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Home » US Law » 2021 New Mexico Statutes » Chapter 56 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions » Article 10 - Uniform Voidable Transactions

Section 56-10-1 to 56-10-13 – Repealed.

ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1989, ch. 382, § 13 repealed 56-10-1 to 56-10-13 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 116, §§ 1-13, relating to fraudulent conveyances, effective June 16, 1989. For present comparable provisions, see 56-10-14 NMSA 1978 et seq.

Section 56-10-14 – Short title.

Sections 56-10-14 through 56-10-29 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Uniform Voidable Transactions Act”. History: Laws 1989, ch. 382, § 1; 2015, ch. 54, § 9. ANNOTATIONS The 2015 amendment, effective January 1, 2016, changed the name of the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act to the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act; changed “This act” to “Sections […]

Section 56-10-15 – Definitions.

As used in the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act: A. “affiliate” means: (1) a person that directly or indirectly owns, controls or holds, with power to vote, twenty percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of the debtor, other than a person that holds the securities: (a) as a fiduciary or agent without sole discretionary […]

Section 56-10-16 – Insolvency.

A. A debtor is insolvent if, at a fair valuation, the sum of the debtor’s debts is greater than the sum of the debtor’s assets. B. A debtor that is generally not paying the debtor’s debts as they become due other than as a result of a bona fide dispute is presumed to be insolvent. […]

Section 56-10-17 – Value.

A. Value is given for a transfer or an obligation if, in exchange for the transfer or obligation, property is transferred or an antecedent debt is secured or satisfied, but value does not include an unperformed promise made otherwise than in the ordinary course of the promisor’s business to furnish support to the debtor or […]

Section 56-10-19 – Transfer or obligation voidable as to present creditor.

A. A transfer made or obligation incurred by a debtor is voidable as to a creditor whose claim arose before the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred if the debtor made the transfer or incurred the obligation without receiving a reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the transfer or obligation and the debtor […]

Section 56-10-20 – When transfer is made or obligation is incurred.

For the purposes of the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act: A. a transfer is made: (1) with respect to an asset that is real property other than a fixture, but including the interest of a seller or purchaser under a contract for the sale of the asset, when the transfer is so far perfected that a […]

Section 56-10-21 – Remedies of creditor.

A. In an action for relief against a transfer or obligation under the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act, a creditor, subject to the limitations in Section 56-10-22 NMSA 1978, may obtain: (1) avoidance of the transfer or obligation to the extent necessary to satisfy the creditor’s claim; (2) an attachment or other provisional remedy against the […]

Section 56-10-23 – Extinguishment of cause of action.

A cause of action with respect to a transfer or obligation under the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act is extinguished unless action is brought: A. under Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of Section 56-10-18 NMSA 1978 not later than four years after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred or, if later, not later […]

Section 56-10-24 – Governing law.

A. In this section, in determining a debtor’s location, a debtor: (1) who is an individual is located at the individual’s principal residence; (2) that is an organization and has only one place of business is located at its place of business; and (3) that is an organization and has more than one place of […]

Section 56-10-25 – Application to series organization.

A. As used in this section: (1) “protected series” means an arrangement, however denominated, created by a series organization that, pursuant to the law under which the series organization is organized, has the characteristics set forth in Paragraph (2) of this subsection; and (2) “series organization” means an organization that, pursuant to the law under […]

Section 56-10-26 – Supplementary provisions.

A. Unless displaced by the provisions of the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relating to principal and agent, estoppel, laches, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, insolvency or other validating or invalidating cause, supplement its provisions. B. The provisions of the Uniform Voidable Transactions […]

Section 56-10-27 – Uniformity of application and construction.

The Uniform Voidable Transactions Act shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act among states enacting it. History: Laws 1989, ch. 382, § 12; 1978 Comp., § 56-10-25, recompiled and amended as § 56-10-27 by Laws 2015, […]

Section 56-10-29 – Applicability.

A. The provisions of the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act: (1) apply to a transfer made or obligation incurred on or after January 1, 2016; but (2) do not apply to: (a) a transfer made or an obligation incurred before January 1, 2016; or (b) a right of action that has accrued before January 1, 2016. […]