New Mexico Statutes Chapter 58. Financial Institutions and Regulations § 58-1-14. Search procedure on death

A. A lessor shall permit the person named in a court order for the purpose, or if no order has been served upon the lessor, the spouse, a parent, an adult descendant or a person named as an executor in a copy of a purported will produced by him, to open and examine the contents of a safe deposit box leased by a decedent, or any documents delivered by a decedent for safekeeping, in the presence of an officer of the lessor; and the lessor, if so requested by such person, may deliver upon execution of receipt therefor:

B. No other contents shall be removed, pursuant to this section except at the lessor's liability, until a special administrator, an administrator or executor qualifies and makes claim to the contents.