A security may be registered in beneficiary form if the form is authorized by this or a similar statute of the state of organization of the issuer or registering entity, the location of the registering entity's principal office, the office of its transfer agent or its office making the registration or by this or a similar statute of the law of the state listed as the owner's address at the time of registration. A registration governed by the law of a jurisdiction in which this or similar legislation is not in force or was not in force when a registration in beneficiary form was made is nevertheless presumed to be valid and authorized as a matter of contract law.
History: 1978 Comp., § 45-6-303, enacted by Laws 1992, ch. 66, § 39.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 45 - Uniform Probate Code
Article 6 - Nonprobate Transfers
Part 3 - TOD SECURITY REGISTRATION
Section 45-6-301 - Definitions.
Section 45-6-302 - Registration in beneficiary form; sole or joint tenancy ownership.
Section 45-6-303 - Registration in beneficiary form; applicable law.
Section 45-6-304 - Origination of registration in beneficiary form.
Section 45-6-305 - Form of registration in beneficiary form.
Section 45-6-306 - Effect of registration in beneficiary form.
Section 45-6-307 - Ownership of [on] death of owner.
Section 45-6-308 - Protection of registering entity.
Section 45-6-309 - Nontestamentary transfer on death.
Section 45-6-310 - Terms, conditions and forms for registration.