New Mexico Statutes
§ 42-9-31 — [Answer denying truth of fact stated in attachment
New Mexico § 42-9-31
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 42-9-31 (2026).
Text
affidavit; trial of issue; decision.] In all cases when properties or effects shall be attached, defendant may within the time limited in the writ of attachment, put in his answer, without oath, denying the truth of any material fact contained in the affidavit, to which the plaintiff may reply; and trial of the truth of the affidavit shall be had and on such trial the plaintiff shall be held to prove the existence of the facts denied, as set forth in the affidavit as the ground of attachment, and if the issue shall be found for plaintiff, the cause shall proceed, but if it be found for the defendant, the attachment shall be dismissed at the costs of plaintiff.
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Legislative History
C.L. 1897, § 2685 (201), added by Laws 1907, ch. 107, § 1 (201); Code 1915,
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Bluebook (online)
New Mexico § 42-9-31, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/42/42-9-31.