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N.M. Stat. § 37-2-9 — NM Code / Chapter 37 / Article 2 / Section 37-2-9
§ 37-2-9. Publication of notice where representatives of defendant nonresidents, etc.; when action revived
Status: in_force

When the plaintiff shall make an affidavit that the representatives of the defendant, or any of them, in whose name the action may be ordered to be revived, are nonresidents of the state, or have left the same to avoid the service of the order, or so concealed themselves that the order cannot be served upon them or that the names and residence of the heirs or devisees of the person against whom the action may be ordered to be revived, or some of them are unknown to the affiant, a notice may be published as provided in Chapter XCIV, notifying them to appear on a day therein named and show cause why the action should not be revived against them, and if sufficient cause be not shown to the contrary, the action shall stand revived.
N.M. Stat. § 63-11-6 — NM Code / Chapter 63 / Article 11 / Section 63-11-6
§ 63-11-6. Liability for damage from failure to make reasonable efforts to obtain information
Status: in_force

A. If any cable television lines and related facilities are damaged by any person who has failed to make reasonable efforts to inform himself as to their location as provided in Chapter 63, Article 11 NMSA 1978 then such person shall be liable to the owner of the cable television lines and related facilities for the entire cost of the repair of the cable television lines and related facilities plus reasonable attorney's fees. It is not the intent of Chapter 63, Article 11 NMSA 1978 to impose civil liability to any person beyond that provided in this section.

B. If any utility or homeowner improvements are damaged by the cable television service, who has failed to make reasonable efforts to inform himself as to their location as provided in Chapter 63, Article 11 NMSA 1978 then such person shall be liable to the homeowner for the entire cost of the utilities or improvements plus reasonable attorney's fees.
N.M. Stat. § 61-24D-9 — NM Code / Chapter 61 / Article 24D / Section 61-24D-9
§ 61-24D-9. Licensee; continuing education requirement
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt rules providing for continuing education programs that offer courses in home inspection practices and techniques. The rules shall require that a home inspector, as a condition of license renewal, shall successfully complete a minimum of sixty classroom hours of board-approved instruction every three years.
N.M. Stat. § 28-16B-1.1 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 28 / Article 16B / Section 28-16B-1.1
§ 28-16B-1.1. Professional guardian and conservator licensing.
Status: in_force

As used in the Office of Guardianship Act:

A. “ professional guardian ” means an individual or entity appointed by a court that serves as a guardian for more than two individuals who are not related to the guardian by marriage, adoption or third degree of blood or affinity; and

B. “ protected person ” means a person eighteen years of age or older for whom a guardian or conservator has been appointed or other protective order has been made.
N.M. Stat. § 42-10-11 — NM Code / Chapter 42 / Article 10 / Section 42-10-11
§ 42-10-11. When homestead exemption does not apply
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article do not apply or extend to taxes, garnishment, recorded liens of mortgagees or lessors or recorded liens of laborers or materialmen for labor or materials furnished for the construction or repair of the dwelling house.
N.M. Stat. § 18-9-1 — NM Code / Chapter 18 / Article 9 / Section 18-9-1
§ 18-9-1. Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the “Library Privacy Act”.
N.M. Stat. § 6-18-12 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 18 / Section 6-18-12
§ 6-18-12. Provisions for interest payments; tax levy
Status: in_force

A. Subject to any applicable limitations on indebtedness, with respect to refunding bonds, there may be included in the principal amount, and paid from the proceeds, of bonds issued pursuant to the Public Securities Short-Term Interest Rate Act capitalized interest for three years or such longer period as may otherwise be authorized by law. The proceeds of any levy of property taxes to the extent levied for interest on indebtedness for any period of time covered by such capitalized interest may be used to reimburse the improvement fund for the previous payment of interest from such fund.

B. To the extent that bonds issued pursuant to the Public Securities Short-Term Interest Rate Act constitute indebtedness, the officials now or hereafter charged by law with the duty of levying general (ad valorem) taxes for the payment of bonds and interest shall, in the manner provided by law, make an annual levy sufficient to meet the payments of principal and interest on such bonds maturing. Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the municipal corporation from applying any other funds that may be in the treasury or investment income actually received from sinking fund investments and available for that purpose, or the proceeds of renewal or refunding bonds or any other funds lawfully available therefor to the payment of the interest on or the principal of or any prior redemption premium in connection with such bonds as the same become due; and the levy or levies of taxes may be diminished to the extent such other revenues are or will be available for the payment of principal and interest of the bonds. Any levy of property taxes for interest on indebtedness for any year may be for the maximum interest that may be payable under the applicable bond legislation in the year in which such levy is collected. If, after provision for payment of interest in that year, there is any amount remaining from the collection of property taxes levied for such interest, it shall be used in succeeding years for the payment of interest on the bonds, and the levy for the succeeding years to provide money for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds shall be reduced accordingly, except that any such remainder may be used at any time for payment of principal of the bonds if and to the extent permitted by the bond proceedings, provided that the bond legislation shall permit the eventual application of all money collected from such levies to the payment of principal of and interest on indebtedness.
N.M. Stat. § 24-1-16 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 24 / Article 1 / Section 24-1-16
§ 24-1-16. Inspection definitions
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 16 through 19 of the Public Health Act:

