Any person interested under a deed, will, written contract or other writings constituting a contract, or whose rights, status or other legal relations are affected by a statute, municipal ordinance, contract or franchise, may have determined any question of construction or validity arising under the instrument, statute, ordinance, contract or franchise and obtain a declaration of rights, status or other legal relations thereunder.
§ 44-6-4 NMSA 1978
Power to construe
Known as the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act
The act spans §§ 44–44 (147 sections).
1953 Comp., § 22-6-7, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 340, § 4.
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.