N.M. Stat. § 53-8-56
Procedure in liquidation of corporation by court.
A. In proceedings to liquidate the assets and affairs of a corporation the district
court shall have the power to issue injunctions; to appoint a receiver or receivers
pendente lite, with such powers and duties as the court, from time to time, may direct;
and to take such other proceedings as may be requisite to preserve the corporate
assets wherever situated, and carry on the affairs of the corporation until a full hearing
can be had.
B. After a hearing had upon such notice as the district court may direct to be given
to all parties to the proceedings and to any other parties in interest designated by the
court, the court may appoint a liquidating receiver or receivers with authority to collect
the assets of the corporation. The liquidating receiver or receivers shall have authority,
subject to the order of the court, to sell, convey and dispose of all or any part of the
assets of the corporation wherever situated, either at public or private sale. The order
appointing the liquidating receiver or receivers shall state their powers and duties. The
powers and duties may be increased or diminished at any time during the proceedings.
C. The assets of the corporation or the proceeds resulting from a sale, conveyance
or other disposition thereof shall be applied and distributed as follows:
(1)
all costs and expenses of the court proceedings and all liabilities and
obligations of the corporation shall be paid, satisfied and discharged, or adequate
provision shall be made therefor;
(2)
assets held by the corporation upon condition requiring return, transfer or
conveyance, which condition occurs by reason of the dissolution or liquidation, shall be
returned, transferred or conveyed in accordance with the requirements;
(3)
assets received and held by the corporation subject to limitations
permitting their use only for charitable, religious, eleemosynary, benevolent, educational
or similar purposes, but not held upon a condition requiring return, transfer or
conveyance by reason of the dissolution or liquidation, shall be transferred or conveyed
to one or more domestic or foreign corporations, societies or organizations engaged in
activities substantially similar to those of the dissolving or liquidating corporation as the
court may direct;
(4)
other assets, if any, shall be distributed in accordance with the provisions
of the articles of incorporation or the bylaws to the extent that the articles of
incorporation or bylaws determine the distributive right of members, or any class or
classes of members, or provide for distribution to others; and
(5)
any remaining assets may be distributed to such persons, societies,
organizations or domestic or foreign corporations, whether for profit or not for profit,
specified in the plan of distribution adopted as provided in the Nonprofit Corporation Act,
or where no plan of distribution has been adopted, as the court may direct.
D. The district court shall have power to allow, from time to time, as expenses of the
liquidation, compensation to the receiver or receivers and to attorneys in the
proceeding, and to direct the payment thereof out of the assets of the corporation or the
proceeds of any sale or disposition of the assets.
E. A receiver of a corporation appointed under the provisions of this section shall
have authority to sue and defend in all courts in his own name as receiver of the
corporation. The district court appointing the receiver shall have exclusive jurisdiction of
the corporation and its property, wherever situated.