When money is held in the court clerk trust account and the person entitled to it does not make claim within six years from the date when it became payable, the money is presumed abandoned and shall be disposed of in the manner provided in the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act [Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (1995), Chapter 7, Article 8A NMSA 1978].
§ 34-6-38 NMSA 1978
Finance; disposition of unclaimed money
1953 Comp., § 16-3-26, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 69, § 40.
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