Albuquerque requires landlords to maintain rental units free of insect and rodent infestation under the property maintenance code, with NM warranty-of-habitability backing tenant remedies.
Albuquerque adopts the International Property Maintenance Code, which requires structures to be free of insect and rodent infestation. Landlords are responsible for extermination in multi-unit buildings and in single-family rentals when infestation is not caused by tenant conduct. The New Mexico Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act (NM §47-8-20) reinforces the duty to provide habitable premises. Code enforcement officers respond to complaints and can issue notices of violation, escalating to civil penalties for non-compliance. Pesticide applicators must be NM-licensed.
Unaddressed infestations can trigger code-enforcement citations, accruing daily fines, rent-withholding rights for tenants under state law, and orders to vacate when conditions endanger health.
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