N.M. Stat. § 59A-22-7
Reinstatement.
There shall be a provision as follows:
If any renewal premium be not paid within the time granted the insured for payment,
a subsequent acceptance of premium by the insurer or by any agent duly authorized by
the insurance company to accept such premium, without requiring in connection
therewith an application for reinstatement, shall reinstate the policy; provided, however,
that if the insurance company or such agent requires an application for reinstatement
and issues a conditional receipt for the premium tendered, the policy will be reinstated
upon approval of such application by the insurer or, lacking such approval, upon the
thirtieth day following the date of such conditional receipt unless the insurance company
has previously notified the insured in writing of its disapproval of such application. The
reinstated policy shall cover only loss resulting from such accidental injury as may be
sustained after the date of reinstatement and loss due to such sickness as may begin
more than ten days after such date. In all other respects the insured and insurance
company shall have the same rights thereunder as they had under the policy
immediately before the due date of the defaulted premium, subject to any provisions
endorsed hereon or attached hereto in connection with the reinstatement. Any premium
accepted in connection with a reinstatement shall be applied to a period for which
premium has not been previously paid, but not to any period more than sixty days prior
to the date of reinstatement.
(The last sentence of the above provision may be omitted from any policy which the
insured has the right to continue in force subject to its terms by the timely payment of
premiums (1) until at least age 50 or, (2) in the case of a policy issued after age 44, for
at least five years from its date of issue.)