New Mexico Manufactured / mobile home parks

Manufactured / mobile home parks in New Mexico

The Mobile Home Park Act (NMSA 1978, §§ 47-10-1 to 47-10-23, including 47-10-15.1) applies to a parcel used for the continuous accommodation of 12 or more occupied mobile homes and operated for the owner's pecuniary benefit. It does not include mobile home subdivisions or land zoned for manufactured home subdivisions. A 'resident' under the Act is a person (or that person's family) who owns a mobile home that is subject to a tenancy in the park, so the Act is aimed at residents who own the home and rent the space. No tenancy in a covered park may start without a written rental agreement, and no tenancy may be ended until a written notice to quit has been served. The notice must state the landlord or park name, mailing address, space location, county, the reason for termination, and the date, place, and circumstances of any acts relied on. It must be delivered personally or posted at the main entrance of the mobile home, and if posted a copy must also be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested. The tenant must be given at least 30 days from the end of the rental period in which the notice was served to remove the home, or 60 days to remove a multisection mobile home (with a 30-day notice permitted instead of 60 days in the limited case of a multisection home leased to or occupied by someone other than its owner contrary to park rules). A lease may not waive rights under the Act. A park owner may not terminate a tenancy solely because of the size or age of the mobile home. Termination under the Act is allowed only for the reasons in § 47-10-5: failure to comply with local ordinances and state laws and regulations concerning mobile homes; conduct on the premises that is an annoyance to other tenants or interference with park management; failure to comply with written park rules (including rules amended on 30 days' written notice if reasonable, with stated exceptions); or condemnation or change of use, with the notice periods in that section (including, in stated change-of-use cases, written notice of intent to evict not less than six months before the change). For nonpayment, § 47-10-6 allows termination on written notice requiring payment of rent and utility charges or removal of the unit within at least three days after the notice is served or posted. Rent may not be increased without 60 days' written notice, and § 47-10-19 also requires written disclosure of a rent increase at least 60 days before it is implemented. Under § 47-10-18, the Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act also applies to park owners and residents, except where a provision of the Mobile Home Park Act is inconsistent with it. The Act has additional rules on deposits, entry and selling fees, closed parks, written rental terms, rule changes, utilities, and civil penalties, which are in the official article text and are not fully restated here. Example: in a park with 12 or more occupied homes, a resident who owns the home and rents the space generally must receive a written notice to quit and then at least 30 days after the end of that rental period (60 days for a multisection home) before having to remove the home, and the termination must be for a reason listed in § 47-10-5 or for nonpayment under § 47-10-6.

Verified Source: NMSA 1978, §§ 47-10-1 to 47-10-23, including 47-10-2, 47-10-3, 47-10-5, 47-10-6, 47-10-15.1, and 47-10-19 · last checked 2026-11-12