A. The owner of a manufactured home subject to valuation for property taxation purposes shall report the manufactured home annually for valuation to the county assessor of the county in which the manufactured home is located on January 1. The report shall be in a form and contain the information required by department regulation and shall be made no later than the last day of February of the tax year in which the property is subject to valuation. B. The valuation method used for determining the value of manufactured homes for property taxation purposes shall be a cost method applying generally accepted appraisal techniques and shall generally provide for:
(1)the determination of initial cost of a manufactured home based upon classifications of manufactured homes and sales prices for the v
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A. The owner of a manufactured home subject to valuation for property taxation purposes shall report the manufactured home annually for valuation to the county assessor of the county in which the manufactured home is located on January 1. The report shall be in a form and contain the information required by department regulation and shall be made no later than the last day of February of the tax year in which the property is subject to valuation. B. The valuation method used for determining the value of manufactured homes for property taxation purposes shall be a cost method applying generally accepted appraisal techniques and shall generally provide for: (1) the determination of initial cost of a manufactured home based upon classifications of manufactured homes and sales prices for the various classifications; (2) deductions from initial cost for allowable depreciation, which allowances for depreciation shall be developed by the division; and (3) deduction from initial cost of other justifiable factors, including but not limited to functional and economic obsolescence. C. Whether or not the presence of a manufactured home is declared and reported by the owner to a county assessor as required by this section, the county assessor shall determine the value for property taxation purposes of each manufactured home located in the county and subject to valuation. County assessors shall use the information required to be furnished them under Sections 66-6-10 and 66-7-413 NMSA 1978 to assure that accurate records of locations of manufactured homes are maintained. D. Any person who intentionally refuses to make a report required of him under this section or who knowingly makes a false statement in a report required under this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by the imposition of a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). E. Any person who fails to make a report required of him under this section is liable for a civil penalty in an amount equal to five percent of the property taxes ultimately determined to be due on the property for the tax year or years for which he failed to make the required report. F. Any person who intentionally refuses to make a report required of him under this section with the intent to evade any tax or who fails to make a report required of him under this section with the intent to evade any tax is liable for a civil penalty in an amount equal to twenty-five percent of the property taxes ultimately determined to be due on the property for the tax year or years for which he refused or failed to make the required report. G. The civil penalties authorized under Subsections E and F of this section shall be imposed and collected at the time and in the manner that the tax is imposed and collected. In order to assist in the imposition and collection of the penalties, the assessor having responsibility for determining the value of the property shall make an entry in the valuation records indicating the liability for any penalties due under this section.