New Mexico Statutes 58-18A-8. Residential mortgage revenue bonds; legal investments;
security; negotiability.
Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 58-18A-8
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
The state and all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions and public bodies, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, money or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to the Municipal Mortgage Finance Act, and such bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits and shall be fully negotiable in this state; it being the purpose of that act to authorize any persons, firms, corporations, associations, political subdivisions, bodies and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them, including, but not limited to, sinking, insurance, investment, retirement, compensation, pension and trust funds and funds held on deposit for the purchase of any authorized security for all public deposits and shall be fully negotiable in this state; provided, however, that nothing contained in that act shall be construed as relieving any person, firm or corporation from any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.