New Mexico Statutes
§ 39-2-1 — Attorney's fees and costs; insured prevailing in action
New Mexico § 39-2-1
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 39-2-1 (2026).
Text
based on any type of first party coverage against insurer. In any action where an insured prevails against an insurer who has not paid a claim on any type of first party coverage, the insured person may be awarded reasonable attorney's fees and costs of the action upon a finding by the court that the insurer acted unreasonably in failing to pay the claim.
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Legislative History
1953 Comp., § 58-8-36, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 113, § 1.
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Bluebook (online)
New Mexico § 39-2-1, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/39-2-1.