New Mexico Former-Resident Personal Property Notice

New Mexico Notice of Personal Property Left on the Premises

Select One Route

☐ Abandonment under § 47-8-34.1(A), after termination under § 47-8-34: store at least 30 days and serve this written notice with a disposition date at least 30 days after notice.

☐ Voluntary surrender: store at least 14 days from surrender and provide reasonable access; the statute does not require this notice, but it documents retrieval arrangements.

☐ Writ of restitution: no obligation to store beyond three days after execution unless otherwise agreed; the statute permits later disposal without further notice.

Termination, surrender, or writ date: [__/__/____]

Earliest disposition date for selected route: [__/__/____]

Notice

Former resident: [________________________________]

Last-known address: [________________________________]

Former dwelling: [________________________________]

Property stored: [____________________________________________________________]

Storage location: [________________________________]

Contact for retrieval: [NAME / TELEPHONE / ADDRESS / EMAIL]

Reasonable storage fee and prevailing moving fee claimed through retrieval: $[__________]

The resident may retrieve the property before the disposition date by contacting the owner. The owner will provide reasonable access and adequate opportunities for retrieval. Payment of authorized moving and storage costs may be required before release.

If this is the abandonment route and the property is not claimed or a retrieval attempt is not made before the stated date, the owner may dispose of it.

Service for Abandonment Route

• Personally delivered: ☐ Yes [DATE / DETAILS]
• First-class mail, postage prepaid, to last-known address: ☐ Yes [DATE]
• If returned or the last-known address is the vacated unit, mailed to another recorded employment, family, or emergency-contact address: ☐ Yes ☐ Not applicable [DETAILS]

Value and Disposition Accounting

Good-faith market value: $[__________]

☐ Less than $100 — counsel confirmed disposal route

☐ Exactly $100 — obtain legal review of the disposition route because § 47-8-34.1(D)-(E) addresses property below or above $100

☐ More than $100 — proposed sale or retention route documented

For property over $100, mail any required surplus or excess-value payment and itemized allocation within 15 days after sale or retention. If the dwelling is the last-known address, also mail the accounting to another recorded address when available.

Inventory, photographs, access offers, receipts, service proof, and final accounting retained: ☐ Yes

Owner/agent signature and date: [________________________________]

Sources and References

• NMSA 1978, §§ 47-8-34 and 47-8-34.1 — New Mexico Compilation Commission, current Chapter 47 PDF: https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/4408/1/document.do