New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 15 - GAMBLING AND LIQUOR CONTROL
Chapter 11 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES LICENSING
Part 21 - LICENSES AND PERMITS - APPLICATIONS
Section 15.11.21.13 - LEASES OF LIQUOR LICENSES
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. A person who operates a liquor license under a lease agreement with the licensee must be a licensed "agent lessee". The agent lessee compensates the licensee for use of the license and is entitled to all profits, and is responsible for all losses, from the operation of the license.
B. To designate an agent lessee there shall be filed with the division such fees, forms, documents and information as are required by the division. The lease agreement must contain provisions that the license is leased in its entirety.
C. The designation of an agent lessee shall not require posting of the licensed premises or a hearing by the state or local governing body, if the license to be leased is located at the latest approved licensed premises for the license.
D. The designation of agent lessee may be terminated by mutual written agreement between the parties, by court order or in accordance with terms of the lease agreement.
E. The division will not approve the designation of any person as agent lessee who does not possess the same qualifications required of persons to obtain a license under the act.
F. An application fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) will be paid for each designation of agent lessee.
G. The designation of an agent lessee shall not relieve the licensee of any responsibilities or liabilities to the division for violations or compliance with the act.
H. A lease of a license will not be approved when the licensee is delinquent in the payment of any taxes, fees, fines, costs or penalties collected by the state of New Mexico, the liability for which arises out of the exercise of the privilege of a liquor license; or if citations for violations of the act issued more than three months prior to the date of the lease application are unresolved at the time of filing the lease application, unless the licensee and the division are involved in a formal administrative or judicial resolution process.
