Section 58-15-17: Requirements for making and paying of loans; incomplete instruments; limitations on charges after judgment and interest.

58-15-17. Requirements for making and paying of loans; incomplete instruments; limitations on charges after judgment and interest.

A. Every licensee shall:

(1) at the time a loan is made within the provisions of the New Mexico Small Loan Act of 1955 [58-15-31 NMSA 1978], deliver to the borrower or, if there are two or more borrowers on the same obligation, to one of them, a statement in English or Spanish as requested by the borrower, on which shall be printed a copy of Section 58-15-14.1 NMSA 1978 and that discloses in clear and distinct terms:

(a) the amount of the loan;

(b) the date the loan was made;

(c) a schedule or a description of the payments;

(d) the type of the security, if any, for the loan;

(e) the name and address of the licensed office;

(f) the name of the person primarily obligated for the loan;

(g) the amount of principal;

(h) the agreed rate of charge stated on a percent per year basis and the amount in dollars and cents;

(i) all other disclosures required pursuant to state and federal law; and

(j) other items allowable pursuant to that act, so stated as to clearly show the allocation of each item included;

(2) for each payment made on account of any such loan, give to the person making it a plain and complete receipt specifying the date and amount of the payment, the amount applied to interest and principal and the balance unpaid. When payment is made in any other manner than by the borrower in person, by an agent of the borrower or by check or money order, the licensee shall mail the receipt to the borrower's last known address or hold the receipt for delivery upon request of the borrower. A copy of all receipts shall be kept on file in the office of the licensee as a part of the licensee's records; and

(3) upon payment of the loan in full, mark plainly every note and promise to pay signed by any obligor with the word "paid" or "canceled" and promptly file or record a release of any mortgage if the mortgage has been recorded, restore any pledge and cancel and return any note and any assignment given to the licensee. A licensee may mark and return a copy of the note, promise to pay or any assignment if the copy accurately reproduces the complete original.

B. A licensee shall not take a note or promise to pay that does not disclose the amount of the loan, a schedule of payments, or a description thereof, and the agreed charge or rate of charge or any instrument in which blanks are left to be filled in after execution.

C. If judgment is obtained against a party on a loan made pursuant to the provisions of the New Mexico Small Loan Act of 1955, neither the judgment nor the loan shall carry, from the date of the judgment, charges against a party to the loan other than costs, attorney fees and post-judgment interest as provided by law.

D. Any loan made under the provisions of the New Mexico Small Loan Act of 1955 that is filed and approved as a claim in any bankruptcy proceeding shall, from a date ninety days subsequent to the date of adjudication, bear interest at the rate of ten percent a year only. This limitation shall not apply when the bankrupt is not discharged in bankruptcy or to any obligation not dischargeable under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Act presently in force or as hereafter amended.

E. No loan made under the provisions of the New Mexico Small Loan Act of 1955 shall bear interest after ninety days from the date of the death of the borrower in excess of a rate of ten percent a year on the unpaid principal balance of the loan.

F. No loan made under the provisions of the New Mexico Small Loan Act of 1955 shall bear interest after twelve months from the date of maturity of the loan in excess of ten percent a year upon the unpaid principal balance of the loan.