New Mexico § 62-13-8 - Filing with the secretary of state
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 62-13-8 — Filing with the secretary of state, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 62-13-8. Filing with the secretary of state
Any mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement or similar security instrument, or
instrument supplemental thereto, or amendatory or in satisfaction thereof, covering
any real or personal property situate in more than one county in this state, which
is made to secure the payment of bonds, notes or other obligations issued, or to be
issued, by any public utility, rural electric cooperative, telephone company or railroads
shall be executed and acknowledged in the same manner as are conveyances of real estate
and shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall endorse his certificate upon the filed instrument,
specifying thereon the day and hour of the instrument's receipt, and the file number
assigned to it, which shall be evidence of such facts. The secretary of state shall retain the instrument in his office, and filing the
instrument in his office shall be notice to all the world of its existence and contents
from the time of filing.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
Frequently Asked Questions About New Mexico § 62-13-8
What does New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 62-13-8 cover?
Section 62-13-8 ("Filing with the secretary of state") 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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