A. “inspectorial search” means an entry into and examination of premises or vehicles, for the purpose of ascertaining the existence or nonexistence of conditions dangerous to health or safety or otherwise relevant to the public interest, in accordance with inspection requirements prescribed by fire, housing, sanitation, welfare, zoning or other laws or ordinances duly enacted for the promotion of public well-being;

B. “inspection officer” means an official authorized by law to conduct inspectorial searches; and

C. “inspection order” means an order issued by a magistrate or other competent official authorizing an inspectorial search.
N.M. Stat. § 73-15-14 — NM Code / Chapter 73 / Article 15 / Section 73-15-14
§ 73-15-14. Subsequent appraisals
Status: in_force

In case any property within or without any district is benefited, which for any reason was not appraised in the original proceedings or was not appraised to the extent of benefits received; or in case any person or public corporation shall make use of or profit by the works of any district to a degree not compensated for in the original appraisal; or in case the board finds it necessary subsequent to the time when the first appraisals are made, to damage or take any additional property, the board, at any time such condition becomes evident, shall direct the appraisers to appraise the benefits, or the enhanced benefits received, or damages or the value of property taken; and the proceedings outlined for appraising lands not at first included within the boundaries of the district shall in all matters be conformed to, including notice to the party or parties interested; or the board may, at its discretion, make settlement with such parties for such use, benefit, damage or property taken.
N.M. Stat. § 60-2A-8.1 — NM Code / Chapter 60 / Article 2A / Section 60-2A-8.1
§ 60-2A-8.1. Cooperative agreements with tribal governments
Status: in_force

A. The commission may enter into a cooperative agreement with an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo whose tribal lands lie wholly or partly in New Mexico for the exchange of information and for the reciprocal, joint or common direction, management or control of professional contests conducted, held or given in New Mexico. To be effective, an agreement must be signed by the governor.

B. Money collected by the commission on behalf of an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo in accordance with an agreement entered into pursuant to this section is not money of this state and shall be collected and disbursed in accordance with the terms of the agreement, notwithstanding any other provision of law.

C. Nothing in an agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be construed as an assertion or an admission by either this state or by the Indian nation, tribe or pueblo that the fees of one have precedence over the fees of the other when the person, event or transaction is subject to the jurisdiction of both governments. An agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be construed solely as an agreement between the two party governments and shall not alter or affect the government-to-government relations between this state and any other Indian nation, tribe or pueblo.
N.M. Stat. § 34-2-9 — NM Code / Chapter 34 / Article 2 / Section 34-2-9
§ 34-2-9. Applicants for license to practice law; criminal history information
Status: in_force

A. The supreme court shall require a background investigation of each applicant for admission to the state bar of New Mexico by means of fingerprint checks by the department of public safety and the federal bureau of investigation.

B. The director of the administrative office of the courts shall obtain from the department of public safety and the federal bureau of investigation, at the expense of an applicant for a license to practice law in the state of New Mexico, criminal history information concerning each applicant, using the applicant's fingerprints or other identifying information. The information shall be used only by the supreme court and the board of bar examiners in determining whether to grant the application, and shall not be disseminated to any other person or agency. The information shall be destroyed after the application is granted or denied.
N.M. Stat. § 7-15A-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 7 / Article 15A / Section 7-15A-2
§ 7-15A-2. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in the Weight Distance Tax Act:

A. “ bus ” means a motor vehicle designed and used for the transportation of a person and a motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of a person for compensation;

B. “ declared gross weight ” means the declared gross weight for purposes of the Motor Transportation Act; 1

C. “ department ” means the taxation and revenue department, the secretary of taxation and revenue or an employee of that department exercising authority lawfully delegated to that employee by the secretary;

D. “ gross vehicle weight ” means the weight of a vehicle without load, plus the weight of a load upon the vehicle;

E. “ motor vehicle ” means a vehicle that is self-propelled and a vehicle that is propelled by electric power obtained from batteries or from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails;

