N.M. Stat. § 21-22-7
Current through 2024, ch. 69
The general form of the contract provided for in Section 21-22-6 NMSA 1978 shall be prepared and approved by the attorney general and signed by the student and a designee of the commission [department] on behalf of the state. The commission [department] is vested with full and complete authority and power to sue in its own name for any balance due the state from any student on any such contract.
NMS § 21-22-7