Section 45-3-1301 - Collection of employee's final payment without administration

The surviving spouse of a deceased person may, without procuring letters, collect any sum representing the final payment owed the decedent at the time of his death for wages, earnings, salary, commissions, travel or other reimbursement from the state or any of its political subdivisions or from any corporation, copartnership, association, individual, bank or trust company. History: 1953 Comp., § 32A-3-1301, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 159, § 12; 1983, ch. 194, § 10. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For collection of personal property by affidavit in small estate, see 45-3-1201 NMSA 1978.