New Mexico § 45-6-227 Set-off

New Mexico Statutes

§ 45-6-227 — Set-off

New Mexico § 45-6-227

Ch. 45Uniform Probate Code

Art. 6Nonprobate Transfers

This text of New Mexico § 45-6-227 (Set-off) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New Mexico primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

N.M. Stat. Ann. § 45-6-227 (2026).

Text

Without qualifying any other statutory right to set-off or lien and subject to any contractual provision, if a party is indebted to a financial institution, the financial institution has a right to set-off against the account. The amount of the account subject to set-off is the proportion to which the party is, or immediately before death was, beneficially entitled under Section 45-6-211 NMSA 1978 or, in the absence of proof of that proportion, an equal share with all parties.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Without qualifying any other statutory right to set-off or lien and subject to any contractual provision, if a party is indebted to a financial institution, the financial institution has a right to set-off against the account. The amount of the account subject to set-off is the proportion to which the party is, or immediately before death was, beneficially entitled under Section 45-6-211 NMSA 1978 or, in the absence of proof of that proportion, an equal share with all parties.