F. “ person ” means:

(1) an individual, estate, trust, receiver, cooperative association, club, corporation, company, firm, partnership, joint venture, syndicate or other association; and

(2) to the extent permitted by law, a federal, state or other governmental unit or subdivision or an agency, department or instrumentality of the federal, state or other governmental unit;

G. “ registrant ” means a person who has registered the vehicle pursuant to the laws of this state or another state;

H. “ secretary ” means the secretary of taxation and revenue or the secretary's delegate;

I. “ tax ” means the weight distance tax imposed by the Weight Distance Tax Act;

J. “ vehicle ” means a device in, upon or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including a frame, chassis or body of a vehicle or motor vehicle, except a device moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks; and

K. “ weight distance tax identification permit ” means an administrative certificate that is issued by the department and that identifies a specific vehicle as subject to the tax imposed pursuant to the Weight Distance Tax Act.
N.M. Stat. § 10-7F-5 — NM Code / Chapter 10 / Article 7F / Section 10-7F-5
§ 10-7F-5. Right to produce evidence
Status: in_force

When a hazardous duty officer is under investigation for an administrative matter, the officer shall be permitted to produce any relevant documents, witnesses or other evidence to support the officer's case and the officer may cross-examine any adverse witnesses during any grievance process or appeal involving disciplinary action.
N.M. Stat. § 12-13A-4 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 12 / Article 13A / Section 12-13A-4
§ 12-13A-4. New Mexico-Chihuahua commission created; members; administration
Status: in_force

A. The “New Mexico-Chihuahua commission” is created and is administratively attached to the economic development department.

B. The members of the commission representing New Mexico shall be:

(1) the governor of New Mexico;

(2) the secretary of economic development;

(3) the secretary of tourism;

(4) other state officials as assigned by the governor; and

(5) no more than ten members of the public appointed by the governor of New Mexico.

C. The members of the commission representing Chihuahua shall be appointed or assigned according to the customary procedure of the executive branch of the government of that state.

D. The economic development department shall provide administrative assistance to the commission as needed.

E. The economic development department shall keep records of commission proceedings.

F. The co-chairs of the commission shall be the governors of New Mexico and Chihuahua.

G. Meetings of the commission shall be at the call of the co-chairs or pursuant to the request of a majority of the members of the commission.

H. Terms for public members of the commission appointed by the governor of New Mexico shall be for two years with reappointment to additional terms at the discretion of the governor.

I. A vacancy in a term of a commission member representing New Mexico shall be filled by appointment by the governor of New Mexico for the remainder of the term of the position vacated.

J. The public members of the commission appointed by the governor of New Mexico shall receive per diem and mileage pursuant to the Per Diem and Mileage Act for performance of official duties required by the commission and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.
N.M. Stat. § 58-21-28 — NM Code / Chapter 58 / Article 21 / Section 58-21-28
§ 58-21-28. Enforcement
Status: in_force

A. In order to ensure the effective supervision and enforcement of the Mortgage Loan Company Act, the director may:

(1) deny, suspend, revoke or decline to renew a license for a violation of that act, rules issued pursuant to that act or order or directive entered pursuant to that act;

(2) deny, suspend, revoke or decline to renew a license if an applicant or licensee fails at any time to meet the requirements of licensing pursuant to that act or rules issued pursuant to that act;

(3) order restitution against persons subject to that act for violations of that act;

(4) impose fines on persons subject to that act pursuant to Subsections B through D of this section;

(5) order or direct such other affirmative action as the director deems necessary;

(6) deny the person's license application or suspend or revoke the person's license in New Mexico as a mortgage loan company;

(7) award damages to the injured party in double the amount of fees charged by the mortgage loan company for originating, brokering, negotiating or making a loan within the jurisdiction of that act;

(8) issue orders or directives pursuant to that act as follows:

(a) order or direct persons subject to that act to cease and desist from conducting business, including immediate temporary orders to cease and desist;

(b) order or direct persons subject to that act to cease and desist any harmful activities or violations of that act, including immediate temporary orders to cease and desist; and

(c) enter immediate temporary orders to cease business under a license issued pursuant to the authority granted pursuant to that act if the director determines that such license was erroneously granted or the licensee is currently in violation of that act; and

(9) initiate one or more of the actions specified in Section 58-21-29 NMSA 1978 , as applicable.

B. The director may impose a civil penalty on a mortgage loan company or person subject to the Mortgage Loan Company Act if the director finds, on the record after notice and opportunity for hearing, that the mortgage loan company or person subject to that act has violated or failed to comply with any requirement of that act or any rule adopted by the director pursuant to that act or order issued pursuant to that act.

