N.M. Stat. Ann. § 12-11-4
If the governor and all of his constitutional successors are unavailable, the holders of the following offices shall be the disaster successors in the order named:
History: 1953 Comp., § 4-18-4, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 137, § 4.
Cross references. — For constitutional successors to governor, see N.M. Const., art. V, § 7.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 81A C.J.S. States §§ 87 to 90.