New Mexico § 58-1-14 - Search procedure on death

§ 58-1-14. Search procedure on death

A. A lessor shall permit the person named in a court order for the purpose, or if

no order has been served upon the lessor, the spouse, a parent, an adult descendant

or a person named as an executor 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;

and the lessor, if so requested by such person, may deliver upon execution of receipt

therefor: (1) any writing purporting to be a will of the decedent; (2) any writing purporting to be a deed to a burial plot or to give burial instructions

to the person making the request for a search; and (3) any document purporting to be an insurance policy on the life of the decedent

to the beneficiary named therein. B. No other contents shall be removed, pursuant to this section except at the lessor's

liability, until a special administrator, an administrator or executor qualifies and

makes claim to the contents.