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2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 47 - Property Law
Article 1 - Conveyances and General Provisions
Section 47-1-35 - Conveyance or mortgage to joint tenants.
Universal Citation: NM Stat § 47-1-35 (2017)
47-1-35. [Conveyance or mortgage to joint tenants.]
In a conveyance or mortgage of real estate, the designation of two or more grantees "as joint tenants" shall be construed to mean that the conveyance is to the grantees as joint tenants, and not as tenants in common, and to the survivor of them and the heirs and assigns of the survivor.
History: 1941 Comp., 75-134, enacted by Laws 1947, ch. 203, 9; 1953 Comp., 70-1-34.
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