--- title: "New Mexico Landlord Compliance Kit | MCC Solutions" description: "New Mexico landlord kit: deposit capped at 1 month of rent, deposit returned within 30 days. Checklists, notice calendar and Excel tracker." url: "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/toolkits/new-mexico-landlord-compliance-kit" --- Document pack # New Mexico Landlord Compliance Kit: Deposit, Notice and Eviction Checklists with an Excel Tracker The New Mexico landlord-tenant rules in one package: deposit capped at 1 month of rent; deposit returned within 30 days; 30-day notice to end month-to-month; 3-day notice for unpaid rent; 24-hour entry notice; $10,000 small claims limit. **Coming soon** not on sale yet Why it is not on sale yet [Read the free guide](/state-rules?state=nm) 🌙 The desk is asleep. The store never is. Every kit and ebook downloads the moment you pay, day or night. Questions get answered after we open in the morning. [Browse the store](/toolkits) 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 7 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 Supreme Court: Form 4-909 NMRA, Judgment for Restitution (effective December 31, 2025); New Mexico Courts: How to File a Civil Lawsuit, plus National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel (a vetted secondary source, marked in the kit) where no official page could be read. - 2 items the official pages didn't state are left out of the rules and put on a short look-up list 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 21 confirmed New Mexico rules at a glance and a short look-up list of 2 points to check: hearing after filing, paying to stop the case, each with the official page. - **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); rent increase notice: Month-to-month: written notice at least 30 days before the periodic rental date in the agreement; unpaid rent notice: 3 days after written notice of nonpayment and intent to terminate; entry notice: 24 hours' written notice, unless the owner and resident agree otherwise; late fee limits: No more than 10% of the total rent payment for each rental period in default; court: Magistrate, Metropolitan (Bernalillo County) and District Courts hear eviction cases; filing fee: Set by each court; the Metropolitan Court (Albuquerque) lists $77 to file a petition; time to answer or appear: The tenant may file an answer any time before the trial date and must appear at the trial; judgment to writ: The statewide judgment form sets the writ of restitution to take effect 3 to 7 days after the judgment is filed. - **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. A look inside ## The first pages, as you will get them [![Page 1 of the Start Here (New Mexico Landlord Compliance Kit)](/img/toolkits/new-mexico-landlord-compliance-kit/doc-1.webp)](/img/toolkits/new-mexico-landlord-compliance-kit/doc-1.webp) First page of Start Here [![Page 1 of the New Mexico Landlord Rules Checklist (New Mexico Landlord Compliance Kit)](/img/toolkits/new-mexico-landlord-compliance-kit/doc-2.webp)](/img/toolkits/new-mexico-landlord-compliance-kit/doc-2.webp) First page of New Mexico Landlord Rules Checklist Get it ## New Mexico Landlord Compliance Kit Coming soon This kit is being finished: every state rule in it is checked against official sources before it goes on sale. Free now: [State rules directory](/state-rules?state=nm) Delivered as a zip of editable Word files and printable PDFs. For one business, your own use. General information and templates, not legal, tax or accounting advice. General information, not legal advice; we are not lawyers. The kit describes the rules for both sides of a lease and takes neither side. Cities, counties and the lease can add rules; the official pages linked in the kit have the final word. Payment is handled by Stripe. If a file will not open or something looks wrong, reply to your order email and we will make it right. Questions ## Common questions **What do I get and how is it delivered?** The New Mexico Landlord Kit comes as a zip with five documents, each as an editable Word file and a printable PDF: Start Here, New Mexico Landlord Rules Checklist, Move-In Move-Out Deposit Checklist, Notice Calendar 2027, and Eviction Timeline Sheet, plus an Excel workbook (New Mexico Landlord Workbook). The download link arrives by email after payment. **Will it open on a Mac, Google Sheets or my phone?** The PDFs open in any PDF reader, and the Word files edit in Word, Google Docs or LibreOffice. The workbook is built for Excel and tested in LibreOffice; it should open in Google Sheets, but not every feature is tested there. If a file will not open or something looks wrong, reply to your order email and we will make it right. If it is not right for you, email us within 14 days of buying for a full refund. **Is this legal or tax advice?** General information, not legal advice; we are not lawyers. **Is it the right fit for me?** It is made 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. Skip it if your rental is outside New Mexico: get that state's kit. Also from MCC Solutions [### Month-End Close Workbook A real month-end close in one Excel file. 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