NM Stat § 7-1-47 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 7 - Taxation|Article 1 - Administration|Section 7-1-47 - Redemption before sale.

Any person whose property has been levied upon shall have the right to pay the amount due, together with the expenses of the proceeding, or furnish acceptable security for the payment thereof according to the provisions of Section 7-1-54 NMSA 1978 to the department at any time prior to the sale thereof, and upon payment or furnishing of security, the secretary or the secretary's delegate shall restore the property to that person, and all further proceedings in connection with the levy on the property shall cease from the time of the payment. Any person who has a sufficient interest in property or rights to property levied upon to entitle the person to redeem it from sale, according to the provisions of this section, who does pay the amount due and accomplishes the redemption shall have a lien against the property in the amount paid and may file a notice thereof in the records of any county in the state in which the property is located and may foreclose the lien as provided by law. History: 1953 Comp., § 72-13-61, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 248, § 49; 1979, ch. 144, § 42; 2001, ch. 56, § 10. ANNOTATIONSThe 2001 amendment, effective July 1, 2001, substituted "to the department" for "to the director or his delegate" following "NMSA 1978"; and substituted "secretary or the secretary's delegate" for "director or his delegate". Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 72 Am. Jur. 2d State and Local Taxation §§ 988 to 1030. Constitutionality of statute extending period for redemption from judicial or tax sale, or sale upon mortgage foreclosure, 1 A.L.R. 143, 38 A.L.R. 229, 89 A.L.R. 966. Right after redemption from tax sale or forfeiture to maintain action for trespass committed between sale or forfeiture and redemption, 33 A.L.R. 302. Right of person under disability to redeem from tax sale, 65 A.L.R. 582, 159 A.L.R. 1467. Payment of tax or redemption from tax sale by public officer for benefit of owner, 66 A.L.R. 1035. Necessity and sufficiency of statement in notice of application for tax deed, or notice to redeem from tax sale, as regards time for redemption, 82 A.L.R. 502. Right and remedy of mortgagee who for the protection of his security pays taxes on, or redeems from tax sale of, mortgaged property, 84 A.L.R. 1366, 123 A.L.R. 1248. Judgment as lien on judgment debtor's equity of redemption in land sold for taxes, 91 A.L.R. 647. Erroneous or incomplete information by public officials, or refusal to give information, as excusing taxpayer's failure to redeem within required time, 134 A.L.R. 1299, 21 A.L.R.2d 1273. Refusal of tender, made under protest, of amount required for redemption from tax sale, 142 A.L.R. 1198. Constitutionality of provision for service by publication of notice of proceeding by purchaser at tax sale to foreclose delinquent owner's right of redemption, or of other proceeding to perfect tax purchaser's title, 145 A.L.R. 597. Constitutionality, construction and application of statutes providing for partial or proportional redemption from tax sale of land, 145 A.L.R. 1328. Who entitled to rents and profits, or rental value, during the redemption period following tax sale, 147 A.L.R. 1084. Retroactive application, to previous sales, of statutes reducing period of redemption from tax sales, as unconstitutional impairment of contract obligations, 147 A.L.R. 1123. Sufficiency of tax redemption notice which includes more than one tax assessment for which land was sold, or more than one tract of land, 155 A.L.R. 1198. One in adverse possession as within class of persons entitled to redeem from tax sale, 164 A.L.R. 1285. What constitutes "execution" of tax deed beginning or ending period for redemption from tax sale, 166 A.L.R. 853. Holder of tax certificate as affected by public official's waiver of, or failure to require, compliance with conditions of redemption, 21 A.L.R.2d 1273. Provisions of Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act relating to taxation of property of military personnel, 32 A.L.R.2d 618. Who may redeem, from a tax foreclosure or sale, property to which title or record ownership is held by corporation, 54 A.L.R.2d 1172. Applicability of tax redemption statutes to separate mineral estates, 56 A.L.R.2d 621. Right of interested party receiving due notice of tax sale or of right to redeem to assert failure or insufficiency of notice to other interested party, 45 A.L.R.4th 447. 85 C.J.S. Taxation §§ 1242 et seq.