New Mexico § 3-48-7 Refuse; delinquent assessments; penalty; lien; foreclosure

New Mexico Statutes

§ 3-48-7 — Refuse; delinquent assessments; penalty; lien; foreclosure

New Mexico § 3-48-7

Ch. 3Municipalities

Art. 48Refuse; Collection and Disposal

This text of New Mexico § 3-48-7 (Refuse; delinquent assessments; penalty; lien; foreclosure) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New Mexico primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

N.M. Stat. Ann. § 3-48-7 (2026).

Text

On or before October 1, of each year, the municipal clerk shall certify to the governing body a list containing any delinquent assessment with penalty added for nonpayment of the assessment at the rate of one percent per month of any assessment confirmed by resolution as provided in Section 3-48-6 NMSA 1978, and describe the parcel of real estate to which the assessment is applicable. After the certified list is accepted by the governing body, the assessment shall be a lien, when processed, against the parcel of real estate and shall be processed as provided in Sections 3-36-1 to 3-36-5 NMSA 1978. Any such lien shall be a lien superior to all other liens except general property taxes upon the property so charged and a personal liability of the owner of the property so charged.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

On or before October 1, of each year, the municipal clerk shall certify to the governing body a list containing any delinquent assessment with penalty added for nonpayment of the assessment at the rate of one percent per month of any assessment confirmed by resolution as provided in Section 3-48-6 NMSA 1978, and describe the parcel of real estate to which the assessment is applicable. After the certified list is accepted by the governing body, the assessment shall be a lien, when processed, against the parcel of real estate and shall be processed as provided in Sections 3-36-1 to 3-36-5 NMSA 1978. Any such lien shall be a lien superior to all other liens except general property taxes upon the property so charged and a personal liability of the owner of the property so charged.