2013 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety
Article 13 - Burial of Indigents
Section 24-13-6 - Money from relatives; duty of funeral director. (1999)

Should any funeral director or other person allowed by law to conduct the business of a funeral director accept money from the relatives or friend of a deceased person whom the board of county commissioners has determined to be an indigent or an unclaimed decedent, the funeral director shall immediately notify the board of county commissioners of the payment or offer for payment, and the board of county commissioners shall not thereafter pay for the burial or cremation involved, or, if the board of county commissioners has already paid for the burial or cremation, the funeral director shall immediately refund the money paid to him by the board of county commissioners for the burial or cremation.