N.M. Stat. § 55-3-602
Payment.
(a) Subject to Subsection (e) of this section, an instrument is paid to the extent
payment is made by or on behalf of a party obliged to pay the instrument and to a
person entitled to enforce the instrument. To the extent of the payment, the obligation of
the party obliged to pay the instrument is discharged, even though payment is made
with knowledge of a claim to the instrument under Section 55-3-306 NMSA 1978 by
another person.
(b) Subject to Subsection (e) of this section, a note is paid to the extent payment is
made by or on behalf of a party obliged to pay the note to a person that formerly was
entitled to enforce the note only if at the time of the payment the party obliged to pay
has not received adequate notification that the note has been transferred and that
payment is to be made to the transferee. A notification is adequate only if it is signed by
the transferor or the transferee, reasonably identifies the transferred note and provides
an address at which payments subsequently are to be made. Upon request, a
transferee shall seasonably furnish reasonable proof that the note has been transferred.
Unless the transferee complies with the request, a payment to the person that formerly
was entitled to enforce the note is effective for purposes of Subsection (c) of this section
even if the party obliged to pay the note has received a notification pursuant to this
subsection.
(c) Subject to Subsection (e) of this section, to the extent of a payment pursuant to
Subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the obligation of the party obliged to pay the
instrument is discharged, even though payment is made with knowledge of a claim to
the instrument pursuant to Section 55-3-306 NMSA 1978 by another person.
(d) Subject to Subsection (e) of this section, a transferee, or any party that has
acquired rights in the instrument directly or indirectly from a transferee, including any
such party that has rights as a holder in due course, is deemed to have notice of any
payment that is made pursuant to Subsection (b) of this section after the date that the
note is transferred to the transferee, but before the party obliged to pay the note
receives adequate notification of the transfer.
(e) The obligation of a party to pay the instrument is not discharged pursuant to
Subsections (a) through (d) of this section if:
(1)
a claim to the instrument under Section 55-3-306 NMSA 1978 is
enforceable against the party receiving payment and: (i) payment is made with
knowledge by the payor that payment is prohibited by injunction or similar process of a
court of competent jurisdiction; or (ii) in the case of an instrument other than a cashier's
check, teller's check or certified check, the party making payment accepted, from the
person having a claim to the instrument, indemnity against loss resulting from refusal to
pay the person entitled to enforce the instrument; or
(2)
the person making payment knows that the instrument is a stolen
instrument and pays a person it knows is in wrongful possession of the instrument.
(f) As used in this section, "signed" with respect to a record that is not a writing
includes the attachment to or logical association with the record of an electronic symbol,
sound or process with the present intent to adopt or accept the record.