2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 47 - Property Law
Article 10 - Mobile Home Parks
Section 47-10-11 - Closed parks prohibited.
A. The management shall not require, as a condition of tenancy in a mobile home park, that the prospective tenant purchase a mobile home from a particular seller or from any one of a particular group of sellers and shall not require that the management act as agent in the future sale of the mobile home.
B. The management shall not give any special preference in renting to a prospective tenant who has purchased a mobile home from a particular seller.
C. A seller of mobile homes shall not require as a condition of sale that a purchaser locate in a particular mobile home park or in any one of a particular group of mobile home parks.
D. The management shall not prohibit the listing or sale of a mobile home within the park by the owner of the mobile home or the owner's agent. The management shall not require as a condition of sale that the management serve as the selling agent.
E. The management shall treat all persons equally in evaluating credit or renting or leasing available space, except that a park may be designated for housing for older persons after a six months' notice to the residents, provided that the management complies with all applicable procedures of state and federal antidiscrimination laws, including the federal Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. Sections 3601-3619.
History: Laws 1983, ch. 122, § 11; 1997, ch. 186, § 2; 2007, ch. 194, § 1.
The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, amended Subsection E to permit a mobile home park to be designated for older persons if management complies with all applicable procedures of state and federal antidiscrimination laws.
The 1997 amendment, effective June 20, 1997, in Subsection A, substituted "purchase" for "has purchased" and added the language beginning "and shall not"; added Subsection D and redesignated former Subsection D as Subsection E; and inserted "evaluating credit or" in Subsection E.
