New Mexico Tenant Seven-Day Owner Breach Termination Notice
New Mexico Tenant Seven-Day Owner Breach Termination Notice
Before you use this: NMSA 1978 § 47-8-27.1(A)(1) requires a written notice specifying the owner's material breach and a termination date at least seven days after the owner receives it. The rental agreement does not terminate if the owner reasonably attempts to adequately remedy the breach before the date stated. A cure period ending on a weekend or federal holiday extends to the next ordinary day under subsection (E).
Date: [__/__/____]
To owner or authorized agent: [NAME AND ADDRESS]
From resident: [NAME, PHONE OR EMAIL]
Rental premises: [STREET ADDRESS, UNIT, CITY, NEW MEXICO, ZIP]
Breach and required correction
You have failed to perform your obligation under [RENTAL-AGREEMENT TERM OR NMSA 1978 § 47-8-20 DUTY]. The acts and omissions constituting the breach are [SPECIFIC FACTS, CONDITION, LOCATION, AND DATES]. The breach ☐ materially violates the rental agreement ☐ materially affects health and safety under the Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act. It has affected my use of the dwelling as follows: [FACTS].
I request that you adequately remedy the breach by [SPECIFIC CORRECTIVE ACTION]. I will provide reasonable access for that work at [DATES AND TIMES OR CONTACT TO ARRANGE]. The condition was not caused by my deliberate or negligent act or omission or that of a family member or another person on the premises with my consent. Supporting facts are [DESCRIBE].
Seven-day termination notice
This written notice will be delivered by [METHOD] on [__/__/____]. Your actual receipt date is [__/__/____], as shown by [PROOF OF RECEIPT]. The seventh day after receipt is [__/__/____]. ☐ That date is not a weekend or federal holiday. ☐ That date is a weekend or federal holiday; the extended cure date is [__/__/____].
I state that the rental agreement will terminate on [__/__/____], a date no earlier than seven days after your receipt of this notice, if you do not make a reasonable attempt to adequately remedy the breach within the applicable period. If you make a reasonable attempt to adequately remedy it before the stated termination date, the agreement will not terminate by reason of this notice. Please send your repair plan and access request to [CONTACT] promptly.
If the agreement terminates, I will restore possession on [__/__/____] by [KEY RETURN METHOD]. My forwarding address for any prepaid rent or deposit balance to which I am entitled under the rental agreement or § 47-8-18 is [ADDRESS]. Please provide the applicable accounting there.
I elect the termination route in § 47-8-27.1(A)(1). I do not elect abatement under paragraph (A)(2) for this same violation in this rental period. I reserve rights otherwise available under applicable law.
Resident signature: [________________________________] Date: [__/__/____]
Enclosures and delivery record
☐ Condition photographs, reports, or prior communications
☐ Rental-agreement term or record identifying the owner's duty
I delivered this notice and its enclosures to [NAME] on [__/__/____] by [METHOD] at [ADDRESS OR DELIVERY DETAILS].
Person making delivery: [________________________________]
Sources and References
About this template
- Last updated
- November 5, 2026
- Citations checked
- November 5, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- New Mexico
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- NMSA 1978 § 47-8-27.1(A)(1), (B), (D)-(E)
- NMSA 1978 § 47-8-20(A)(2)
Landlord-tenant paperwork governs who can stay in a property, on what terms, and what happens when something goes wrong. Leases, notices to quit, security deposit demands, and habitability complaints all have state and often city-specific requirements for timing, content, and service. Getting the paperwork right is what makes an eviction actually succeed or a security deposit actually come back, because judges regularly dismiss cases over small procedural mistakes.
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Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on November 5, 2026.
NMSA 1978 § 47-8-27.1(A)(1) (checked November 5, 2026): "The notice shall state that the rental agreement will terminate upon a date not less than seven days after receipt of the notice if a reasonable attempt to remedy the breach is not made in seven days"
NMSA 1978 § 47-8-27.1(A)(1) (checked November 5, 2026): "If the owner makes a reasonable attempt to adequately remedy the breach prior to the date specified in the notice, the rental agreement shall not terminate."
NMSA 1978 § 47-8-27.1(B) (checked November 5, 2026): "The rights provided under this section do not arise if the condition was caused by the deliberate or negligent act or omission of the resident"
NMSA 1978 § 47-8-27.1(D) (checked November 5, 2026): "he shall not proceed under Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of this section in the same rental period for the same violation"
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