Santa Fe, NM

Santa Fe makes it unlawful to own or keep an animal that "habitually howls, yelps, whines, barks, or makes other noises" and unreasonably disturbs the peace. Enforcement runs through a…

Santa Fe caps stationary noise by zone and time of day: 50 dBA overnight and 55 dBA daytime in residential zones, rising to 70/75 dBA in industrial-agricultural zones. The city…

Between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m., Santa Fe bars running a radio, TV, musical instrument, phonograph or similar device in a way that's plainly audible at the source property's boundary…

Santa Fe bars anyone from running a loudspeaker or sound-amplifying equipment on a street, sidewalk, park or other public property for advertising, speeches or music unless a noise…

Santa Fe bars construction, repair, alteration and demolition equipment from running between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. in residential and commercial zones under Section 10-2.4(B)(5) SFCC 1987…

Santa Fe requires every motor vehicle to run a working muffler that prevents excessive noise and bans cutouts, bypasses, and baffle-less straight pipes under City Code Section…

Building or installing a swimming pool in Santa Fe requires a permit under Chapter VII of the city code: Section 7-1.1(A)(11) SFCC 1987 adopts the 2012 New Mexico Swimming Pool, Spa…

Santa Fe's Weed Ordinance bans letting weeds, grass or brush grow past 12 inches with a stem under 2 inches thick on any lot in the city. The city declares this a public nuisance under…

Santa Fe requires city approval before installing, building, altering or repairing a rainwater catchment system under Section 7-1.9 SFCC 1987, which rewrites Uniform Plumbing Code…

Removing more than 25% of the significant trees or grass cover on a Santa Fe lot triggers a grading construction permit, and any grading inside an arroyo or drainageway that removes…

Santa Fe imposes no permit or bin-design standard for backyard composting; the ordinance only bars compost piles that violate other laws or become a nuisance affecting public health…

Santa Fe bans outdoor irrigation between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. from May 1 through October 31 under Section 25-2.7 SFCC 1987. The water division director enforces it, and violators…

Santa Fe's land development code requires covered projects, and every exterior alteration citywide, to select drought-tolerant plant material and cap water-hungry turf. Section…

If the property owner does not occupy either unit, Santa Fe's ADU ordinance blocks short-term rentals entirely: the principal dwelling and the accessory dwelling unit can only be…

An owner-occupant who wants to short-term rent a Santa Fe accessory dwelling unit must live in either the principal home or the ADU while the other one is rented. You cannot rent both…

Santa Fe caps an accessory dwelling unit at 1,500 square feet or the principal home's floor area, whichever is smaller, and allows only one ADU per lot of record under Land Development…

Santa Fe confines a residential utility shed to the rear yard under Land Development Code Section 14-6.3(B)(2)(a)(iv), listing it among the accessory uses permitted alongside private…

An accessory dwelling unit in Santa Fe doesn't get charged the single-family-detached impact fee. Subsection 14-8.14(E)(4)(a)(ii) treats an ADU as its own land-use category, and the…

New Mexico has adopted Appendix Q of the International Residential Code, allowing tiny houses on permanent foundations under 400 square feet to meet relaxed loft, ceiling, and stair…

Santa Fe allows home occupations on any residential or mixed-use property, but only after annual city registration and only if the business stays within 25% of the home's floor area…

Santa Fe bans home-business clients, employees and deliveries from entering the property between 7 p.m. and 8 a.m. on weekdays and 7 p.m. and 10 a.m. on weekends, with delivery trucks…

A Santa Fe home business may display only one sign, and that sign cannot exceed one square foot in area, under the home occupation structural standards in the city's Land Development…

Santa Fe's Table 14-6.1-1 lists 'Preschool, Daycare for Infants or Children' as a permitted-by-right land use for both small operations of six or fewer children and larger ones of more…

New Mexico's Homemade Food Act (NMSA 25-12-1 to 25-12-5) lets home producers sell low-risk, shelf-stable foods directly to consumers without a permit or state registration. Products…

Santa Fe caps aboveground liquefied-petroleum-gas storage tanks at 1,000 gallons citywide, allowing them only at distribution points, and requires every tank and installation to meet…

Santa Fe requires smoke alarms in every bedroom of a short-term rental unit before the city will issue or renew a permit or registration. Section 14-6.2(A)(5)(i) makes the alarms one…

Santa Fe bans manufacturing, selling, possessing or discharging any fireworks without a permit. Retailers may sell only 'safe and sane' fireworks (no report, under 15 feet in height)…

Within Santa Fe's Escarpment Overlay District, wildfire risk is one of the express reasons the city regulates the ridgetop and foothills area at all. Section 14-5.6 requires a…

Santa Fe makes careless outdoor burning a crime, not just a code violation. Section 16-12.1 SFCC 1987 bans setting fire to vegetation or forest material without the landowner's…

Santa Fe requires dogs on public streets, alleys, city property and any place open to the public to be on a secure leash no longer than six feet, under the immediate effective physical…

Santa Fe bars anyone from owning a dog or cat over six months old that hasn't been spayed or neutered, unless the owner buys an annual unaltered-animal permit or gets a veterinarian's…

Santa Fe requires every cat three months or older to be licensed, with a current rabies certificate presented at purchase and a valid tag affixed at all times. The at-large restraint…

Santa Fe does not ban or single out any dog breed. Instead, Section 5-7.4 SFCC 1987 lets a court declare any individual animal "dangerous" or "vicious" based on its own conduct, such…

Santa Fe requires every grooming parlor to hold a professional animal care permit from the animal services administrator before opening, backed by an on-site inspection and a $250…

Willfully killing a bird, or molesting or robbing its nest, is an outright misdemeanor in Santa Fe under Section 5-8.12 SFCC 1987. The rule sits in the animal cruelty article of…

Owning a wild or exotic animal in Santa Fe requires a permit from the animal services administrator under Section 5-10.1 SFCC 1987, and some animals, including bats and any species…

Santa Fe lets residents raise chickens, other fowl and rabbits for personal use without a permit, but City Code sets welfare minimums: any confined fowl needs food and water at least…

Santa Fe zones veterinary clinics for household pets, not livestock. Subsection 14-6.2(C)(8) bars veterinary establishments outside the RR district from treating farm animals, keeping…

New Mexico Statutes Chapter 76, Article 9 governs beekeeping statewide, requiring commercial apiary registration with the New Mexico Department of Agriculture. Importation of honey…

NMSA 30-18-1 universally criminalizes animal cruelty statewide, including failing to provide sustenance to animals in custody. Companion animal hoarding triggers cruelty charges and…

Under NMSA 17-2 and Game Commission rules, intentionally feeding or baiting big game animals to create nuisance conditions is unlawful statewide. Violations are enforced uniformly by…

Santa Fe short-term rental owners pay a $100 one-time application fee, a $35 annual business license fee, and a $290 annual permit or registration fee, on top of lodgers' tax, gross…

Every short-term rental unit in Santa Fe must have a local operator on call around the clock. Section 14-6.2(A)(5)(e)(i) requires the operator to answer complaints about the unit's…

Santa Fe bars noise or other disturbance from a short-term rental unit after 10:00 p.m. Section 14-6.2(A)(5)(e)(ix) specifically extends the curfew to outdoor spaces, naming decks…

Santa Fe escalates civil fines for repeat short-term rental violations to $100 for a first offense, $250 for a second, and $500 for a third or later offense within any 36-month period…

Santa Fe ties short-term rental parking directly to bedroom count. Section 14-6.2(A)(5)(e)(ii) requires the owner to provide off-street parking on site: one space for a one-bedroom…

Santa Fe caps short-term rental occupancy at exactly twice the bedroom count. Section 14-6.2(A)(5)(e)(viii) sets the guest limit for every permitted or registered unit, so a…

Santa Fe places direct compliance duties on short-term rental host platforms, not just owners. Section 14-6.2(A)(5)(o) requires every platform to make owners include a valid city…

Santa Fe requires a city-issued permit or registration before any short-term rental can operate. On residential property, the Land Use Director caps citywide permits at 1,000, issues…

Santa Fe bars storing or parking commercial and industrial vehicles in any residentially zoned district under Section 14-6.3(B)(2)(c)(i), unless a special use permit or other…

Santa Fe excludes personal recreational vehicles, boats and trailers from its commercial-vehicle parking ban under Section 14-6.3(B)(2)(c), but still bans parking any vehicle within 3…

Santa Fe's governing body can designate special parking permit areas where a permit is required to park on the street, the city's tool for residential and preferential parking…

Santa Fe does not let driveways stay bare dirt. Subsection 14-8.6(B)(2) requires every driveway, parking space and access aisle to sit on a compacted six-inch subgrade, and sets a…

Santa Fe's curb loading zones cap passenger stops at three minutes and freight stops at twenty minutes under Sections 12-6-8.3 and 12-6-8.4. Freight vehicles must also display a permit…

Santa Fe bans stopping, standing, or parking on a sidewalk, in front of a driveway, within an intersection or crosswalk, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, or in over a dozen other…

Santa Fe prohibits parking on any street in a non-residential area for more than 30 minutes between 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. under City Code Section 12-6-6.5. The only exception is a…

Santa Fe treats a street-parked vehicle as abandoned, and subject to impoundment, if it displays no current license plate or sits unattended in the same spot for 72 hours without a…

New Mexico regulates every nonconsensual tow through 18.3.12 NMAC, a rule the New Mexico Department of Transportation reissued effective July 1, 2024. A towing service may not touch a…

Residential fences in Santa Fe top out at six feet, rising to eight feet along a shared line with nonresidential property or inside a residential compound. Nonresidential properties…

Santa Fe caps every retaining wall in the city at six feet, measured from the finished grade at the base to the finished grade at the top. Taller grade changes must be stepped or…

Santa Fe's general street regulations make it unlawful to erect a barbed-wire fence around any lot fronting a street without the public works department's permission, and ban any fence…

New Mexico is a fence-out state. NMSA 1978, Section 77-16-1 puts the burden on the landowner to build a legal fence to keep trespassing livestock off cultivated land; a neighbor who…

Santa Fe's Residential Green Building Code, Section 7-4.2 SFCC 1987, applies to every new single-family home and to additions that add living, sleeping, or cooking space, on top of the…

No structure in Santa Fe can be built, erected or demolished without a building permit under Section 7-1.5(A) SFCC 1987, and the work must comply with every adopted code listed in…

Santa Fe's Residential Addition and Remodel Green Building Code makes carbon monoxide alarms mandatory in additions and remodels that touch 50% or more of a single-family home's floor…

Santa Fe's building inspections run on the state's rules rather than a locally written inspection chapter: Section 7-1.1(A)(3) SFCC 1987 adopts NMAC 14.5.3, the New Mexico…

Plumbing work in Santa Fe is governed by the 2021 New Mexico Plumbing Code, adopted by reference in Section 7-1.1(A)(10) SFCC 1987, which incorporates and amends the Uniform Plumbing…

Santa Fe enforces electrical work through the 2020 New Mexico Electrical Code, adopted by reference in Section 7-1.1(A)(14) SFCC 1987, which incorporates the National Electrical Code…

Santa Fe's fire code sets sprinkler-system water-supply and fire-flow standards for one- and two-family homes under Appendix B of the 2021 International Fire Code. The Fire Marshal may…

Santa Fe requires a construction permit for grading on most disturbed sites and mandates specific erosion and sediment control devices before land can be cleared. The city engineer…

Any development inside a Santa Fe special flood hazard area needs the floodplain administrator's approval before a permit issues. The administrator checks that new construction is…

Santa Fe's Stormwater Illicit Discharge Control Ordinance bans dumping anything but rain or snowmelt into the city's storm drain system. Public works enforces it with notices of…

Homes and buildings that Santa Fe lets into the flood fringe portion of a special flood hazard area must set their lowest floor at least one foot above the base flood elevation. A…

In Santa Fe's Business/Industrial Park districts, loading and storage areas next to residential lots must post signs barring vehicle idling. It's a narrow, district-specific rule…

Santa Fe's Nuisance Abatement Ordinance treats a ruined, damaged or debris-covered building or lot as a public nuisance, forcing the owner into an abatement plan or facing fines up to…

Santa Fe's Weed Ordinance makes it unlawful for an owner, lessee, agent or occupant to let weeds grow past twelve inches on any lot, occupied or vacant, or on the adjacent sidewalk…

Santa Fe requires every short-term rental owner to hold a city-issued business license plus either a short-term rental permit (residentially zoned property) or a short-term rental…

For nonpayment of rent, NMSA 47-8-33(D) requires a 3-day written notice to pay or quit before the owner may terminate. A material lease breach affecting health or safety gets a 7-day…

NMSA 47-8-20 requires New Mexico owners to keep rentals safe and habitable: comply with housing codes, make repairs, maintain electrical, plumbing, heating, and sanitary systems, and…

NMSA 47-8-24 requires a New Mexico owner to give 24 hours' written notice before entering, stating the purpose and a reasonable time estimate. No notice is needed in an emergency, for…

NMSA 47-8-15(D) caps a New Mexico late fee at 5 percent of the rent for each rental period in default: cut from 10 percent by a 2025 amendment effective June 20, 2025. Late fees are…

Under NMSA 47-8-37, either party may end a month-to-month residency with at least 30 days' written notice before the periodic rental date, or 7 days for a week-to-week residency. A…

New Mexico expressly preempts local rent control. State law bars any city, county, or home rule municipality from enacting an ordinance that controls rents on privately owned property…

Under the Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act, NMSA 47-8-15(F) lets a New Mexico owner raise rent on a month-to-month residency only with written notice given at least 30 days before…

Under New Mexico's Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act, a landlord on a lease shorter than one year cannot collect more than one month's rent as a deposit. Annual leases have no fixed…

New Mexico requires 10 years of continuous, good-faith adverse possession under color of title plus continuous payment of all state, county, and municipal taxes before title can be…

Santa Fe requires a building permit before installing solar panels: Section 7-1.1(A)(13) SFCC 1987 adopts the 2012 New Mexico Solar Energy Code, and the city's own fee table charges a…

Under NMSA 47-3-4, any covenant or restriction effective after July 1, 1978 that effectively prohibits installing or using a solar collector is void and unenforceable statewide, and…

Santa Fe lets any person file a written complaint alleging a land-use code violation with the enforcement officer, who must log it and investigate promptly. Section 14-11.3 governs…

The Santa Fe Smoke Free Ordinance bans smoking on outdoor patios of restaurants and bars, and within 25 feet of any outdoor eating or drinking area. Violators face infraction fines…

Santa Fe's Nuisance Abatement Ordinance declares a party of two or more people causing peace-disturbing noise a 'loud or unruly gathering' and a public nuisance, holding the property…

Santa Fe makes it unlawful to drink, possess an open container of, or serve alcoholic liquors in any public place, public club or private club unless that establishment holds a valid…

Santa Fe bans panhandling that touches, blocks, follows, or curses at the person solicited, and treats panhandling by a group of two or more as aggressive per se. The Santa Fe Police…

Santa Fe requires pedestrians who cross outside a marked or intersection crosswalk to yield to all vehicles, and bars crossing anywhere but a marked crosswalk between two signalized…

Section 12-3-6 of Santa Fe's traffic code bans roller skates, coaster wagons, skateboards, and similar toy vehicles from city streets outright. The only exception is crossing a street…

Santa Fe's loitering law is narrow and age-specific: Sections 16-13.7 and 16-13.8 make it a petty misdemeanor for anyone under 21 to hang around a saloon without a parent or guardian…

Santa Fe caps lot coverage at 40% of the lot in its core R-1 through R-6 residential districts, rising to 50% if qualifying private open space is provided, under the Table of…

Table 14-7.2-1 of the Land Development Code sets Santa Fe's minimum yards for the R-1 through R-6 districts at a 7-foot street setback (20 feet for a garage or carport facing the…

Santa Fe caps residential structures in the R-1 through R-6 districts at 24 feet and nonresidential buildings at 35 feet under Table 14-7.2-1. Near the property line the limit drops…

Santa Fe permits cannabis establishments only where Table 14-6.1-1 of the Land Development Code lists them as an allowed use, and Section 14-6.2(I)(5)(a) blocks a new cannabis retailer…

Santa Fe bars a cannabis establishment from operating within 300 feet of any preschool, daycare center, elementary or secondary school under Land Development Code Section 14-6.2(I)(4)…

The New Mexico Cannabis Regulation Act allows adults 21 and older to grow up to six mature and six immature cannabis plants per person, capped at 12 mature plants per household…

Santa Fe's Residential Green Building Code awards a 10-point credit under Item 802.1(2) when a new single-family home irrigates on-site landscaping with reclaimed or recycled water…

Santa Fe's land development code limits how much cool-season turf, the thirsty bluegrass-style lawn most homeowners default to, a property can plant. Single-family lots are capped at…

Santa Fe property owners and managers must fix a minor water-line leak within 15 days of notice from the water division, and repair a severe leak immediately, under City Code Section…

Santa Fe lets political campaign signs go up without a building permit but caps each sign at 32 square feet, bars them from public property and rights-of-way, and requires every…

Santa Fe allows one temporary garage or yard sale sign per property without a building permit, but Subsection 14-8.10(D)(7) caps it at two square feet and requires the sign to stay on…

Santa Fe doesn't sit on an interstate freeway, so its sign code targets the city's de facto highway gateway instead: Subsection 14-8.10(G)(8) regulates signage along the Cerrillos Road…

Santa Fe bans flashing, scrolling, and video signage outright, but Section 14-8.10(C)(5) carves out a narrow path for electronic messaging signs: displays may change no more than once…

Santa Fe bans sexually oriented businesses from residential districts and requires a 1,000-foot buffer from schools, parks, religious institutions, restaurants, hotels, theaters, day…

Santa Fe requires anyone who buys or sells secondhand goods, junk, core parts or precious metals to hold a city business license under Code Section 18-4.2, at a $50 annual fee for each…

Santa Fe requires every pawnbroker to hold a city business license under City Code Section 18-4, pay a $250 annual fee, post a $5,000 surety bond, pass a police background…

Santa Fe bars retailers from selling tobacco products by any method other than a direct, face-to-face exchange and bans self-service tobacco displays. Section 20-27.3 SFCC 1987 also…

Wrecker companies must register with the Santa Fe Police Department and join a rotating towing list before responding to police-requested tows. Section 20-21.4 SFCC 1987 requires…

Santa Fe defines a 'massage parlor' as any business with two or more people performing massage, and licenses it like any other regulated business: Subsection 18-8.10 sets the fee at…

Santa Fe's Land Development Code permits noncommercial agricultural uses in every zoning district under Section 14-6.2(H)(1), so long as they stay accessory to a permitted principal…

New Mexico's Right to Farm Act protects established agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits when surrounding land uses change, provided operations follow generally accepted…

Santa Fe requires a landscaping plan for every roadway median and parkway strip before road construction proceeds. The plan must specify street trees, shrubs, ground cover and…

Santa Fe's land development code requires preservation, relocation or replacement of 'significant trees,' deciduous trees six inches in caliper or larger and evergreens eight feet or…

Santa Fe singles out piñon among its significant trees for extra protection: developers must preserve, relocate or replace at least 40 percent of qualifying piñon trees on a site, and…

Santa Fe's Historic Districts Review Board can recommend plaques and markers for historic sites and points of interest, and can recommend that the city acquire historically significant…

Santa Fe's solid waste code requires hypodermic needles set out for residential collection to go in a puncture-proof, screw-top container, not loose in the trash bag. The same rule…

Santa Fe's zoning code lists private barbecue pits as a permitted accessory use in the Table of Permitted Uses, marked 'A' across the RR, R-1 through R-29, RAC, AC, C-1, C-2, C-4, HZ…

Santa Fe requires every dumpster, trash enclosure and outdoor storage area to be screened so it isn't visible from the street or from neighboring residential property. Walls, fences or…

Santa Fe requires automated recycling containers to hold only acceptable commingled materials, keeps food and beverage glass out entirely, and directs glass to designated drop-off…

Santa Fe's environmental services division holds the exclusive right to collect residential solid waste, and every developed property is billed for curbside service. Waste goes out for…

Santa Fe residents may set refuse and recycling carts at the curb starting at 6:00 p.m. the night before collection and must pull them back in by 8:00 a.m. the day after. Automated…

Santa Fe's large-item pickup service is one call per household, with a 50-pound cap on bundles and boxes and a two-tire limit per residence per call. Items must be curbside by 7:00…

Santa Fe residential refuse must go out in bags no bigger than 33 gallons and no heavier than 50 pounds, placed curbside by 7:00 a.m. on collection day. Section 21-4.3 SFCC 1987 sets…

Santa Fe collects tree limbs and other yard trimmings through its large item pickup service, but only if bundled to code: cuttings must be tied in bundles no longer than four feet and…

Santa Fe's front-loading, rear-loading, and roll-off commercial trash service runs Monday through Friday including holidays, so there is no citywide holiday suspension for business…

Dumping solid waste on private or public property in Santa Fe is banned outright under Section 21-4.1(B) SFCC 1987. The city enforces it with escalating administrative fees on the…

The city of Santa Fe holds the exclusive right to collect residential curbside recyclables inside the service area. Section 21-3.1(B) SFCC 1987 bars any other company from picking up…

Santa Fe charges a combined 7% lodgers' tax on hotels, motels and other short-term lodging: a 5% occupancy tax plus a 2% convention center fee on gross taxable rent, per City Code…

Santa Fe's outdoor lighting code requires shielded fixtures on most lamp types, bans glare that disables neighbors or drivers, and keeps accent lighting pointed at the building rather…

Santa Fe's outdoor lighting code makes light trespass a hard numeric standard, not a nuisance complaint. Section 14-8.9 requires every new luminaire to be shielded and bars disabling…

Santa Fe bars mobile food trucks from the Plaza, the Plaza periphery and the Canyon Road periphery, and elsewhere caps them at three hours per spot with a 300-foot buffer before…

Santa Fe requires every mobile food vendor to license the vehicle-vending business under City Code Section 18-8.9, display a state food establishment permit and a city vehicle vendor…

All retail food establishments including mobile food units in New Mexico must obtain a food permit from the New Mexico Environment Department under NMAC 7.6.2. State health permits…

Santa Fe does not tax businesses by type; instead City Code Section 18-8.10(A) sorts them into 27 licensed categories, each carrying its own flat annual fee, from $10 for antique…

Anyone who wants to place an obstruction on a public street, alley or right-of-way in Santa Fe must first apply to the public works department for a permit. The city engineer sets…

City code makes the owner of any lot or property responsible for keeping the adjoining footway or sidewalk in safe repair. If a sidewalk becomes loose, broken or unsafe for…

Santa Fe doesn't let a sidewalk built for a subdivision or new building double as storage or landscaping space. Subsections 14-9.2(E)(5) and (6) require both new and existing sidewalks…

