New Mexico § 39-7-3 Power to certify

New Mexico Statutes

§ 39-7-3 — Power to certify

New Mexico § 39-7-3

Ch. 39Judgments, Costs, Appeals

Art. 7Uniform Certification of Questions of Law

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 39-7-3 (2026).

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The supreme court or the court of appeals of this state, on the motion of a party to pending litigation or its own motion, may certify a question of law to the highest court of another state, a tribe, Canada, a Canadian province or territory, Mexico or a Mexican state if: A. the pending litigation involves a question to be decided under the law of the other jurisdiction; B. the answer to the question may be determinative of an issue in the pending litigation; and C. the question is one for which an answer is not provided by a controlling appellate decision, constitutional provision or statute of the other jurisdiction.

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The supreme court or the court of appeals of this state, on the motion of a party to pending litigation or its own motion, may certify a question of law to the highest court of another state, a tribe, Canada, a Canadian province or territory, Mexico or a Mexican state if: A. the pending litigation involves a question to be decided under the law of the other jurisdiction; B. the answer to the question may be determinative of an issue in the pending litigation; and C. the question is one for which an answer is not provided by a controlling appellate decision, constitutional provision or statute of the other jurisdiction.