{"data":{"id":"us-nm/58-11a-4","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"58-11A-4","heading":"Search procedure upon death of lessee.","body":"A. A lessor shall permit the person named in a court order, or if no order has been served upon the lessor, the spouse, parent, an adult descendant or a person named as a personal representative in a copy of a purported will produced by him, to open and examine the contents of a safe deposit box leased by a decedent or any documents delivered by a decedent for safekeeping, in the presence of an officer of the lessor. The lessor, if so requested by that person, may deliver upon execution of a receipt:\n(1) any writing purported to be a will of the decedent;\n(2) any writing purported to be a deed to a burial plot or burial instructions to the person making the request for a search; or\n(3) any document purported to be an insurance policy on the life of the decedent to the person named as a beneficiary in the policy.\nB. No other contents of a safe deposit box shall be removed pursuant to this section, except as provided in the Probate Code [Uniform Probate Code, 45-1-101 NMSA 1978].","path":["Chapter 58 - Financial Institutions and Regulations","ARTICLE 11A Leasing of Safe Deposit Facilities"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18561/index.do","current_through":"2025-01-07","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:20Z","sha256":"f34e6c746bcc9bedf986632eb8f4657e967c3e2a09e6decdc2f92eaa8f21cc10","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/58-11a-3","next":"us-nm/58-11a-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}