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Home » US Law » 2021 New Mexico Statutes » Chapter 48 - Liens and Mortgages » Article 4 - Abstracters' Liens

Section 48-4-1 – Lien on real estate.

Every bonded abstracter or abstract company, doing business in compliance with the provisions contained in Sections 51-1301 and 51-1302, 1941 Comp. Statutes, who shall hereafter compile and furnish any abstract or continuation of abstract, of title to any real estate at the request of the owner thereof, or his authorized agent, shall have a lien […]

Section 48-4-2 – Time for filing claim; contents of claim.

Every abstracter claiming the benefit of this act [48-4-1 to 48-4-4 NMSA 1978] must, within ninety (90) days after the date of the certificate in the abstract for which lien is claimed, file for record with the county clerk of the county or counties in which the property, or any part thereof, covered by said […]

Section 48-4-3 – Recording of liens; indexing; fees.

The county clerk must record the claim of lien in a book kept for that purpose, which record must be indexed as deeds and other conveyances are required by law to be indexed, and for which he may receive the same fees as are allowed by law for recording deeds. History: 1941 Comp., § 51-1307, […]