2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 45 - Uniform Probate Code
Article 3 - Probate of Wills and Administration
Part 13 - PAYMENT OF EARNINGS, ETC., TO SURVIVING SPOUSE
Section 45-3-1301 - Collection of employee's final payment without administration.

Universal Citation: NM Stat § 45-3-1301 (2017)

45-3-1301. Collection of employee's final payment without administration.

The surviving spouse of a deceased person may, without procuring letters, collect any sum representing the final payment owed the decedent at the time of his death for wages, earnings, salary, commissions, travel or other reimbursement from the state or any of its political subdivisions or from any corporation, copartnership, association, individual, bank or trust company.

History: 1953 Comp., 32A-3-1301, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 159, 12; 1983, ch. 194, 10.

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