The supreme court of this state may answer a question of law certified to it by a court of the United States or by an appellate court of another state, a tribe, Canada, a Canadian province or territory, Mexico or a Mexican state if the answer may be determinative of an issue in pending litigation in the certifying court and there is no controlling appellate decision, constitutional provision or statute of this state.
History: Laws 1997, ch. 8, § 4.
ANNOTATIONSNovel and untested questions. — The certification of a question to the New Mexico supreme court regarding the stacking of uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage would be inappropriate because question did not present a question that was novel or untested by New Mexico courts. Bonham v. Indem. Ins. Co. of N. Am., 507 F.Supp. 2d 1196 (D.N.M 2007).