Section 7-1-82 - Transfer, assignment, sale, lease or renewal of liquor license. - New Mexico Statutes

7-1-82. Transfer, assignment, sale, lease or renewal of liquor license.

A.     The director of the alcohol and gaming division of the regulation and licensing department shall not allow the transfer, assignment, lease or sale of any liquor license pursuant to the provisions of the Liquor Control Act [60-3A-1 NMSA 1978] until the director receives written notification from the secretary or secretary's delegate that:   

(1)     the licensee or any person authorized to use the license is not a delinquent taxpayer as defined in Section 7-1-16 NMSA 1978; or   

(2)     the transferee, assignee, buyer or lessee has entered into a written agreement with the secretary or secretary's delegate in which the transferee, assignee, buyer or lessee has assumed full liability for payment of all taxes due or which may become due from engaging in business authorized by the liquor license.   

B.     The director of the alcohol and gaming division of the regulation and licensing department shall not allow the renewal of any liquor license pursuant to the provisions of the Liquor Control Act until the director receives notification from the secretary or secretary's delegate that on a certain date:   

(1)     there is no assessed tax liability from engaging in business authorized by the liquor license or, if there is assessed tax liability, the licensee is not a delinquent taxpayer; and   

(2)     there are no unfiled tax returns due from engaging in business authorized by the liquor license.