New Mexico § 46-11-201 - Creation of power of appointment
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 46-11-201 — Creation of power of appointment, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 46-11-201. Creation of power of appointment
A. A power of appointment is created only if: (1) the instrument creating the power: (a) is valid under applicable law; and (b) except as otherwise provided in Subsection B of this section, transfers the appointive
property; and (2) the terms of the instrument creating the power manifest the donor's intent to
create in a powerholder a power of appointment over the appointive property exercisable
in favor of a permissible appointee. B. Subparagraph (b) of Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of this section does not apply
to the creation of a power of appointment by the exercise of a power of appointment. C. A power of appointment shall not be created in a deceased individual. D. Subject to the provisions of Section 45-2-901 NMSA 1978 , a power of appointment may be created in an unborn or unascertained powerholder.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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