New Mexico Statutes
Article 9A - Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act
Section 14-9A-2 - Definitions.

As used in the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act:
A. "document" means information that is:
(1) inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and that is retrievable in perceivable form; and
(2) eligible to be recorded in the land records maintained by a county clerk;
B. "electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar capabilities;
C. "electronic document" means a document that is received by a county clerk in an electronic form;
D. "electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document;
E. "person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality or any other legal or commercial entity; and
F. "state" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
History: Laws 2007, ch. 261, § 2.
Effective dates. — Laws 2007, ch. 261, § 8 made the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act effective July 1, 2007.

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