2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 45 - Uniform Probate Code
Article 3 - Probate of Wills and Administration
Section 45-3-616 - Special administrator; appointed informally; powers and duties.
A special administrator appointed by the probate court in informal proceedings pursuant to Subsection A of Section 3-614 [45-3-614 NMSA 1978] has the duty to collect and manage the assets of the estate, to preserve them, to account for and to deliver such assets to the general personal representative upon his qualification. The special administrator appointed in informal proceedings has the power of a personal representative under the [Uniform] Probate Code necessary to perform his duties.
History: 1953 Comp., § 32A-3-616, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 257, § 3-616.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 34 C.J.S. Executors and Administrators §§ 1035, 1036.
