Section 45-3-812 - Execution and levies prohibited.

NM Stat § 45-3-812 (2019) (N/A)
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No execution may issue upon nor may any levy be made against any property of the estate under any judgment against a decedent or a personal representative, but this section shall not be construed to prevent the enforcement of mortgages, pledges or liens upon real or personal property in an appropriate proceeding.

History: 1953 Comp., § 32A-3-812, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 257, § 3-812.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Family allowance from decedent's estate as exempt from attachment, garnishment, execution and foreclosure, 27 A.L.R.3d 863.