N.M. Stat. § 59A-30-5.1
Available funds required to issue policy.
Unless the consideration necessary to create the estate to be insured has been
previously delivered, no title insurance agent or title insurer shall issue a title insurance
policy until the title insurance agent, title insurer or a third party fiduciary holds available
funds, as defined under Subsection E of Section 59A-30-3 NMSA 1978, in an amount
sufficient to create the estate being insured and to pay in accordance with the
instructions of the parties to the transaction, all sums required to be paid through and at
the time of the closing.