2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 6 - Public Finances
Article 14 - Public Securities
Section 6-14-10 - Form; payment; registrar; transfer; authentication of public securities; records.

A. Public securities may be issued in book entry form, with or without the delivery of physical securities, any registered form or bearer form, with or without interest coupons, or in any combination thereof, with or without the right of conversion to another form, and in any denomination or denominations, with or without the right of conversion to any other denomination, subject to such conditions for transfer as may be provided in the authorizing instrument.

B. Any public body may appoint a registrar or registrars to perform such duties with respect to the registration, custody, conversion, exchange and transfer of its public securities as may be provided in the authorizing instrument.

C. Public securities may be made registrable, transferable and payable by the registrar under such terms and conditions as may be provided in the authorizing instrument. Payment at designated due dates or in installments may be made by check, draft, warrant or other order for payment or medium of payment and under such other conditions as may be provided in the authorizing instrument.

D. The authorizing instrument may require that the public securities be authenticated with the manual or facsimile signature of an officer or other authorized person of the registrar or of any other officer or officers of the public body whose manual or facsimile signature is not otherwise required by law or by any combination thereof; provided that no manual or facsimile signature is required if the public securities are issued in book entry form without the delivery of physical securities. Any registrar may hold in custody any partially or fully executed public securities if provided by, and to the extent permitted by, the authorizing instrument.

E. Records with regard to the ownership or pledge of public securities are not subject to inspection or copying under any law of this state relating to the right of the public to inspect or copy public records. Registration records of the public body may be maintained at such locations within the United States as may be determined by the authorizing instrument.

History: 1978 Comp., § 6-14-10, enacted by Laws 1983, ch. 265, § 3.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 64 Am. Jur. 2d Public Securities and Obligations §§ 167 to 182, 229 to 232.

20 C.J.S. Counties § 222; 64 C.J.S. Municipal Corporations §§ 1684 to 1693, 1699, 1700; 81A C.J.S. States §§ 255 to 258; 87 C.J.S. Towns § 215.