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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) As used in Chapter 55, Article 12 NMSA 1978:
(1) “controllable electronic record” means a record stored in an electronic medium that can be subjected to control pursuant to Section 55-12-105 NMSA 1978. The term does not include a controllable account, a controllable payment intangible, a deposit account, an electronic copy of a record evidencing chattel paper, an electronic document of title, electronic money, investment property or a transferable record;
(2) “qualifying purchaser” means a purchaser of a controllable electronic record or an interest in a controllable electronic record that obtains control of the controllable electronic record for value, in good faith, and without notice of a claim of a property right in the controllable electronic record;
(3) “transferable record” has the meaning provided for that term in:
(A) Section 201(a)(1) of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7021(a)(1), as amended; or
(B) Subsection (a) of Section 14-16-16 NMSA 1978; and
(4) “value” has the meaning provided in Subsection (a) of Section 55-3-303 NMSA 1978 as if references in that subsection to an “instrument” were references to a controllable account, controllable electronic record or controllable payment intangible.
(b) The definitions in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of “account debtor”, “controllable account”, “controllable payment intangible”, “chattel paper”, “deposit account”, “electronic money” and “investment property” apply to Sections 55-12-101 through 55-12-106 NMSA 1978.
(c) Article 1 of the Uniform Commercial Code contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout Sections 55-12-101 through 55-12-106 NMSA 1978.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 55. Uniform Commercial Code § 55-12-102. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-55-uniform-commercial-code/nm-st-sect-55-12-102/
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