Section 42-8-5 - Affidavit. - New Mexico Statutes

42-8-5. Affidavit.

Before the writ of replevin is issued, the plaintiff or some creditable person in his stead shall file in the district court an affidavit stating:   

A.     that the plaintiff is lawfully entitled to the possession of the property mentioned in the complaint;   

B.     that the same was wrongfully taken or wrongfully detained by the defendant;   

C.     that the plaintiff has reason to believe that the defendant may conceal, dispose of, or waste the property or the revenues therefrom or remove the property from the jurisdiction, during the pendency of the action;   

D.     that the right of action accrued within one year; and   

E.     specific facts, from which it clearly appears that the above allegations are justified.