New Mexico Statutes
§ 48-3-19 — Lien for towing, storage or wrecker service for
New Mexico § 48-3-19
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Bluebook
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 48-3-19 (2026).
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automobiles. All garage owners and persons engaged in the business of towing automobiles, storing automobiles or furnishing wrecker service shall have a lien on all automobiles towed, stored or upon which wrecker service is performed when such towing, storage or wrecker service is furnished or performed at the request or with the consent of any person lawfully in possession of such automobile, for the reasonable value of such services and for costs incurred in enforcing the lien. A peace officer who requests towing, storage or wrecker service for a wrecked, abandoned or stolen vehicle shall be deemed a person lawfully in possession of such vehicle within the meaning of this section. The lien created under this section shall be perfected under Sections 48-3-13 and 48-3-14 NMSA 1978.
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Legislative History
Laws 1937, ch. 150, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 63-314; 1953 Comp., § 61-3-17; Laws
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Bluebook (online)
New Mexico § 48-3-19, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nm/48/48-3-19.