New Mexico Statutes
Article 15 - Uniform Assignment of Rents
Section 56-15-12 - Application of proceeds.

Unless otherwise agreed, an assignee that collects rents pursuant to the Uniform Assignment of Rents Act or collects upon a judgment in an action pursuant to Subsection D of Section 14 [56-15-14 NMSA 1978] of that act shall apply the sums collected in the following order to:
A. the assignee's reasonable expenses of enforcing its assignment of rents, including, to the extent provided for by agreement and not prohibited by any law of New Mexico other than the Uniform Assignment of Rents Act, reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred by the assignee;
B. reimbursement of any expenses incurred by the assignee to protect or maintain the real property subject to the assignment;
C. payment of the secured obligation;
D. payment of any obligation secured by a subordinate security interest or other lien on the rents if, before distribution of the proceeds, the assignor and assignee receive a notification from the holder of the interest or lien demanding payment of the proceeds; and
E. the assignor.
History: Laws 2011, ch. 141, § 12.
Effective dates. — Laws 2011, ch. 141, § 20 made §§ 1 through 19, the Uniform Assignment of Rents Act, effective January 1, 2012.

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