The Living Will in New Mexico is titled "Instructions for Healthcare" and is included in an Advance Directive packet along with a form for naming a Health Care Proxy.
You must sign and it is advised that two (2) witnesses sign your NM Advance Directive in order for it to be legal.
You must sign and it is advised that two (2) witnesses sign your NM Advance Directive in order for it to be legal.
New Mexico Advance Directive Form
Other resources for New Mexico:
Death Certificates
Digital Estate Planning Laws:
Law: SB 60 Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act
Description: This law authorizes a decedent’s personal representative or trustee to access and manage digital assets and electronic communications.
Status: Signed into law on April 6, 2017; Effective January 1, 2018
Death With Dignity Legislation (a.k.a. Aid-In-Dying or Physician-Assisted Death)
Organ Donation Registries
New Mexico Organ Donation registry official link.
MOST (Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment) Form
Download the MOST form for New Mexico residents.
Probate Laws
Chapter 45: Uniform Probate Code
Estate And Inheritance Tax Rate
Death Certificates
Digital Estate Planning Laws:
Law: SB 60 Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act
Description: This law authorizes a decedent’s personal representative or trustee to access and manage digital assets and electronic communications.
Status: Signed into law on April 6, 2017; Effective January 1, 2018
Death With Dignity Legislation (a.k.a. Aid-In-Dying or Physician-Assisted Death)
- In January, Second Judicial District Judge Nan Nash ruled that the New Mexico Constitution give mentally competent adults with terminal prognosis the right to death with dignity. The ruling is currently being appealed by the state Attorney General.
Organ Donation Registries
New Mexico Organ Donation registry official link.
MOST (Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment) Form
Download the MOST form for New Mexico residents.
Probate Laws
Chapter 45: Uniform Probate Code
Estate And Inheritance Tax Rate
- New Mexico has no estate tax or inheritance tax