New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 14 - HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 5 - CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part 9 - CODE BOND DETERMINATIONS
Section 14.5.9.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. Authority having jurisdiction (AHJ): The entity with permitting authority in the political subdivision where the property is located. This may be the division or a building department of a municipality or county.

B. Code: means the statewide construction codes adopted by rule by the commission.

C. Code bond: means the construction license bond required in Section 60-13-49 NMSA 1978, for correction of code violations.

D. Certificate of uncorrected violations (CUV): means a certificate prepared by a division employee confirming that an uncorrected code violation(s) exists and that the code bond shall be used to correct the code violation(s).

E. Code violation determination report (CVD): means a report prepared by a division employee that identifies code violations that must be brought into compliance.

F. Indemnitee: means the purchaser of construction services, who is the owner or owner's agent of the improvement that is subject to the uncorrected code violation.

G. Responsible party: means the contractor that performed the work that is alleged or determined to be in violation of the code. In situations where the division is unable to determine which contractor is responsible for a code violation, the prime contractor or the contractor that pulled the permit is the responsible party.

H. Surety: means the insurance company that underwrites a contractor's license code bond and is authorized by the New Mexico department of insurance to transact business in New Mexico.