C. The maximum amount of penalty for each act or omission described in Section 58-21-8 NMSA 1978 shall be twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).

D. Each violation or failure to comply with any directive or order of the director is a separate and distinct violation or failure.
N.M. Stat. § 14-16-12 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 14 / Article 16 / Section 14-16-12
§ 14-16-12. Retention of electronic records; originals
Status: in_force

(a) If a law requires that a record be retained, the requirement is satisfied by retaining an electronic record of the information in the record which:

(1) accurately reflects the information set forth in the record after it was first generated in its final form as an electronic record or otherwise; and

(2) remains accessible for later reference.

(b) A requirement to retain a record in accordance with Subsection (a) does not apply to any information the sole purpose of which is to enable the record to be sent, communicated or received.

(c) A person may satisfy Subsection (a) by using the services of another person if the requirements of that subsection are satisfied.

(d) If a law requires a record to be presented or retained in its original form, or provides consequences if the record is not presented or retained in its original form, that law is satisfied by an electronic record retained in accordance with Subsection (a).

(e) If a law requires retention of a check, that requirement is satisfied by retention of an electronic record of the information on the front and back of the check in accordance with Subsection (a).

(f) A record retained as an electronic record in accordance with Subsection (a) satisfies a law requiring a person to retain a record for evidentiary, audit or like purposes, unless a law enacted after the effective date of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act specifically prohibits the use of an electronic record for the specified purpose.

(g) This section does not preclude a governmental agency of this state from specifying additional requirements for the retention of a record subject to the agency's jurisdiction.
N.M. Stat. § 3-53-2 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 3 / Article 53 / Section 3-53-2
§ 3-53-2. Regulation of water use
Status: in_force

In order to prevent waste and to conserve the supply of water, a municipality which owns and operates a water utility, or has granted a franchise for the operation of a public water system, may by ordinance regulate and restrict the use of water.
N.M. Stat. § 31-21-11 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 21 / Section 31-21-11
§ 31-21-11. Parole to detainers to serve another sentence or for hospitalization and treatment
Status: in_force

Prisoners who are otherwise eligible for parole may be paroled to detainers to serve another sentence within the penitentiary or to the forensic treatment or alcohol treatment unit of the New Mexico behavioral health institute at Las Vegas or to any other specific hospital or residential treatment program determined necessary by the board.
N.M. Stat. § 18-6-21 — NM_STATUTES Code / Chapter 18 / Article 6 / Section 18-6-21
§ 18-6-21. Fund created; administration
Status: in_force

A. There is created in the state treasury a revolving loan fund which shall be known as the “historic preservation loan fund”. The division shall administer the fund and may make loans from the fund in accordance with the Historic Preservation Loan Act.

B. The division shall deposit in the fund all receipts from the repayment of loans made pursuant to the Historic Preservation Loan Act.

C. The division may deposit in the fund any private funds made available for the purposes of the Historic Preservation Loan Act and any federal funds made available for the purpose of making grants or loans to owners of registered historic properties. Such funds may be used by the division to make or to subsidize loans made pursuant to the Historic Preservation Loan Act.
N.M. Stat. § 6-8A-4 — NM Code / Chapter 6 / Article 8A / Section 6-8A-4
§ 6-8A-4. Accounts
Status: in_force

A. An account owner may:

(1) establish an account with a financial organization or fiduciary;

(2) close the account and establish an account with another financial organization or fiduciary, no more than twice in any tax year; and

(3) change the owner of an account to a family member of a designated beneficiary; provided that the family member is an eligible person.

B. More than one person may contribute to an account.

C. A person shall not be the designated beneficiary of more than one account.
N.M. Stat. § 31-20-13 — NM Code / Chapter 31 / Article 20 / Section 31-20-13
§ 31-20-13. Conditional discharge order; exception
Status: in_force

A. When a person who has not been previously convicted of a felony offense is found guilty of a crime for which a deferred or suspended sentence is authorized, the court may, without entering an adjudication of guilt, enter a conditional discharge order and place the person on probation on terms and conditions authorized by Sections 31-20-5 and 31-20-6 NMSA 1978 . A conditional discharge order may only be made available once with respect to any person.

B. If the person violates any of the conditions of probation, the court may enter an adjudication of guilt and proceed as otherwise provided by law.

C. The court shall not enter a conditional discharge order for a person found guilty of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, pursuant to the provisions of Section 66-8-102 NMSA 1978 .