New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 3 - TAXATION
Chapter 6 - PROPERTY TAXES
Part 50 - PROCEDURES FOR COUNTY TREASURERS
Section 3.6.50.14 - COLLECTION AND RECEIPT OF PROPERTY TAXES

A. All property tax payments shall be marked paid and recorded within 48 hours and must be deposited within 72 hours.

B. Property tax receipts or copies of the tax bills marked paid are not required to be mailed to property taxpayers if payment of property taxes, penalties and interest are received by mail. These amounts are sufficiently "receipted" if indication of payment is made on the tax schedule by the treasurer. However, the treasurer is not prohibited from mailing receipts or copies of the tax bills marked paid.

C. Except for accounts on the state delinquency list, any partial payments received by the treasurer for delinquent property taxes, penalties and interest shall be receipted and accounted for in accordance with Section 7-38-42 NMSA 1978.

D. If the treasurer's office is unable to comply with this policy, the treasurer must immediately notify the chairman of the board of finance and the county manager in writing. The notification must include a description of the problem, identification of the cause of the problem, an estimate of the anticipated duration of non-compliance and the proposed remedial action. The notification does not relieve the receipting authority of its statutory duty to collect, record and account for property taxes.

E. Receipting and depositing of revenues other than property tax payments shall be implemented according to policies adopted by the county board of finance.