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§ 39-4C-10 NMSA 1978

Pre-judgment and judgment interest

Known as the Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act

The act spans §§ 39–39 (16 sections).

Laws 1991, ch. 181, § 10.

A. With respect to a foreign-money claim, recovery of pre-judgment or pre-award interest and the rate of interest to be applied in the action or distribution proceeding, except as provided in Subsection B of this section, are matters of the substantive law governing the right to recovery under the conflict-of-laws rules of this state.

B. The court or arbitrator shall increase or decrease the amount of pre-judgment or pre-award interest otherwise payable in a judgment or award in foreign money to the extent required by the law of this state governing a failure to make or accept an offer of settlement or offer of judgment, or conduct by a party or its attorney causing undue delay or expense.

C. A judgment or award on a foreign-money claim bears interest at the rate applicable to judgments of this state.

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.