Rule text
[Sections 47-8-37, 47-8-40 to 47-8-43, 47-8-46 NMSA 1978]
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
______________________________ COURT No. ____________
______________________________ COUNTY ________________________________________, Plaintiff v. ________________________________________, Defendant
ANSWER TO PETITION FOR RESTITUTION
(Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act)
1. Defendant should not have to vacate the premises because: ________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________.
2. The amount of rent claimed by the plaintiff in this action is not owed because: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
3. The damages claimed by the plaintiff in this action are not owed to the plaintiff because: _____________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________.
4. The defendant asserts the following counterclaim or setoff against the plaintiff: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________.
5. Defendant requests separate trials on the issues of restitution and damages.
______________________________________ Signed ______________________________________ Name (print) ______________________________________ Address (print) ______________________________________ City, state and zip code (print) ______________________________________ Telephone number
[Rule 4-907 SCRA 1986; as amended, effective August 1, 1992; January 1, 1993; September 2, 1997.]
Notes
ANNOTATIONS
The 1997 amendment, effective September 2, 1997, substituted "should not have to vacate the premises" for "is not in default" in Paragraph 1, rewrote Paragraph 5 to delete language relating to demand for jury trial, and made stylistic changes throughout.
The 1993 amendment, effective January 1, 1993, inserted "on the issue of damages" in Item 5.