Any abstract of the title to real estate, located in the state of New Mexico, certified to as correct by the secretary, and under the seal of any title abstract company, incorporated and doing business under the laws of the state, or by an individual bonded abstracter, shall be received in all of the courts of this state as evidence of the things recited therein, in the same manner, and to a like extent, that the public records are now admitted, and such abstract may be explained or contradicted in the same manner and to the same extent as such records may now be.
§ 38-7-3 NMSA 1978
[Abstracts of title; admissibility; explanation; contradiction.]
Laws 1882, ch. 69, § 1; C.L. 1884, § 2744; C.L. 1897, § 3934; Code 1915, § 2188; C.S. 1929, § 45-615; Laws 1943, ch. 16, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 20-212; 1953 Comp., § 20-2-13.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.