{"data":{"id":"us-nm/28-6-1","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"28-6-1","heading":"Age of majority; eighteen years; exception.","body":"A. Except as provided in Subsection B or otherwise specifically provided by existing law, any person who has reached his eighteenth birthday shall be considered to have reached his majority as provided in Section 12-2-2 NMSA 1978 [repealed] and is an adult for all purposes the same as if he had reached his twenty-first birthday.\nB. For the purposes of the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act [repealed], as it relates to any gift made prior to June 18, 1971, the donee shall not be entitled to delivery or payment over of the gift until he has reached his twenty-first birthday.","path":["Chapter 28 - Human Rights","ARTICLE 6 Age of Majority"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18528/index.do","current_through":"2025-05-15","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"4aa94acaecd23d315bbbbc61af7ac31ce8fcd94a7d26813458cbffd125e75c69","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/28-5-1","next":"us-nm/28-6-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}