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§ 46-7-27 NMSA 1978

Exemption of third person from liability

Known as the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act

The act spans §§ 46–46 (25 sections).

Laws 1989, ch. 357, § 17.

A third person in good faith and without court order may act on the instructions of or otherwise deal with any person purporting to make a transfer or purporting to act in the capacity of a custodian and, in the absence of knowledge, is not responsible for determining:

A. the validity of the purported custodian's designation;

B. the propriety of, or the authority under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, for any act of the purported custodian;

C. the validity or propriety under that act of any instrument or instructions executed or given either by the person purporting to make a transfer or by the purported custodian; or

D. the propriety of the application of any property of the minor delivered to the purported custodian.

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.