No collection agency license shall be issued to any foreign corporation or partnership unless it has fully complied with the laws of the state of New Mexico so as to entitle it to do business in the state; provided that the foreign corporation or partnership shall establish and maintain a collection agency in New Mexico at all times during the life of any collection agency license issued to the foreign corporation or partnership. All records of the collection agency located in New Mexico shall be maintained at the collection agency's principal office in New Mexico unless the collection agency records are maintained electronically, in which case, electronic records may be maintained at a location where the collection agency regularly maintains records.
History: Laws 1987, ch. 252, § 14; 2012, ch. 11, § 1.
The 2012 amendment, effective July 1, 2012, permitted a foreign collection agency to maintain electronic records at a location where the collection agency regularly maintains records; in the first sentence, after "establish and maintain a", deleted "full time bona fide", after "during the life of any", added "collection agency", and after "license issued to", deleted "it" and added "the foreign corporation or partnership"; and in the second sentence, after "All records of the collection agency", added "located in New Mexico shall", after "maintained at the", added "collection agency's", and after "principal office in New Mexico", deleted "of such agency" and added the remainder of the sentence.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses
Article 18A - Collection Agencies
Section 61-18A-1 - Short title.
Section 61-18A-2 - Definitions.
Section 61-18A-3 - Administration and enforcement.
Section 61-18A-4 - Rules and regulations; violations.
Section 61-18A-6 - Penalty for violations.
Section 61-18A-7 - Application for license.
Section 61-18A-8 - Applications; required information.
Section 61-18A-9 - Financial statement.
Section 61-18A-10 - Manager's license and examination.
Section 61-18A-11 - Qualification of manager applicants.
Section 61-18A-12 - Approval of applications.
Section 61-18A-13 - Denial of applications.
Section 61-18A-14 - License to foreign corporation or partnership.
Section 61-18A-15 - Surety bond.
Section 61-18A-16 - Information to be included in collection agency license.
Section 61-18A-17 - Right granted by license.
Section 61-18A-19 - Change of location; ownership or name; duplicate license.
Section 61-18A-20 - Temporary license.
Section 61-18A-21 - Branch office.
Section 61-18A-22 - Office management; license.
Section 61-18A-23 - Loss of qualified person.
Section 61-18A-25 - Unauthorized practice as collection agency.
Section 61-18A-26 - Assignments; right to sue.
Section 61-18A-27 - Renewal of license; fee.
Section 61-18A-28 - Remittance of collections to clients.
Section 61-18A-28.1 - Additional collection from debtors.
Section 61-18A-31 - Deposit of moneys in general fund.