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The New Mexico guide rests on the source-backed rules this site can verify for the state: which simplified procedure exists and what it limits, what the court charges, how the person administering the estate may be paid, and the statutory creditor-deadline clocks the official text states.Every published rule below is quoted in the publisher’s own words rather than summarised.
Simplified-procedure rule
New Mexico Compilation Commission / NMOneSource · History: 1953 Comp., § 32A-3-1201, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 257, § 3-1201; 1983, ch. 194, § 8; 1995, ch. 210, § 48; 2011, ch. 124, § 50. · Verified August 9, 2026
45-3-1201. Collection of personal property by affidavit. A. Thirty days after the death of a decedent, any person indebted to the decedent or having possession of tangible personal property or an instrument evidencing a debt, obligation, stock or chose in action belonging to the decedent shall make payment of the indebtedness or deliver the tangible personal property or an instrument evidencing a debt, obligation, stock or chose in action to a person claiming to be the successor of the decedent upon being presented an affidavit made by or on behalf of the successor stating that: (1) the value of the entire estate, wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000); (2) thirty days have elapsed since the death of the decedent;
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Executor compensation rule
New Mexico Compilation Commission / NMOneSource · History: 1953 Comp., § 32A-3-719, enacted by Laws 1976 (S.S.), ch. 37, § 10; repealed and reenacted by Laws 1995, ch. 210, § 38. · Verified August 9, 2026
45-3-719. Compensation for personal representatives. A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for his services. If a will provides for compensation of the personal representative and there is no contract with the decedent regarding compensation, he may renounce the provision before qualifying and be entitled to reasonable compensation. A personal representative also may renounce his right to all or any part of the compensation. A written renunciation of the fee may be filed with the court.
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Creditor deadline rule
New Mexico Compilation Commission / NMOneSource · History: 1953 Comp., § 32A-3-801, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 257, § 3-801; 1993, ch. 174, § 71; repealed and reenacted by Laws 2016, ch. 69, § 715. · Verified August 9, 2026
45-3-801. Notice to creditors. A. A personal representative upon appointment may publish a notice to creditors once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the probate proceeding is pending, announcing the personal representative's appointment and address and notifying creditors of the estate to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of the notice or be forever barred. B. A personal representative may give written notice by mail or other delivery to a creditor, announcing the personal representative's appointment and address and notifying the creditor to present the creditor's claim within four months after the published notice, if given as provided in Subsection A of this section, or within sixty days after the mailing or other delivery of the notice, whichever is later,
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NM NMSA 1978 §§ 45-3-801, -803
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Court cost rule
New Mexico Compilation Commission / NMOneSource · 1978 Comp., § 34-7-14, repealed and reenacted by Laws 2023, ch. 44, § 11. · Verified August 9, 2026
34-7-14. Fees of probate court. Clerks of the probate courts shall receive a filing fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) for each probate case.
What this means: The $30 probate-court filing fee is a single statewide statutory amount, not a locally-set charge. The section was repealed and reenacted by Laws 2023, ch. 44, § 11 (effective July 1, 2023); the reenactment preserved the $30 figure the 1993 amendment set.
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Court cost rule
New Mexico Compilation Commission / NMOneSource · The 2009 amendment, effective July 1, 2009 · Verified August 9, 2026
district court clerks shall collect in civil matters docketing any cause, whether original or reopened or by appeal or transfer from any inferior court, a fee of one hundred seventeen dollars ($117)
What this means: A formal or contested probate is a civil matter docketed in District Court, so the $117 civil docket fee applies; the statute states the fee by case type rather than naming 'probate'. The $117 figure was set by Laws 2009, ch. 245, § 1. Subsection B's $107 figure is for domestic-abuse proceedings under § 40-12-6, not probate.
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Court and venue rule
New Mexico Compilation Commission / NMOneSource · History: 1953 Comp., § 32A-1-302, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 257, § 1-302; 1978, ch. 159, § 2; 2011, ch. 124, § 7. · Verified August 9, 2026
45-1-302. Subject matter jurisdiction of district and probate courts. A. The district court has exclusive original jurisdiction over all subject matter relating to: (1) formal proceedings with respect to the estates of decedents, including determinations of testacy, appointment of personal representatives, constructions of wills, administration and expenditure of funds of estates, determination of heirs and successors of decedents and distribution and closing of estates;
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