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Home » US Law » 2021 New Mexico Statutes » Chapter 39 - Judgments, Costs, Appeals » Article 5 - Sales Under Execution and Foreclosure

Section 39-5-1 – [Time and notice of judicial sales.]

That no lands, tenements, goods or chattels shall be sold by virtue of any execution or other process, including chattel or real estate mortgages, unless such sale be at public vendue, between the hours of nine in the morning and the setting of the sun of the same day, nor unless the time and place […]

Section 39-5-1.2 – [“Real estate” and “real property” defined.]

As used in Chapter 39, Article 5 NMSA 1978 “real estate” or “real property” includes leaseholds. As used in this section, “leasehold” means an estate in real estate or real property held under a lease. History: 1978 Comp., § 39-5-1.2, enacted by Laws 1991, ch. 234, § 2. ANNOTATIONS Validating clauses. — Laws 1991, ch. […]

Section 39-5-10 – [No duty to ascertain amount of liens.]

It shall not be the duty of the sheriff or appraisers to ascertain the amount of liens or encumbrances, but either party may furnish the sheriff with a list thereof, with the amount and nature of each. History: Laws 1856-1857, p. 66; C.L. 1865, ch. 34, § 25; C.L. 1884, § 2176; C.L. 1897, § […]

Section 39-5-11 – [Oath of appraisers.]

The appraisers shall take and subscribe an oath annexed to such appraisements, to the effect that the property mentioned in the schedule is, to the best of their judgment, worth the sums specified therein, that the same is the fair cash value thereof at the time, exclusive of liens and encumbrances; which oath the sheriff […]

Section 39-5-12 – [Unsold property; return.]

When any property levied on remains unsold, it shall be the duty of the sheriff, when he returns the execution, to return the appraisement therewith, stating in his return the failure to sell, and the cause of the failure. History: Laws 1856-1857, p. 68; C.L. 1865, ch. 34, § 29; C.L. 1884, § 2179; C.L. […]

Section 39-5-13 – [Lien continues; alias writ.]

The lien of the levy upon the property shall continue until the debt is paid, and the clerk, unless otherwise directed by the plaintiff, shall forthwith issue another execution, reciting the return of the former execution, the levy and failure to sell, and directing the sheriff to satisfy the judgment out of the property unsold, […]

Section 39-5-14 – [Reoffer of unsold property; costs; revaluation.]

Whenever any property levied upon remains unsold for want of buyers, the plaintiff may cause the same to be reoffered at any time before the return day of the execution, at his cost, as often as he may direct, but in case of the sale of the property, the costs of such offer and sale […]

Section 39-5-16 – Foreclosure after March 15; growing crops.

In cases of mortgage foreclosures of property on which there is a growing crop and when the proceeding has been commenced after March 15 of any year, the mortgagor shall not be dispossessed by any means whatsoever until the crop has been fully harvested, and the mortgagor shall be entitled to retain the crops; provided, […]

Section 39-5-19 – Application; shorter redemption period.

This section and Section 39-5-18 NMSA 1978 do not apply to any foreclosure sale made before the effective date of this section. The parties to any such instrument may, by its terms, shorten the redemption period to not less than one month, but the district court may in such cases, upon a sufficient showing before […]

Section 39-5-2 – [Unlawful sales; liability of officer.]

If any sheriff or other person shall sell any lands, tenements, goods or chattels by virtue of any process otherwise than in the manner aforesaid or without such previous notice, the sheriff or other person so offending shall for every offense, forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars [($50.00)] with costs of suit in […]

Section 39-5-20 – Repealed.

ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1987, ch. 61, § 25 repeals 39-5-20 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1931, ch. 149, § 3, relating to redemption of real property sold under power of sale in an instrument, effective June 19, 1987. For provisions of former section, see NMOneSource.com. For present comparable provisions, see 39-5-18 NMSA 1978.

Section 39-5-21 – [Redemption of real property sold on execution.]

When any real estate shall be sold under a writ of execution issued out of the district court upon any money judgment against a defendant or defendants, the defendants or any one defendant, where there shall be more than one defendant, the heirs, personal representatives or assigns of said defendant or defendants may redeem the […]

Section 39-5-23 – Duty to record redemption.

A. In all cases of redemption of lands from sale pursuant to the provisions of Sections 39-5-17 through 39-5-23 NMSA 1978: (1) if the redemption is by payment to the purchaser, it is the duty of the purchaser within forty-five days of receiving payment to create an acknowledged instrument in writing evidencing the redemption; or […]

Section 39-5-3 – [Contents of sale notices.]

All notices of sale by sheriffs under execution, order or decree of any district court in this state shall contain as briefly as possible the style or title of the cause in which said judgment, order or decree was obtained, the nature of the action, the date of the rendition of said judgment, or the […]