{"data":{"id":"us-nm/39-7-3","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"39-7-3","heading":"Power to certify.","body":"The supreme court or the court of appeals of this state, on the motion of a party to pending litigation or its own motion, may certify a question of law to the highest court of another state, a tribe, Canada, a Canadian province or territory, Mexico or a Mexican state if:\nA. the pending litigation involves a question to be decided under the law of the other jurisdiction;\nB. the answer to the question may be determinative of an issue in the pending litigation; and\nC. the question is one for which an answer is not provided by a controlling appellate decision, constitutional provision or statute of the other jurisdiction.","path":["Chapter 39 - Judgments, Costs, Appeals","ARTICLE 7 Uniform Certification of Questions of Law"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18539/index.do","current_through":"2024-10-16","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"c7cf9cd15842518e36cd4657e19bd1fa0bb83df4f745d6367c2ffc4fb91a8562","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/39-7-2","next":"us-nm/39-7-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}