N.M. Stat. § 7-1-49
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§ 7-1-49. Legal effect of certificate of sale
Official statutory text
In all cases of sale of property other than real property, the certificate of sale provided for in Section 7-1-48 NMSA 1978 shall:
A. be prima facie evidence of the right of the department to make the sale and conclusive evidence of the regularity of the proceedings in making the sale;
B. transfer to the purchaser all right, title and interest of the delinquent taxpayer in and to the property sold, subject to all outstanding prior interests and encumbrances of record and free of any subsequent encumbrance;
C. if such property consists of stock certificates, be notice, when received, to any corporation, company or association of such transfer and be authority to such corporation, company or association to record the transfer on its books and records in the same manner as if the stock certificates were transferred or assigned by the record owner;
D. if the subject of sale is securities or other evidences of debt, be a good and valid receipt to the person holding the same, as against any person holding or claiming to hold possession of the securities or other evidences of debt; and
E. if such property consists of a motor vehicle as represented by its title, be notice, when received, to any public official charged with the registration of title to motor vehicles of the transfer and be authority to that official to record the transfer on the official's books and records in the same manner as if the certificate of title to the motor vehicle were transferred or assigned by the record owner.
A. be prima facie evidence of the right of the department to make the sale and conclusive evidence of the regularity of the proceedings in making the sale;
B. transfer to the purchaser all right, title and interest of the delinquent taxpayer in and to the property sold, subject to all outstanding prior interests and encumbrances of record and free of any subsequent encumbrance;
C. if such property consists of stock certificates, be notice, when received, to any corporation, company or association of such transfer and be authority to such corporation, company or association to record the transfer on its books and records in the same manner as if the stock certificates were transferred or assigned by the record owner;
D. if the subject of sale is securities or other evidences of debt, be a good and valid receipt to the person holding the same, as against any person holding or claiming to hold possession of the securities or other evidences of debt; and
E. if such property consists of a motor vehicle as represented by its title, be notice, when received, to any public official charged with the registration of title to motor vehicles of the transfer and be authority to that official to record the transfer on the official's books and records in the same manner as if the certificate of title to the motor vehicle were transferred or assigned by the record owner.
Status: in_force
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