New Mexico Code § 14-16-8

Provision of information in writing; presentation of records
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(a) If parties have agreed to conduct a transaction by electronic means and a law
requires a person to provide, send or deliver information in writing to another person,
the requirement is satisfied if the information is provided, sent or delivered, as the case
may be, in an electronic record capable of retention by the recipient at the time of
receipt. An electronic record is not capable of retention by the recipient if the sender or
its information processing system inhibits the ability of the recipient to print or store the
electronic record.
(b) If a law other than the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act requires a record (i) to
be posted or displayed in a certain manner, (ii) to be sent, communicated or transmitted
by a specified method, or (iii) to contain information that is formatted in a certain
manner, the following rules apply:
(1) The record must be posted or displayed in the manner specified in the
other law.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (d)(2), the record must be
sent, communicated or transmitted by the method specified in the other law.
(3) The record must contain the information formatted in the manner specified
in the other law.
(c) If a sender inhibits the ability of a recipient to store or print an electronic record,
the electronic record is not enforceable against the recipient.
(d) The requirements of this section may not be varied by agreement, but:
(1) to the extent a law other than the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
requires information to be provided, sent or delivered in writing but permits that
requirement to be varied by agreement, the requirement under Subsection (a) that the
information be in the form of an electronic record capable of retention may also be
varied by agreement; and
(2) a requirement under a law other than the Uniform Electronic Transactions
Act to send, communicate or transmit a record by first-class mail, postage prepaid or
regular United States mail, may be varied by agreement to the extent permitted by the
other law.
History: Laws 2001, ch. 131, § 8.

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