N.M. Stat. § 55-4A-210
Rejection of payment order.
(a) A payment order is rejected by the receiving bank by a notice of rejection
transmitted to the sender orally or in a record. A notice of rejection need not use any
particular words and is sufficient if it indicates that the receiving bank is rejecting the
order or will not execute or pay the order. Rejection is effective when the notice is given
if transmission is by a means that is reasonable in the circumstances. If notice of
rejection is given by a means that is not reasonable, rejection is effective when the
notice is received. If an agreement of the sender and receiving bank establishes the
means to be used to reject a payment order, (i) any means complying with the
agreement is reasonable, and (ii) any means not complying is not reasonable unless no
significant delay in receipt of the notice resulted from the use of the noncomplying
means.
(b) This subsection applies if a receiving bank other than the beneficiary's bank fails
to execute a payment order despite the existence on the execution date of a
withdrawable credit balance in an authorized account of the sender sufficient to cover
the order. If the sender does not receive notice of rejection of the order on the
execution date and the authorized account of the sender does not bear interest, the
bank is obliged to pay interest to the sender on the amount of the order for the number
of days elapsing after the execution date to the earlier of the day the order is canceled
pursuant to Subsection (d) of Section 55-4A-211 NMSA 1978 or the day the sender
receives notice or learns that the order was not executed, counting the final day of the
period as an elapsed day. If the withdrawable credit balance during that period falls
below the amount of the order, the amount of interest is reduced accordingly.
(c) If a receiving bank suspends payments, all unaccepted payment orders issued to
it are deemed rejected at the time the bank suspends payments.
(d) Acceptance of a payment order precludes a later rejection of the order.
Rejection of a payment order precludes a later acceptance of the order.