Probate Court

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Phone: 575.356.6971 • Fax: 575.356.3729 

Probate is the judicial process for transferring the property of a person who has died (called a decedent). The property is transferred according to either (1) the decedent's Will, or (2) if the decedent died without a Will, according to New Mexico's laws of intestate succession.

The Probate Court appoints legally qualified persons, called personal representatives, to manage and settle the decedent's business affairs. The Probate Judge transfers property of the deceased person's estate property, real and personal, to the rightful recipients.

Rightful recipients might include heirs, devisees named in a valid and current will, or creditors.

Probate Judge

Nancy Gentry • 575.356.8652