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N.M. Stat. § 14-13-17 (2026)

Validation of former acknowledgments; 1971 act

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All acknowledgments taken outside the state of New Mexico prior to the passage and approval of this act [this section], before any officer authorized by the laws of this state to take such acknowledgments, under the seal of such officer, and all acknowledgments taken within this state before the passage and approval of this act, before any officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments, notwithstanding any defect in the form of a certificate of acknowledgment or the failure to show the date of the expiration of the commission of the officer before whom such acknowledgment was taken or the failure to show that the seal of said officer was affixed to the instrument acknowledged and/or notwithstanding the failure of such acknowledgment to comply with the provisions of Section 14-13-10 NMSA 1978, if the marital status of any married woman uniting with her husband in the execution of any instrument may otherwise appear from the body of the instrument so acknowledged, and the record thereof in the office of the county clerk, are hereby confirmed and made valid to the extent as though said certificate of acknowledgment and the record thereof has been in the form prescribed by law.

History: 1953 Comp., § 43-1-14.4, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 165, § 1.

ANNOTATIONS

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Cross references. — For prior validating acts, see 14-13-13, 14-13-14, 14-13-15, 14- 13-16 and compiler’s notes to 14-13-13 NMSA 1978.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1972–1996 · leading case: Johnson v. City of Alamogordo, 910 P.2d 308 (N.M. 1996).
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Johnson v. City of Alamogordo, 910 P.2d 308 (N.M. 1996). · cites it 2× “300 (codified at NMSA 1953, § 14-13-17 (Supp.1965)). In addition, other jurisdictions have long recognized the distinction between legislative matters, which are subject to referendum, and administrative matters, which are not.”
Turner v. Barnhart, 497 P.2d 970 (N.M. 1972). “The controlling statutory 'section is § 14-13-17(B), N.M.S.A.1953 (Repl. Vol. 3, 1968), which states: .”
N.M. Stat. § 14-13-17(B): 1 case
Turner v. Barnhart, 497 P.2d 970 (N.M. 1972). “The controlling statutory 'section is § 14-13-17(B), N.M.S.A.1953 (Repl. Vol. 3, 1968), which states: .”
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