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NMSA 1978, § 7-1-31 — Seizure of property by levy for collection of taxes
A.
The secretary or secretary's delegate may proceed to collect tax from a
delinquent taxpayer by levy upon all property or rights to property of the delinquent
taxpayer and convert the property or rights to property to money by appropriate means.
B.
A levy is made by taking possession of property pursuant to authority contained
in a warrant of levy or by the service, by the secretary or secretary's delegate or any
sheriff or certified law enforcement employee of the department of public safety, of the
warrant upon the taxpayer or other person in possession of property or rights to
property of the taxpayer, upon the taxpayer's employer or upon any person or
depositary owing or who will owe money to or holding funds of the taxpayer, ordering
the taxpayer or other person to reveal the extent thereof and surrender it to the
secretary or secretary's delegate forthwith or agree to surrender it or the proceeds
therefrom in the future, but in any case on the terms and conditions stated in the
warrant.
C.
Upon agreement between the department and a financial institution, the
department may serve a warrant of levy on the financial institution in electronic format
pursuant to the Electronic Authentication of Documents Act [14-15-1 to 14-15-6 NMSA
1978] and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act [Chapter 14, Article 16 NMSA 1978].
Source: official text