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Home » US Law » 2021 New Mexico Statutes » Chapter 28 - Human Rights » Article 6 - Age of Majority

Section 28-6-1 – Age of majority; eighteen years; exception.

A. Except as provided in Subsection B or otherwise specifically provided by existing law, any person who has reached his eighteenth birthday shall be considered to have reached his majority as provided in Section 12-2-2 NMSA 1978 [repealed] and is an adult for all purposes the same as if he had reached his twenty-first birthday. […]

Section 28-6-2 to 28-6-8 – Repealed.

ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1995, ch. 206, § 4 repealed former 28-6-2 through 28-6-8 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1981, ch. 270, §§ 1 through 7, relating to the age of majority and the emancipation of minors, effective July 1, 1995. For provisions of former sections, see the 1994 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com. For […]