New Mexico Statutes 7-38-12.1. Residential property transfers; affidavit to be filed with assessor
A. After January 1, 2004, a transferor or the transferor’s authorized agent or a transferee or the transferee’s authorized agent presenting for recording with a county clerk a deed, real estate contract or memorandum of real estate contract transferring an interest in real property classified as residential property for property taxation purposes shall also file with the county assessor within thirty days of the date of filing with the county clerk an affidavit signed and completed in accordance with the provisions of Subsection B of this section.
Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 7-38-12.1
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Appraisal: A determination of property value.
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
- Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
B. The affidavit required for submission shall be in a form approved by the department and signed by the transferors or their authorized agents or the transferees or their authorized agents of any interest in residential real property transferred by deed or real estate contract. The affidavit shall contain only the following information to be used only for analytical and statistical purposes in the application of appraisal methods:
(1) the complete names of all transferors and transferees;
(2) the current mailing addresses of all transferors and transferees;
(3) the legal description of the real property interest transferred as it appears in the document of transfer;
(4) the full consideration, including money or any other thing of value, paid or exchanged for the transfer and the terms of the sale including any amount of seller incentives; and
price.
(5) the value and a description of personal property that is included in the sale C. Upon receipt of the affidavit required by Subsection A of this section, the county assessor shall place the date of receipt on the original affidavit and on a copy of the affidavit. The county assessor shall retain the original affidavit as a confidential record and as proof of compliance and shall return the copy marked with the date of receipt to the person presenting the affidavit. The assessor shall index the affidavits in a manner that permits cross-referencing to other records in the assessor’s office pertaining to the specific property described in the affidavit. The affidavit and its contents are not part of the valuation record of the assessor.
D. The affidavit required by Subsection A of this section shall not be required for: (1) a deed transferring nonresidential property;
(2) a deed that results from the payment in full or forfeiture by a transferee under a recorded real estate contract or recorded memorandum of real estate contract;
(3) a lease of or easement on real property, regardless of the length of term; (4) a deed, patent or contract for sale or transfer of real property in which an agency or representative of the United States, New Mexico or any political subdivision of the state is the named grantor or grantee and authorized transferor or transferee; (5) a quitclaim deed to quiet title or clear boundary disputes;
(6) a conveyance of real property executed pursuant to court order; (7) a deed to an unpatented mining claim;
(8) an instrument solely to provide or release security for a debt or obligation; (9) an instrument that confirms or corrects a deed previously recorded;
(10) an instrument between husband and wife or parent and child with only nominal actual consideration therefor;
(11) an instrument arising out of a sale for delinquent taxes or assessments;
(12) an instrument accomplishing a court-ordered partition; (13) an instrument arising out of a merger or incorporation;
(14) an instrument by a subsidiary corporation to its parent corporation for no consideration, nominal consideration or in sole consideration of the cancellation or surrender of the subsidiary’s stock;
(15) an instrument from a person to a trustee or from a trustee to a trust beneficiary with only nominal actual consideration therefor;
(16) an instrument to or from an intermediary for the purpose of creating a joint tenancy estate or some other form of ownership; or
(17) an instrument delivered to establish a gift or a distribution from an estate of a decedent or trust.
E. The affidavit required by Subsection A of this section shall not be construed to be a valuation record pursuant to Section 7-38-19 N.M. Stat. Ann..
F. Prior to November 1, 2003, the department shall print and distribute to each county assessor affidavit forms for distribution to the public upon request.