N.M. Code R. § 11.5.5.605 – Interrogatories

A. Request: Any party may serve upon any other party, without leave of the hearing officer, a single document containing no more that fifteen (15) written interrogatories. Each separately identified Subsection of any interrogatory shall be considered a separate interrogatory. Interrogatories exceeding the scope authorized by this Subsection shall be allowed only by order of the hearing officer in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 607 [now 11.5.5.607 NMAC].
B. Response: The party to whom the interrogatories are directed shall answer the interrogatories in writing, under oath, within ten (10) days after service of the interrogatories, or within such other period as the hearing officer may order upon motion and for good cause. The response shall be based not only upon the personal knowledge of the person signing on behalf of the responding party, but also upon information reasonably available to that person upon diligent inquiry.
[4/25/78, 3/6/79, 4/25/79, 1/1/94; Recompiled 11/30/01]