All interest in any real estate, either granted or bequeathed to two or more persons other than executors or trustees, shall be held in common, unless it be clearly expressed in said grant or bequest that it shall be held by both parties.
§ 47-1-15 NMSA 1978
[Joint grantees or devisees; tenancy in common.]
Laws 1851-1852, p. 374; C.L. 1865, ch. 44, § 17; C.L. 1884, § 2764; C.L. 1897, § 3961; Code 1915, § 4762; C.S. 1929, § 117-106; 1941 Comp., § 75-111; 1953 Comp., § 70-1-14.
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.