N.M. Stat. § 59A-51-2
Definitions.
As used in the Bail Bondsmen Licensing Law:
A. "bail bondsman" means a limited surety agent or a property bondsman as
hereafter defined;
B. "insurer" means any surety insurer that is authorized to transact surety business
in this state;
C. "limited surety agent" means any individual appointed by an insurer by power of
attorney to execute or countersign bail bonds in connection with judicial proceedings
and receives or is promised money or other things of value therefor;
D. "property bondsman" means any person who pledges United States currency,
United States postal money orders or cashier's checks or other property as security or
surety for a bail bond in connection with a judicial proceeding and receives or is
promised therefor money or other things of value; and
E. "solicitor" means a person employed by a bail bondsman for the purpose of
assisting the bail bondsman in presenting the defendant in court when required, or to
assist in the apprehension and surrender of the defendant to the court or in keeping the
defendant under necessary surveillance, and to solicit bail bond business, to sign
property bonds and to assist in other conduct of the business all as authorized by the
employer bail bondsman. This does not affect the right of a bail bondsman to hire
counsel or to ask assistance of law enforcement officers. A bail bondsman shall register
a solicitor with the superintendent within seven days of employment.