This text of New Mexico § 58-18-14 (Remedies of bondholders and noteholders) 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.
Except to the extent this section conflicts with a term or condition of any trust indenture or note, bondholders and noteholders shall have the following remedies: A. in the event that the authority defaults in the payment of principal of or interest on any issue of bonds or notes after it becomes due, whether at maturity or upon call for redemption, and the default continues for a period of thirty days, or in the event that the authority fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of the Mortgage Finance Authority Act or defaults in any agreement made with the holders of any issue of bonds or notes, the holders of twenty-five percent in aggregate principal amount of the bonds or notes of the issue then outstanding, by one or more instruments filed in the office of the clerk of the coun
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Except to the extent this section conflicts with a term or condition of any trust indenture or note, bondholders and noteholders shall have the following remedies: A. in the event that the authority defaults in the payment of principal of or interest on any issue of bonds or notes after it becomes due, whether at maturity or upon call for redemption, and the default continues for a period of thirty days, or in the event that the authority fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of the Mortgage Finance Authority Act or defaults in any agreement made with the holders of any issue of bonds or notes, the holders of twenty-five percent in aggregate principal amount of the bonds or notes of the issue then outstanding, by one or more instruments filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which the principal office of the authority is located and proved or acknowledged in the same manner as a deed to be recorded, may appoint a trustee to represent the holders of the bonds or notes for the purposes provided in this section; B. a trustee may, and upon written request of the holders of twenty-five percent in aggregate principal amount of the issue of bonds or notes then outstanding shall, in his or its own name: (1) enforce all rights of the bondholders or noteholders, including the right to require the authority to carry out its agreements with the holders of the bonds or notes and to perform its duties under the Mortgage Finance Authority Act; (2) bring suit upon the bonds or notes; (3) by action or suit, require the authority to account as if it were the trustee of an express trust for the holders of the bonds or notes; (4) by action or suit, enjoin any acts or things that may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holders of the bonds or notes; and (5) declare all such bonds or notes due and payable and, if all defaults are made good, then with the consent of the holders of twenty-five percent of the aggregate principal amount of the issue of bonds or notes then outstanding, annul the declaration and its consequences; C. a trustee shall, in addition to the provisions of Subsection B of this section, have and possess all the powers necessary or appropriate for the exercise of any functions specifically set forth in this section or incident to the general representation of bondholders or noteholders in the enforcement and protection of their rights; D. before declaring the principal of bonds or notes due and payable, the trustee shall first give thirty days' notice in writing to the governor, to the authority and to the attorney general of the state; and E. the district court shall have jurisdiction of any suit, action or proceeding by the trustee on behalf of bondholders or noteholders. The venue of any such suit, action or proceeding shall be laid in the county in which the principal office of the authority is located.