# New Mexico Inheritance Question
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/new-mexico-inheritance-question/67316
**Category:** Ownership and Title
**Created:** [July 30, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/new-mexico-inheritance-question/67316 "2022-07-30T18:56:11Z")
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### Author:  [@fixit](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/fixit)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/new-mexico-inheritance-question/67316/1 "2022-07-30T18:56:11Z")
I have a question about New Mexico inheritance. In a nutshell, a person died in Oregon in 2000 who had inherited minerals from his mother. He did not have a will. He had three children from a previous marriage. His wife at the time filed the death notice with the county in New Mexico, and also included a bill of sale statement showing she purchased the minerals from all three of his children.
Would that be considered a legal sale? They never probated the man’s death in New Mexico. The second wife only filed his death certificate and included a notarized sales contract from the children to the step-mother.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@TennisDaze](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/TennisDaze)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/new-mexico-inheritance-question/67316/2 "2022-07-30T21:29:25Z")
This is a question of New Mexico law, exact wording of all related documents, number of years and an understanding of all the specific facts and circumstances, including whether any signatory was a minor at the time and when the fact became known or should have been known. You should consult a New Mexico title attorney.
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### Author:  [@fixit](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/fixit)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/new-mexico-inheritance-question/67316/3 "2022-07-30T21:48:38Z")
No minors. The death and filing were in the year 2000.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/new-mexico-inheritance-question/67316/4 "2022-10-28T18:56:41Z")
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