New Mexico Statutes 55-2A-512. Lessee’s duties as to rightfully rejected goods
(1) Except as otherwise provided with respect to goods that threaten to decline in value speedily (Section 55-2A-511 N.M. Stat. Ann.) and subject to any security interest of a lessee (Section 55-2A-508(5) NMSA 1978):
Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 55-2A-512
- goods: means all things that are movable at the time of identification to the lease contract or are fixtures (Section New Mexico Statutes 55-2A-103
- lessee: means a person who acquires the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See New Mexico Statutes 55-2A-103
- lessor: means a person who transfers the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See New Mexico Statutes 55-2A-103
- supplier: means a person from whom a lessor buys or leases goods to be leased under a finance lease. See New Mexico Statutes 55-2A-103
(a) the lessee, after rejection of goods in the lessee’s possession, shall hold them with reasonable care at the lessor‘s or supplier‘s disposition for a reasonable time after the lessee’s seasonable notification of rejection;
(b) if the lessor or the supplier gives no instructions within a reasonable time after notification of rejection, the lessee may store the rejected goods for the lessor’s or the supplier’s account or ship them to the lessor or the supplier or dispose of them for the lessor’s or the supplier’s account with reimbursement in the manner provided in Section 55-2A-511 N.M. Stat. Ann.; but (c) the lessee has no further obligations with regard to goods rightfully rejected.
(2) Action by the lessee pursuant to Subsection (1) is not acceptance or conversion.