2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 7 - Taxation
Article 1 - Administration
Section 7-1-42 - Notice of sale.
As soon as practicable after the levy, the secretary or the secretary's delegate shall decide on a time and place for the sale of the property, shall make a diligent inquiry as to the identity and whereabouts of the owner of the property and persons having an interest therein and shall notify the owner and persons having an interest therein of the time and place for the sale. The fact that any person entitled thereto does not receive the notice provided for in this section does not affect the validity of the sale.
History: 1953 Comp., § 72-13-56, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 248, § 44; 1979, ch. 144, § 37; 2001, ch. 56, § 6.
Cross references. — For publication of notice generally, see 14-11-1 to 14-11-13 NMSA 1978.
The 2001 amendment, effective July 1, 2001, substituted "secretary or the secretary's delegate" for "director or his delegate".
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 72 Am. Jur. 2d State and Local Taxation §§ 916 to 930.
Effect of misnomer of landowner or delinquent taxpayer in notice, advertisement, etc., of tax foreclosure or sale, 43 A.L.R.2d 967.
Validity of notice of tax sale or of tax sale proceeding which fails to state tax year or kind or type of taxes covered by tax assessments, 43 A.L.R.2d 988.
What is "public place" within requirements as to posting of notices, 90 A.L.R.2d 1210.
Inclusion or exclusion of first and last days in computing the time for performance of an act or event which must take place a certain number of days before a known future date, 98 A.L.R.2d 1331.
Right of interested party receiving due notice of tax sale or of right to redeem to assert failure or insufficiency of notice to other interested party, 45 A.L.R.4th 447.
