For negotiating or securing any loan, no person, association of persons or corporation shall charge, collect or receive in excess of the following amounts:

Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 56-8-7

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.

A. upon any loan not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), four percent;

B. upon any loan exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) and not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), four percent upon the first five hundred dollars ($500) and three percent upon the remainder; and

C. upon any loan exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), four percent upon the first one thousand dollars ($1,000) and two percent upon the remainder; provided that this section shall not apply to any loan in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) when such loan is made for business, commercial or agricultural purposes, nor to any loan negotiated or secured by a registrant under the Mortgage Loan Company and Loan Broker Act [Mortgage Loan Company Act] [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 58, Article 21]. In such instances, broker’s fees shall be negotiable, but shall not exceed six percent of the principal amount of the loan.

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