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§ 58-11-43 NMSA 1978

Joint accounts

Known as the Credit Union Act

The act spans §§ 58–58 (67 sections).

Laws 1987, ch. 311, § 43; 1997, ch. 195, § 29.

A. A member may designate any person to own a share account or deposit account in joint tenancy with the right of survivorship, as a tenant in common or under any other form of joint ownership permitted by law, but no co-owner, unless also a member in his own right, shall be permitted to vote, obtain loans, hold office or be required to pay a membership fee.

B. Payment of part or all of those accounts to any of the co-owners shall, to the extent of such payment, discharge the liability to all unless the account agreement contains a prohibition.

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.