Statutes > New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 55 - Uniform Commercial Code. > Article 3 - Negotiable Instruments, 55-3-101 through 55-3-805. > Section 55-3-301 - Person entitled to enforce instrument.

Section 55-3-301 - Person entitled to enforce instrument.

55-3-301. Person entitled to enforce instrument.

"Person entitled to enforce" an instrument means (i) the holder of the instrument, (ii) a nonholder in possession of the instrument who has the rights of a holder, or (iii) a person not in possession of the instrument who is entitled to enforce the instrument pursuant to Section 55-3-309 or 55-3-418(d) NMSA 1978.  A person may be a person entitled to enforce the instrument even though the person is not the owner of the instrument or is in wrongful possession of the instrument.