No warehouseman shall issue negotiable warehouse receipts until he has filed, with the county clerk, a surety company bond in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), payable to the state, and approved by the district attorney of the judicial district within which is located the office of the county clerk, to secure the faithful performance of the warehouseman’s obligation under the provisions of Sections 56-6-1 through 56-6-11 New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1978 Compilation, and under the Uniform Commercial Code, Article 7 N.M. Stat. Ann. § 55-7-101 to 55-7-807, and of such additional obligations, as a warehouseman, assumed by him under contracts with the depositors of agricultural products in the warehouse. The license shall terminate upon the expiration of the surety bond unless a new bond is filed with the county clerk not less than ten days prior to the expiration date.

Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 56-6-3

  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC