New Mexico law allows adults 21 and over to grow cannabis at home for personal use, with statewide plant caps that apply throughout Albuquerque, plus visibility and security expectations under the Cannabis Regulation Act.
Under the New Mexico Cannabis Regulation Act (NM §26-2C-1 et seq.), adults 21+ may cultivate up to six mature and six immature plants per person, capped at twelve mature plants per household regardless of how many adults reside there. Plants must be grown out of public view and in a locked, secured area inaccessible to minors. Albuquerque does not impose stricter local plant caps but enforces nuisance, odor, and zoning rules through the IDO. Renters must check leases — landlords may restrict cultivation on private property even where state law permits it.
Exceeding plant counts or growing in public view can trigger state Cannabis Control Division enforcement, civil penalties, and potential criminal charges for unlicensed commercial cultivation.
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