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2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 47 - Property Law
Article 8 - Owner-Resident Relations
Section 47-8-45 - Legal or equitable defense.
NM Stat § 47-8-45 (2016) What's This?
47-8-45. Legal or equitable defense.
On or before the day fixed for his appearance, the defendant may appear and answer and assert any legal or equitable defense, setoff or counterclaim.
History: 1953 Comp., 70-7-45, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 38, 45.
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