New Mexico Landlord Compliance Kit: Deposit, Notice and Eviction Checklists with an Excel Tracker

Who it is for

Landlords and property managers with rentals in New Mexico, and tenants who want the same record, from move-in through move-out or a court case.

Not the right fit if

Your rental is outside New Mexico: get that state's kit. Not legal advice, not a lawyer's review of a lease, notice or court case, and not a set of legal notice forms; city and county rules aren't covered.

Why it is different

• Built only from our New Mexico data files, checked November 2026 against 5 official pages, among them New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department (Real Estate Commission): Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act, 2019 edition; New Mexico Courts, Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court: Self Help Pamphlet SH-109, Landlord's Process for Evicting a Tenant (rev. 9/24); New Mexico Courts, Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court: Self Help Pamphlet SH-110 (rev. 7/19); New Mexico Supreme Court: Rule 4-905B NMRA form, Eviction Prevention and Diversion Program (2022); New Mexico Courts: How to File a Civil Lawsuit.
• 4 items the official pages didn't state are marked "not confirmed" with the page to check, never guessed.
• The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and works out New Mexico notice and deposit dates for you.

What is inside

• Start here. How to use the kit, the 19 confirmed New Mexico rules at a glance and the 4 items to confirm: hearing after filing, judgment to writ, paying to stop the case, right to counsel (statewide), each with the official page to check.
• New Mexico landlord rules checklist. Deposits, notice periods, the eviction case and the small claims limit, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date. What it confirms: deposit limit: Rental agreements under one year: no more than one month's rent; return deadline: Within 30 days after the rental agreement ends or the resident leaves, whichever is later: an itemized written list of deductions and the balance; mailing to the last known address counts (47-8-18(C)); itemized list of deductions: An itemized written list of deductions with the balance (47-8-18(C)); interest on the deposit: Only on annual agreements where the deposit is more than one month's rent: yearly interest at the passbook rate the section names (47-8-18(A)(1)); where the deposit is held: None stated in NMSA 47-8-18; penalty the law states: Missing the 30 days forfeits the right to withhold any part and to counterclaim, plus court costs and attorney fees (47-8-18(D)); bad-faith retention adds a $250 civil penalty (47-8-18(E)); ending month-to-month (landlord): Written notice at least 30 days before the periodic rental date named in the notice (7 days for week-to-week); ending month-to-month (tenant): Written notice at least 30 days before the periodic rental date named in the notice (7 days for week-to-week).
• Move-in and move-out deposit checklist. A room-by-room condition checklist for both visits and the steps after move-out, with New Mexico's return deadline (within 30 days).
• Notice calendar. When each notice must go out: the lead time for every notice the state's text confirms, with a 2027 month-by-month serve-by table worked out with our notice date calculator's rules.
• Eviction timeline sheet. The New Mexico case in order from notice to lockout, with each confirmed stage, an example dated from a sample filing day where the rules give periods, and blanks for your own case dates.
• New Mexico landlord workbook (Excel). A tenant notice log that dates each notice from the New Mexico rules, a deposit tracker that works out the return date for each move-out, and a rent ledger with a running balance.