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Section 39-4A-4 - Notice of filing.

NM Stat § 39-4A-4 (2019) (N/A)
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A. At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or his lawyer shall make and file with the clerk of the district court an affidavit setting forth the name and last known address of the judgment debtor and the judgment creditor.

B. Promptly upon the filing of the foreign judgment and the affidavit, the clerk of the district court shall mail a notice of the filing of the foreign judgment to the judgment debtor at the address given and shall make a note of the mailing in the docket. The notice shall include the name and address of the judgment creditor and his attorney, if any, in this state. In addition, the judgment creditor shall mail a notice of the filing of the judgment to the judgment debtor, certified mail, and shall file proof of the mailing with the clerk.

C. No execution or other process for enforcement of a foreign judgment filed pursuant to this section shall issue until twenty days after the date the judgment is filed.

History: Laws 1989, ch. 256, § 4.

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Section 39-4A-4 - Notice of filing.