New Mexico § 19-7-40 - Assignments not filed and approved; effect
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 19-7-40 — Assignments not filed and approved; effect, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 19-7-40. Assignments not filed and approved; effect
Any such assignment not filed in the office of the commissioner of public lands and
approved by him shall be void as to subsequent assignees, whether for collateral security
or otherwise, and as to holders of subsequent relinquishments, without notice, as
to judgment or attaching creditors, from the date of the entry of such judgment or
levy of such attachment, as to trustees in bankruptcy, from the date of the adjudication
in bankruptcy, as to receivers, from the date of filing of the order of appointment
and as to assignees for the benefit of creditors, from the date of the recording of
the assignment.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 19-7-40 ("Assignments not filed and approved; effect") is part of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Mexico. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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