The purpose of the Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act is to simplify, clarify, modernize and revise the law governing the rental of dwelling units and the rights and obligations of owner and resident, and to encourage the owners and the residents to maintain and improve the quality of housing in New Mexico.
History: 1953 Comp., § 70-7-2, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 38, § 2.
Cross reference. — For the Mobile Home Park Act, see 47-10-1 NMSA 1978.
Acts linked. — Although the Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act governs the rights and obligations of owners and residents of "dwelling units", and the Mobile Home Park Act [Section 47-10-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.], governs tenancy in a "mobile home park", the legislature has linked the two acts in that the latter provides that an action for termination shall be commenced and prosecuted in the manner described in the former. Martinez v. Sedillo, 2005-NMCA-029, 137 N.M. 103, 107 P.3d 543.
Law reviews. — For survey, "The Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act," see 6 N.M.L. Rev. 293 (1976).
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