No seal or scroll is necessary to the validity of any contract, bond or conveyance, whether respecting real or personal property, or any other instrument of writing, nor does the addition or omission of a seal or scroll in any way affect the force or effect of the same.
History: Laws 1901, ch. 62, § 11; Code 1915, § 4761; C.S. 1929, § 117-105; 1941 Comp., § 75-105; Laws 1967, ch. 87, § 9; 1953 Comp., § 70-1-5.
Section abolished distinction between sealed and unsealed instruments. Griffith v. Humble, 1942-NMSC-006, 46 N.M. 113, 122 P.2d 134; Parker v. Beasley, 1936-NMSC-004, 40 N.M. 68, 54 P.2d 687; Merchants Nat'l Bank v. Otero, 1918-NMSC-080, 24 N.M. 598, 175 P. 781.
Recitation of seal immaterial to consideration. — The recitation at the close of a letter agreement that said agreement "shall be considered a sealed instrument by all parties signing" had no bearing on the question of lack of consideration. Russell v. Texas Consol. Oils, 120 F. Supp. 508 (D.N.M. 1954).
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 23 Am. Jur. 2d Deeds § 115; 68 Am. Jur. 2d Seals §§ 7 to 9.
26 C.J.S. Deeds §§ 34, 75.
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