New Mexico Statutes Chapter 55. Uniform Commercial Code § 55-9-331. Priority of rights of purchasers of controllable accounts, controllable electronic records, controllable payment intangibles, documents, instruments and securities under other articles; priority of interests in financial assets and security entitlements and protection against assertion of claim under Statutes Chapter 55, Articles 8 and 9 NMSA 1978

(a) Chapter 55, Article 9 NMSA 1978 does not limit the rights of a holder in due course of a negotiable instrument, a holder to which a negotiable document of title has been duly negotiated or a protected purchaser of a security or a qualifying purchaser of a controllable account, controllable electronic record or controllable payment intangible. These holders or purchasers take priority over an earlier security interest, even if perfected, to the extent provided in Chapter 55, Articles 3, 7, 8 and 12 NMSA 1978.

(b) Chapter 55, Article 9 NMSA 1978 does not limit the rights of or impose liability on a person to the extent that the person is protected against the assertion of a claim under Chapter 55, Articles 8 and 12 NMSA 1978.

(c) Filing under Chapter 55, Article 9 NMSA 1978 does not constitute notice of a claim or defense to the holders, or purchasers, or persons described in Subsections (a) and (b) of this section.