Rule text
[Sections 47-8-27.2 and 47-8-37 NMSA 1978]
RESIDENT'S SEVEN-DAY NOTICE OF ABATEMENT OR TERMINATION OF RENTAL AGREEMENT1 (Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act)
To: ______________________________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ (include name and unit number if applicable) ___________________________, New Mexico ________________ (zip code).
You are notified that you have breached the rental agreement or the Uniform Owner- Resident Relations Act concerning the premises at:
_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________ (include name and unit number if applicable) ___________________________________, New Mexico ________________ (zip code),
in that (check all that apply)
[] You failed to make repairs and do whatever is necessary to put and keep the premises in a safe condition as provided by applicable law and rules and regulations;
[] You failed to keep common areas of the premises in a safe condition;
[] You failed to maintain in good and safe working order and condition electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air conditioning or other facilities and appliances supplied by you;
[] You failed to provide and maintain appropriate receptacles for the removal of garbage and other waste and arrange for their removal from the appropriate receptacle;
[] You failed to supply running water and a reasonable amount of hot water at a reasonable temperature at all times; [] The dwelling I rent from you does not substantially comply with the minimum housing codes that materially affect health and safety.
Specifically, the condition which needs to be remedied is as follows:
________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________. (describe the condition specifically and in detail. Attach additional pages if necessary.)
This condition materially affects the health and safety or habitability of the dwelling I rent. If reasonable steps are not taken to correct this condition within seven (7) days from the date of delivery set out below, I will: (check only one)
[ ] Reside in the dwelling and withhold one third of my daily rent until the condition is corrected;
[ ] Temporarily move from the dwelling and withhold all of my rent until the condition is corrected;
[ ] Terminate the rental agreement and vacate the dwelling.
Dated this ____________ day of ______________, ________.
_______________________________________ Resident
Service of notice
[ ] personally delivered to owner [ ] posted and mailed [ ] mailed [ ] mailed certified mail
[ ] Delivered [ ] posted: Mailed: Time: __________________ Time: __________________ Date: __________________ Date: __________________ By2: ___________________ By2: ___________________
USE NOTES
1. The party giving notice should retain two (2) copies for possible court action. 2. Include the name of the person delivering, posting or mailing the notice.
[Approved, effective March 1, 2000; as amended by Supreme Court Order No. 08-8300- 019, effective August 4, 2008.]
Notes
ANNOTATIONS
The 2008 amendment, effective August 4, 2008, changed the provision that provided for withholding of one-third of rent from monthly rent to daily rent if the landlord does not take reasonable steps to correct the landlord's default.