New Mexico § 48-3-16 Liens of owners and operators of public accommodations

New Mexico Statutes

§ 48-3-16 — Liens of owners and operators of public accommodations

New Mexico § 48-3-16

Ch. 48Liens and Mortgages

Art. 3Liens on Personal Property

This text of New Mexico § 48-3-16 (Liens of owners and operators of public accommodations) 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. § 48-3-16 (2026).

Text

A.The owner or operator of any hotel, motel, trailer court or campground shall have a lien upon the baggage, personal effects, trailer house, trailer, automobile, motor vehicle and other property placed in or upon the premises of the hotel, motel, trailer court or campground of the owner or operator for the payment of any services and accommodations offered by the owner or operator to the person for transient occupancy, including gas, water, electricity or other things furnished to the person or at the request of the person.

B.For purposes of this section, "transient occupancy" means occupancy of the premises for which rent is paid on less than a weekly basis or by a person who has not manifested an intent to make the occupied premises a residence or to maintain a household on the premis

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

A. The owner or operator of any hotel, motel, trailer court or campground shall have a lien upon the baggage, personal effects, trailer house, trailer, automobile, motor vehicle and other property placed in or upon the premises of the hotel, motel, trailer court or campground of the owner or operator for the payment of any services and accommodations offered by the owner or operator to the person for transient occupancy, including gas, water, electricity or other things furnished to the person or at the request of the person. B. For purposes of this section, "transient occupancy" means occupancy of the premises for which rent is paid on less than a weekly basis or by a person who has not manifested an intent to make the occupied premises a residence or to maintain a household on the premises.