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A purchaser, seller or recipient of investment advice shall not maintain an action pursuant to Section 509 [58-13C-509 NMSA 1978] of the New Mexico Uniform Securities Act if:

A. the purchaser, seller or recipient of investment advice receives in a record, before the action is instituted:

(1) an offer stating the respect in which liability pursuant to Section 509 of the New Mexico Uniform Securities Act may have arisen and fairly advising the purchaser, seller or recipient of investment advice of that person's rights in connection with the offer, and any financial or other information necessary to correct all material misrepresentations or omissions in the information that was required by the New Mexico Uniform Securities Act to be furnished to that person at the time of the purchase, sale or investment advice;

(2) if the basis for relief pursuant to this section may have been a violation of Subsection B of Section 509 of the New Mexico Uniform Securities Act, an offer to repurchase the security for cash, payable on delivery of the security, equal to the consideration paid, and interest at the legal rate of interest from the date of the purchase, less the amount of any income received on the security; or, if the purchaser no longer owns the security, an offer to pay the purchaser upon acceptance of the offer damages in an amount that would be recoverable upon a tender, less the value of the security when the purchaser disposed of it, and interest at the legal rate of interest from the date of the purchase in cash equal to the damages computed in the manner provided in this subsection;

(3) if the basis for relief pursuant to this section may have been a violation of Subsection C of Section 509 of the New Mexico Uniform Securities Act, an offer to tender the security, on payment by the seller of an amount equal to the purchase price paid, less income received on the security by the purchaser and interest at the legal rate of interest from the date of the sale; or if the purchaser no longer owns the security, an offer to pay the seller upon acceptance of the offer, in cash, damages in the amount of the difference between the price at which the security was purchased and the value the security would have had at the time of the purchase in the absence of the purchaser's conduct that may have caused liability and interest at the legal rate of interest from the date of the sale;

(4) if the basis for relief pursuant to this section may have been a violation of Subsection D of Section 509 of the New Mexico Uniform Securities Act; and if the customer is a purchaser, an offer to pay as specified in Paragraph (2) of this subsection; or, if the customer is a seller, an offer to tender or to pay as specified in Paragraph (3) of this subsection;

(5) if the basis for relief pursuant to this section may have been a violation of Subsection E of Section 509 of the New Mexico Uniform Securities Act, an offer to reimburse in cash the consideration paid for the advice and interest at the legal rate of interest from the date of payment; or

(6) if the basis for relief pursuant to this section may have been a violation of Subsection F of Section 509 of the New Mexico Uniform Securities Act, an offer to reimburse in cash the consideration paid for the advice, the amount of any actual damages that may have been caused by the conduct and interest at the legal rate of interest from the date of the violation causing the loss;

B. the offer pursuant to Subsection A of this section states that the offer must be accepted by the purchaser at any time within a specified period of not less than thirty days, or such shorter or longer period as the director by order prescribes, and contains such other terms and conditions, if any, as the director specifies;

C the offer pursuant to Subsection A of this section is delivered to the purchaser, seller or recipient of investment advice, or sent in a manner that ensures receipt by the purchaser, seller or recipient of investment advice;

D. the purchaser, seller or recipient of investment advice timely accepts the offer made pursuant to Subsections A through C of this section in a record; and

E. the offer made and accepted in compliance with Subsections A through D of this section is paid in accordance with the terms of the offer; or

F. the purchaser, seller or recipient of investment advice receives an offer in compliance with Subsections A through C of this section but fails to accept the offer in a record within the period specified in the offer.

History: Laws 2009, ch. 82, § 510.

ANNOTATIONS

Effective dates. — Laws 2009, ch. 82, § 704 made the New Mexico Uniform Securities Act effective January 1, 2010.


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