2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 39 - Judgments, Costs, Appeals
Article 7 - Uniform Certification of Questions of Law
Section 39-7-3 - Power to certify.
39-7-3. Power to certify.
The supreme court or the court of appeals of this state, on the motion of a party to pending litigation or its own motion, may certify a question of law to the highest court of another state, a tribe, Canada, a Canadian province or territory, Mexico or a Mexican state if:
A. the pending litigation involves a question to be decided under the law of the other jurisdiction;
B. the answer to the question may be determinative of an issue in the pending litigation; and
C. the question is one for which an answer is not provided by a controlling appellate decision, constitutional provision or statute of the other jurisdiction.
History: Laws 1997, ch. 8, 3.
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