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§ 39-7-3 NMSA 1978

Power to certify

Known as the Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act

The act spans §§ 39–39 (13 sections).

Laws 1997, ch. 8, § 3.

The supreme court or the court of appeals of this state, on the motion of a party to pending litigation or its own motion, may certify a question of law to the highest court of another state, a tribe, Canada, a Canadian province or territory, Mexico or a Mexican state if:

A. the pending litigation involves a question to be decided under the law of the other jurisdiction;

B. the answer to the question may be determinative of an issue in the pending litigation; and

C. the question is one for which an answer is not provided by a controlling appellate decision, constitutional provision or statute of the other jurisdiction.

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.