A. Any person indebted to a protected person, or having possession of property or of an instrument evidencing a debt, stock or chose in action belonging to a protected person, may pay or deliver to a conservator, guardian of the estate or other like fiduciary appointed by a court of the state of residence of the protected person, upon being presented with proof of his appointment and an affidavit made by him stating that:
(1) no protective proceeding relating to the protected person is pending in New Mexico; and
(2) the foreign conservator is entitled to payment or to receive delivery.
B. If the person to whom the affidavit is presented pursuant to Subsection A of this section is not aware of any protective proceeding pending in New Mexico, payment or delivery in response to the demand and affidavit discharges the debtor or possessor.
History: 1953 Comp., § 32A-5-431, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 257, § 5-431.
ANNOTATIONSAm. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 14 C.J.S. Chemical Dependents § 4; 39 C.J.S. Guardian and Ward § 187; 49 C.J.S. Insane Persons § 154.