2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 45 - Uniform Probate Code
Article 3 - Probate of Wills and Administration
Part 8 - CREDITORS' CLAIMS
Section 45-3-801 - Notice to creditors.
45-3-801. Notice to creditors.
A. A personal representative upon appointment may publish a notice to creditors once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the probate proceeding is pending, announcing the personal representative's appointment and address and notifying creditors of the estate to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of the notice or be forever barred.
B. A personal representative may give written notice by mail or other delivery to a creditor, announcing the personal representative's appointment and address and notifying the creditor to present the creditor's claim within four months after the published notice, if given as provided in Subsection A of this section, or within sixty days after the mailing or other delivery of the notice, whichever is later, or be forever barred.
C. The personal representative is not liable to anyone for giving or failing to give notice pursuant to this section.
History: 1953 Comp., 32A-3-801, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 257, 3-801; 1993, ch. 174, 71; repealed and reenacted by Laws 2016, ch. 69, 715.
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