New Mexico Statutes Chapter 59A. Insurance Code § 59A-4-16. Notice of hearing

A. Except where a different period is expressly provided, the superintendent shall give written notice of the hearing not less than twenty days in advance. The notice shall state the date, time and place of the hearing and specify the matters to be considered thereat.

B. If any person is entitled to a hearing by any provision of the Insurance Code before any proposed action is taken, or if the superintendent otherwise deems advisable, notice of the hearing may be in the form of a notice to show cause, stating that proposed action may be taken unless such person shows cause at a hearing to be held as specified in the notice why the action should not be taken, and stating the basis of the proposed action.

C. If a hearing is to be held for consideration of rules of the superintendent, the superintendent may give notice of the hearing by publication thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in this state, and once in the New Mexico register; and the superintendent shall mail the notice to all persons who had requested the same in writing in advance and shall have paid to the superintendent the reasonable costs of such mailing as fixed by the superintendent.

D. If the hearing is for a purpose other than the consideration of rules of the superintendent, and if the persons to be given notice are not specified in the provision pursuant to which the hearing is held, the superintendent shall give the notice to all persons whose pecuniary interests, to the superintendent's knowledge or belief, are to be directly and immediately affected by the hearing.

E. All such notices, except published notice, shall be given as provided for in 59A-2-10 NMSA 1978.

F. The superintendent shall specify in the notice of hearing whether the hearing is to be an administrative hearing pursuant to Section 59A-4-17 NMSA 1978 or an informal hearing pursuant to Section 59A-4-18 NMSA 1978.