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NMSA 1978, § 7-38-68 — Installment agreements
A.
The division may enter into an installment agreement for the payment of all
delinquent property taxes, penalties, interest and costs due with respect to either real
property or a manufactured home with the owner of the real property or manufactured
home whose taxes have become delinquent and whose account for all or part of the
delinquent taxes has been transferred for collection to the division. Execution of an
installment agreement under this section by a property owner is an irrevocable
admission of liability for all taxes that are the subject of the agreement. The installment
agreement shall be in writing and shall not extend for a period of more than thirty-six
months. Interest shall accrue on the unpaid balance during the period of the installment
agreement. The rate of interest shall be one percent a month, and no other interest on
that portion of the principal representing unpaid taxes shall accrue while an installment
agreement is in effect. The division shall not enter into an installment agreement with a
property owner on or after the date of the initial sale of real property or manufactured
home for delinquent taxes whether or not the real property or manufactured home is
sold and a deed issued as a result of that sale. The division shall promulgate
regulations establishing requirements for a minimum down payment and substantially
equal monthly payments for installment agreements.
B.
An installment agreement prevents any further action to collect the delinquent
taxes stated in the agreement as long as the terms of the agreement are met.
C.
The division may proceed under the Property Tax Code to collect the property
taxes, penalties, interest and costs due and unpaid if:
(1) installment payments are not made on or before the dates specified in the
agreement;
(2) the property owner fails to pay other property taxes when required; or
(3) any other condition contained in the agreement is not met.
D.
For the purpose of computing the time when real property or a manufactured
home may be sold for delinquent taxes, the date of original delinquency shall be used
when the delinquent taxes have been the subject of an installment agreement that was
subsequently breached by the property owner.
E.
If an owner of real property or a manufactured home enters into an installment
agreement and subsequently breaches the agreement under this section, the division
shall not enter into another installment agreement with that property owner for the
payment of the delinquent taxes that were the subject of the installment agreement.
F.
Alphabetically indexed and serially numbered records of installment agreements
must be kept in the office of the director and made available for public inspection.
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