{"data":{"id":"us-nm/12-11-9","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"12-11-9","heading":"Period during which disaster successors may act.","body":"Disaster successors may act in the office to which appointed only:\nA. in case of a disaster declared by the chief executive officer of the United States, and the chief executive officer of the state, and as long as a state of martial law is declared to exist or until a duly elected or appointed legislature, fulfilling all constitutional requirements, declares by joint resolution that the disaster emergency period has ended; and\nB. the officer or authorized deputy in whose stead they are acting is unavailable; and\nC. any disaster successors who are ahead of them in the line of succession to the office are unavailable; and\nD. a successor to the office has not been selected and qualified as provided by law, other than the Disaster Succession Act [12-11-1 to 12-11-10 NMSA 1978].","path":["Chapter 12 - Miscellaneous Public Affairs Matters","ARTICLE 11 Disaster Acts"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18512/index.do","current_through":"2025-06-20","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"1f4cc6906fdecd5d28cb3ee79356d9d56e80a785d191e1a194d2977decd57ef5","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/12-11-8","next":"us-nm/12-11-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}