Section 47-8-13 - Service of notice. - New Mexico Statutes

47-8-13. Service of notice.

A.     A person has notice of a fact if:   

(1)     he has actual knowledge of it;   

(2)     he has received a notice or notification of it; or   

(3)     from all facts and circumstances known to him at the time in question he has reason to know that it exists.   

B.     A person notifies or gives a notice or notification to another by taking steps reasonably calculated to inform the other in ordinary course, whether or not the other actually comes to know of it.   

C.     A person receives a notice or notification:   

(1)     when it comes to his attention;   

(2)     where written notice to the owner is required, when it is mailed or otherwise delivered at the place of business of the owner through which the rental agreement was made or at any place held out by him as the place for receipt of the communication; or   

(3)     if written notice to the resident is required, when it is delivered in hand to the resident or mailed to him at the place held out by him as the place for receipt of the communication, or in the absence of such designation, to his last known place of residence.   

D.     Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, notice to a resident for nonpayment of rent shall be effective only when hand delivered or mailed to the resident or posted on an exterior door of the dwelling unit.  In all other cases where written notice to the resident is required, even if there is a notice by posting, there must also be a mailing of the notice by first class mail or hand delivery of the notice to the resident.  The date of a posting shall be included in any notice posted, mailed or hand delivered, and shall constitute the effective date of the notice.  A posted notice shall be affixed to a door by taping all sides or placed in a fixture or receptacle designed for notices or mail.   

E.     Notice, knowledge or a notice or notification received by the resident or person is effective for a particular transaction from the time it is brought to the attention of the resident or person conducting that transaction, and in any event from the time it would have been brought to the resident's or person's attention if the resident or person had exercised reasonable diligence.   

F.     Where service of notice is required under the Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act, and the item is mailed but returned as undeliverable, or where the last known address is the vacated dwelling unit, the owner shall serve at least one additional notice if an alternative address has been provided to the owner by the resident.