Except as otherwise specifically provided in the [Uniform] Probate Code or by rule, every document filed with the court under the code, including applications, petitions and demands for notice, shall be deemed to include an oath, affirmation or statement to the effect that its representations are true as far as the person executing or filing it knows or is informed, and penalties for perjury may follow deliberate falsification therein.
History: 1953 Comp., § 32A-1-310, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 257, § 1-310.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Law reviews. — For survey, "Article VII of the New Probate Code: In Pursuit of Uniform Trust Administration," see 6 N.M.L. Rev. 213 (1976).
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 61A Am. Jur. 2d Pleading §§ 2, 26.
2A C.J.S. Affidavits § 20.