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Home » US Law » 2021 New Mexico Statutes » Chapter 47 - Property Law » Article 1 - Conveyances and General Provisions » Section 47-1-35 – [Conveyance or mortgage to joint tenants.]

In a conveyance or mortgage of real estate, the designation of two or more grantees “as joint tenants” shall be construed to mean that the conveyance is to the grantees as joint tenants, and not as tenants in common, and to the survivor of them and the heirs and assigns of the survivor.

History: 1941 Comp., § 75-134, enacted by Laws 1947, ch. 203, § 9; 1953 Comp., § 70-1-34.

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Cross references. — For creation of a tenancy in common, see 47-1-15 NMSA 1978.