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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
Creditors whose demands amount to fifty dollars or more may sue their debtors in the circuit court by attachment in the following cases, to wit:
A. when the debtor is not a resident of nor resides in this territory;
B. when the debtor has concealed himself or absconded, or absented himself from his usual place of abode in this territory, so that the ordinary process of law cannot be passed upon him;
C. when the debtor is about to remove his property or effects out of this territory; or has fraudulently concealed or disposed of his property or effects so as to defraud, hinder or delay his creditors;
D. when the creditor 1 is about fraudulently to convey or assign, conceal or dispose of his property or effects, so as to hinder, delay or defraud his creditors;
1Probably should read “debtor”.
E. when the debt was contracted out of this territory, and the debtor has absconded or secretly removed his property or effects into the territory, with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud his creditors.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Territorial Laws and Treaties NM TERR LAWS KEARNY CODE ATTACHMENT § 1 - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/territorial-laws-and-treaties/nm-terr-laws-kearny-code-attachment-sect-1/
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