HOUSE BILL 1000
47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005
INTRODUCED BY
Larry A. Larrañaga
AN ACT
RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY; REQUIRING COUNTY CLERKS TO NOTIFY PROPERTY OWNERS OF CLAIMS OF LIEN FILINGS; INCREASING RECORDING FEES FOR CERTAIN LIENS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 14-8-12 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1939, Chapter 179, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:
"14-8-12. RECORDING FEES--WHEN INSTRUMENT NOT PHOTOCOPIED.--
A. County clerks shall receive for recording the following fees when the instrument is not photocopied:
standard form of deeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.75
nonstandard form of deeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00
standard form of mortgage deeds. . . . . . . . . . . 2.00
nonstandard form of mortgage deeds . . . . . . . . . 2.25
standard form of amortization mortgage,
long form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.75
standard form of amortization mortgage,
short form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.25
nonstandard form of amortization mortgage,
long form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.25
nonstandard form of amortization mortgage,
short form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.75
standard form assignment of mortgage. . . . . . . . 1.50
nonstandard form assignment of mortgage . . . . . . 1.75
standard form oil and gas mining leases . . . . . . 1.75
nonstandard form oil and gas mining leases. . . . . 2.00
standard form assignment of oil and gas
mining leases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50
nonstandard form assignment of oil and gas
mining leases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.75
standard form release of oil and gas lease. . . . . 1.25
nonstandard form release of oil and gas lease . . . 1.50
for release of each recorded mortgage or
deed of trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00
deed of trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.25
bill of sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00
affidavits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00
notary bond and oath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00
notary commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00
filing chattel mortgages or conditional sale
contracts with or without assignments . . . . . . . .50
filing separate assignment of chattel mortgage
conditional sale contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
for release of each filed chattel mortgage
conditional sale contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
official bonds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50
notice of mining location or proof of labor . . . . 1.25
abstractor's bond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.25
abstractor's continuation certificate . . . . . . . 1.25
abstractor's lien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
mechanic's lien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[1.75] 10.00
issuing transcript of judgment . . . . . . . . . . .75
recording transcript of judgment. . . . . . . . . . 1.25
tax sale certificate or an assignment
of the certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.25
redemption of tax sale certificate . . . . . . . . 1.25
patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.75.
B. For each instrument recorded, the recording fee for which is not fixed in Subsection A of this section and when the instrument is not photocopied, the recording fee shall be one dollar seventy-five cents ($1.75) for the first seven hundred words or less and twenty-five cents ($.25) for each additional hundred words or fraction thereof."
Section 2. Section 48-2-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1880, Chapter 16, Section 8, as amended) is amended to read:
"48-2-8. RECORDING OF LIENS--INDEXING--FEES.--The county clerk [must] shall record the claim in a book kept [by him] for that purpose, which record [must] shall be indexed as deeds and other conveyances are required by law to be indexed, and for which [he] the county clerk may receive the same fees as are allowed by law for recording deeds and other instruments. Any claim, the form of which complies with the requirements of [this article] Sections 48-2-1 through 48-2-17 NMSA 1978, shall be entitled to be filed of record and need not comply with the requirements of Section 14-8-4 NMSA 1978. The county clerk shall, within fifteen calendar days of recording a claim of lien, mail a copy of the claim by first class mail, postage pre-paid, to the owner of record of the real property that is the subject of the claim of lien at the property owner's last known address."
Section 3. Section 48-4-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1949, Chapter 15, Section 3) is amended to read:
"48-4-3. RECORDING OF LIENS--INDEXING--FEES.--The county clerk [must] shall record the claim of lien in a book kept for that purpose, which record [must] shall be indexed as deeds and other conveyances are required by law to be indexed and for which [he] the county clerk may receive the same fees as are allowed by law for recording deeds. The county clerk shall, within fifteen calendar days of recording a claim of lien, mail a copy of the claim by first class mail, postage pre-paid, to the owner of record of the real property that is the subject of the claim of lien at the property owner's last known address."
Section 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is January 1, 2006.
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