N.M. Stat. § 56-2-1

Current through 2024, ch. 69

Section 56-2-1 - Definitions

As used in this act [56-2-1 to 56-2-4 NMSA 1978]:

A. "person" means an individual, partnership, corporation and association;

B. "debt adjuster" means a person who acts or offers to act for a consideration as an intermediary between a debtor and his creditors for the purpose of settling, compounding or in anywise altering the terms of payment of any debts of the debtor; and, to that end, receives money or other property from the debtor, or on behalf of the debtor, for payment to, or distribution among the creditors of the debtor;

C. "debtor" means an individual, and includes two (2) or more individuals who are jointly and severally, or jointly or severally indebted.

NMS § 56-2-1

1953 Comp., § 50-17-1, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 80, § 1.