N.M. Stat. § 55-7-104

Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 55-7-104 - Negotiable and nonnegotiable document of title
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (c) of this section, a document of title is negotiable if by its terms the goods are to be delivered to bearer or to the order of a named person.
(b) A document of title other than one described in Subsection (a) of this section is nonnegotiable. A bill of lading that states that the goods are consigned to a named person is not made negotiable by a provision that the goods are to be delivered only against an order in a record signed by the same or another named person.
(c) A document of title is nonnegotiable if, at the time it is issued, the document has a conspicuous legend, however expressed, that it is nonnegotiable.

NMS § 55-7-104

1953 Comp., § 50A-7-104, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 96, § 7-104; 2005, ch. 144, § 54.