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Section 5-13-11 - Lien for convention center fee; payment; certificate of lien.

NM Stat § 5-13-11 (2019) (N/A)
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A. The convention center fee assessed by a local governmental entity constitutes a lien in favor of that local governmental entity upon the personal and real property of the vendor providing lodging facilities in that local governmental entity. The lien may be enforced as provided in Sections 3-36-1 through 3-36-7 NMSA 1978. Priority of the lien shall be determined from the date of filing.

B. Under process or order of court, a person shall not sell the property of a vendor without first ascertaining from the clerk or treasurer of the local governmental entity in which the vendor is located the amount of any convention center fees due. Convention center fees due the local governmental entity shall be paid from the proceeds of the sale before payment is made to the judgment creditor or any other person with a claim on the sale proceeds.

C. The clerk or treasurer of the local governmental entity shall furnish a certificate of lien to a person applying for a certificate showing the amount of all liens in the records of the local governmental entity against any vendor pursuant to the Convention Center Financing Act.

History: Laws 2003, ch. 87, § 11.

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