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N.M. Stat. § 14-16-1 (2026)

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Chapter 14, Article 16 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Uniform Electronic
Transactions Act".

History: Laws 2001, ch. 131, § 1; 2013, ch. 30, § 1; 2013, ch. 68, § 1.

                                     ANNOTATIONS

The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, changed "This act" to "Chapter 14,
Article 16 NMSA 1978".

Laws 2013, ch. 30, § 1 and Laws 2013, ch. 68, § 1, both effective June 14, 2013,
enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by
Laws 2013, ch. 68, § 1. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1970–2025 · leading case: City of Hobbs v. Biswell, 473 P.2d 917 (N.M. Ct. App. 1970).
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City of Hobbs v. Biswell, 473 P.2d 917 (N.M. Ct. App. 1970). · cites it 9× “Section 14-16-1, N.M.S.A.1953 (Repl. Vol.”
State v. Hutchinson, 624 P.2d 1116 (Utah 1980). · cites it 2× “Compare N.M. Stat. Ann. § 14-16-1 (1953) with Utah Code Ann.”
West Bluff Neighborhood Ass'n v. City of Albuquerque, 50 P.3d 182 (N.M. Ct. App. 2002). “Comprehensive City Zoning Code § 14-16-1^4 (emphasis added). Because the City’s planning documents were passed by resolution, West Bluff construes this ordinance as providing that zoning will be trumped by any master plan language that is more restrictive.”
Safeway Stores, Inc. v. City of Las Cruces, 484 P.2d 341 (N.M. 1971). · cites it 4× “Section 14-16-1, N.M.S.A., 1953. If there was fault here, it was clearly not of the commissioners who were conscientiously and with the utmost good will straining to properly discharge their function.”
Brent D. Benjamin v. Elizabeth D. Walker, 786 S.E.2d 200 (W. Va. 2016). “2009); N.M. Stat. §§ 14-16-1 to 19 (2003 & Supp.”
City of Albuquerque v. Pangaea Cinema, LLC, 2012 NMCA 75 (N.M. Ct. App. 2012). “Ordinances § 14-16-1- 3(A). The City asserts, without challenge by the Guild, that the drafters of the Ordinance relied on “numerous studies and other evidence” concerning the adverse secondary effects emanating from adult amusement establishments.”
Brent D. Benjamin v. Elizabeth D. Walker (W. Va. 2016). “2009); N.M. Stat. §§ 14-16-1 to 19 (2003 & Supp.”
Westside Coal. of Neighborhood Ass'ns. v. City of Albuquerque (N.M. Ct. App. 2025). “16, § 14-16-1 to -7-2 (2022).1 The Ordinance incorporated City zoning regulations, use regulations, and development standards.”
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