New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 3 - TAXATION
Chapter 6 - PROPERTY TAXES
Part 5 - CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY
Section 3.6.5.21 - TAXABLE SITUS - ALLOCATION OF VALUE OF PROPERTY

Universal Citation: 3 NM Admin Code 3.6.5.21

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024

A. INTERESTS IN REAL PROPERTY SUBJECT TO VALUATION FOR PROPERTY TAXATION PURPOSES: Under Section 7-36-7 NMSA 1978, property, except that listed in Subsection B of that section, which has a taxable situs in New Mexico is subject to valuation for property taxation purposes. Therefore, an interest in real property located in New Mexico, having situs in New Mexico by reason of Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of Section 7-36-14 NMSA 1978, is subject to valuation for property taxation purposes.

B. PROPERTY USED TO TRANSPORT PROPERTY HAS SITUS: The phrase "property being transported in interstate commerce that is physically present in the state only while being transported through or over the state" as used in Subparagraph (a) of Paragraph (3) of Subsection A of Section 7-36-14 NMSA 1978 does not include properties used as instrumentalities of interstate commerce, such as railroad engines and cars and commercial aircraft, even though these properties may move in interstate commerce.

C. LIVESTOCK IN FEEDLOTS NOT INCLUDED UNDER FREEPORT PROVISIONS: The terms "warehouse" and "factory" as used in Subparagraph (b) of Paragraph (3) of Subsection A of Section 7-36-14 NMSA 1978, do not include livestock feedlots. Therefore, livestock in New Mexico feedlots are not excepted from the acquisition of taxable situs in New Mexico by reason of Subparagraph (b) of Paragraph (3) of Subsection A of Section 7-36-14 NMSA 1978.

D. ORIGINAL PACKAGE DOCTRINE NOT APPLICABLE UNDER FREEPORT PROVISIONS: The property referred to in Subparagraph (b) of Paragraph (3) of Subsection A of Section 7-36-14 NMSA 1978 does not acquire taxable situs in this state because while in the warehouse the property is assembled, bound, joined, processed, disassembled, divided, cut, broken in bulk, relabeled or repackaged.

E. OUT OF STATE DESTINATION NOT SPECIFIED OR SPECIFIED IN ALTERNATIVES:

(1) If the original transportation of the property referred to in Subparagraph (b) of Paragraph (3) of Subsection A Section 7-36-14 NMSA 1978 has ceased and a final destination for the property outside New Mexico has not been specified, the property will be presumed to have a taxable situs in New Mexico. This presumption may be overcome by a showing that:
(a) a final destination for the property, outside the state, has been specified, or

(b) that the property is part of a percentage of property, based on a preceding five-year average, which has been transported outside the state after storage, manufacturing, processing or fabricating.

(2) Final destination for property is specified when information showing alternative destinations, depending on the use of the property or other definite circumstances, is provided.

F. "FARM CROPS" DO NOT INCLUDE SEVERED TIMBER OR LIVESTOCK: The phrase "farm crops" as used in Subparagraph (c) of Paragraph (3) of Subsection A of Section 7-36-14 NMSA 1978 does not include livestock, severed timber or forest products.

G. INTANGIBLE PROPERTY NOT SUBJECT TO VALUATION: Intangible property is not subject to valuation or taxation under the Property Tax Code because it is not within the definition of "property" found in Section 7-35-2 NMSA 1978. Pursuant to 7-37-2 NMSA 1978, tax is imposed only on "property".

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