N.M. Stat. § 59A-41-19
Conduct of delinquency proceedings against
nondomestic insurers; domiciliary receiver may sue.
A. Whenever under the laws of this state an ancillary receiver is to be appointed in
delinquency proceedings for an insurer not domiciled in this state, the court shall
appoint the superintendent as ancillary receiver. The superintendent shall file a petition
requesting the appointment:
(1)
if he finds that there are sufficient assets of such insurer located in this
state to justify the appointment of an ancillary receiver; or
(2)
if ten (10) or more persons resident in this state having claims against
such insurer file a petition with the superintendent requesting the appointment of such
ancillary receiver.
B. The domiciliary receiver for the purpose of liquidating an insurer domiciled in a
reciprocal state, shall be vested by operation of law with the title to all of the property,
contracts and rights of action, and all of the books and records of the insurer located in
this state, and he shall have the immediate right to recover balances due from the local
agents and to obtain possession of any books and records of the insurer found in this
state. He shall also be entitled to recover the other assets of the insurer located in this
state except that upon the appointment of an ancillary receiver in this state, the ancillary
receiver shall during the ancillary receivership proceedings have the sole right to
recover such other assets. The ancillary receiver shall, as soon as practicable, liquidate
from their respective securities those special deposit claims and secured claims which
are proved and allowed in the ancillary proceedings in this state, and shall pay the
necessary expenses of the proceedings. All remaining assets he shall promptly transfer
to the domiciliary receiver. Subject to the foregoing provisions the ancillary receiver and
his deputies shall have the same powers and be subject to the same duties with respect
to the administration of such assets, as a receiver of an insurer domiciled in this state.
C. The domiciliary receiver of an insurer domiciled in a reciprocal state may sue in
this state to recover any assets of such insurer to which he may be entitled under the
laws of this state.