N.M. Stat. § 37-1-20
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§ 37-1-20. No sale upon mortgages, etc., when action barred
Official statutory text
No lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods or chattels shall be sold under any power of sale contained in any mortgage, deed of trust or other written instrument of like effect, where an action or suit upon the indebtedness secured thereby is barred by the provisions of Chapter 68, New Mexico Code of 1915.
Status: in_force
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