New Mexico § 37-2-16 [Death of plaintiff; procedure by defendant to obtain

New Mexico Statutes

§ 37-2-16 — [Death of plaintiff; procedure by defendant to obtain

New Mexico § 37-2-16

Ch. 37Limitation of Actions; Abatement and Revivor

Art. 2Abatement and Revivor

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 37-2-16 (2026).

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revivor or dismissal.] At any term of the court succeeding the death of the plaintiff, while the action remains on the docket, the defendant having given to the plaintiff's proper representative, in whose names the action might be revived, ten days' notice of the application therefor, may have an order to strike the action from the docket, and for costs against the estate of the plaintiff, unless the action is forthwith revived.

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revivor or dismissal.] At any term of the court succeeding the death of the plaintiff, while the action remains on the docket, the defendant having given to the plaintiff's proper representative, in whose names the action might be revived, ten days' notice of the application therefor, may have an order to strike the action from the docket, and for costs against the estate of the plaintiff, unless the action is forthwith revived.