New Mexico Statutes 39-4-10. [Execution against sureties.]
No execution shall issue against any security on any promissory note, bond, bond for costs, appeal bond or other obligation for the payment of money or property, until execution shall have been first issued against the principal in any such note or obligation, and levied upon all the real estate or other property of said principal, which may be within the jurisdiction of the court, in which the judgment may have been rendered: provided, that whenever the plaintiff in any such execution shall file in the court, in which the judgment is pending, an affidavit in relation to such security or securities similar to the one required by law to be filed previous to issuing an attachment, then in such case execution shall issue simultaneously against the principal and the security against whom the said affidavit be filed.
Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 39-4-10
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.