Section 47-8-8 - Rights, obligations and remedies.

NM Stat § 47-8-8 (2019) (N/A)
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The Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act applies to, regulates and determines rights, obligations and remedies under a rental agreement, wherever made, for a dwelling unit located within this state.

History: 1953 Comp., § 70-7-8, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 38, § 8.

Cross references. — For inapplicability of forcible entry or detainer provisions, see 35-10-2 NMSA 1978.

For landlord's lien on tenant's personalty, see 48-3-5 and 48-3-6 NMSA 1978.

Law reviews. — For survey, "The Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act," see 6 N.M.L. Rev. 293 (1976).

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 40 Am. Jur. 2d Housing Laws and Urban Development § 17.

What constitutes willfulness or malice justifying landlord's collection of statutory multiple damages for tenant's wrongful retention of possession, 7 A.L.R.4th 589.

Specificity of description of premises as affecting enforceability of lease, 73 A.L.R.4th 236.