Santa Fe limits residential garage, patio and yard sales to five consecutive days per City Code Section 18-5.27, then requires a 90-day gap before the same address can hold another…

Santa Fe has no ordinance that specifically bans sitting or lying on a sidewalk. Instead, Section 23-4.8 of the city code makes it unlawful to display goods for sale, set up stands…

Santa Fe outlaws camping or lodging on any city-owned property under Section 23-4.12 SFCC 1987. Inside a city park, camping requires a permit from the city; everywhere else on city…

Santa Fe doesn't ban tree of heaven outright, but its land development code strips the species of the protection other large trees get. Because the New Mexico Department of Agriculture…

Santa Fe's landscape code names two invasive species and shuts the door on them directly: Russian olive and salt cedar may not be sold or installed anywhere within the city limits…

Anyone planning a parade, procession or other special use of Santa Fe streets, including a street closure, must apply through the city clerk's office and get the city manager's…

Santa Fe caps major commercial events on the Plaza at eight permits a year under Section 23-5.2 SFCC 1987, reserving them for eight named festivals such as Indian Market and Spanish…

Anyone planning an organized gathering in a Santa Fe city park, including the historic Plaza and Plaza Park, needs approval from the city department the city manager designates for…

Santa Fe's zoning code defines a nightclub by an unmissable trait: amplified live entertainment or dance music after 10 p.m. Table 14-6.1-1's Note 3 carries that same line into the use…

Santa Fe's traffic code, Section 12-1-6, folds electric bicycles into the definition of 'bicycle' as long as the motor tops out at 750 watts and fits Class 1, 2, or 3. Class 1 and 3…

Santa Fe's Traffic Operations Program, Section 24-4 SFCC 1987, runs camera-based civil enforcement against speeding and excessive vehicle noise, not red-light running. Automated…

Santa Fe bars motorists from driving or parking across a bicycle lane except when turning, parking at the curb, or leaving a parking space, and only after yielding to any bicyclist…

Santa Fe rewards developers who build affordable units under its Santa Fe Homes Program with more market-rate density, not less. Subsection 14-8.11(G)(1) grants a developer complying…

Door-to-door sellers in Santa Fe need a city solicitation license before they knock on a single door. Subsection 18-3.6 SFCC 1987 makes unlicensed solicitation unlawful citywide, with…

A posted 'No Solicitation' sign or decal carries the force of law in Santa Fe. Subsection 18-3.11(B) makes it unlawful for a solicitor to knock or ring the bell once a resident has…

Santa Fe treats location filming as a land-use activity requiring its own Temporary Use Permit. The city's Chapter 14 fee schedule, Table 14-13.1-1, lists the permit at $125.00 per…

Recreational drone operation in New Mexico is governed primarily by FAA Part 107 and 49 USC 44809, with state laws restricting voyeurism, hunting interference, and use over critical…

New Mexico sets a statewide minimum wage but does not preempt local minimum wage ordinances, allowing cities and counties to set higher local minimums than state law.

New Mexico has enacted statewide paid sick leave through the Healthy Workplaces Act and does not preempt cities from adopting additional leave protections beyond state requirements.

New Mexico requires a state-issued concealed handgun license to carry a concealed firearm, with training, background checks, and age requirements administered by the Department of…

New Mexico firearms preemption is constitutional, not statutory. Article II, Section 6 of the state constitution bars any municipality or county from regulating 'in any way' an…

Open carry of firearms is generally legal in New Mexico without a permit for adults, though state law and the constitution restrict carry in specific locations and on certain public…

New Mexico permits adults to carry a loaded firearm in a private vehicle without a permit, treating the vehicle as an extension of the home, though concealed carry on the person still…

New Mexico has no license for a stand-alone commercial casino. The Gaming Control Act confines casino-style gaming machines to two venue classes: horse racetracks running live races…

New Mexico requires any nonprofit that runs bingo, raffles, or pull-tabs for the public to hold a Gaming Control Board license under the Bingo and Raffle Act, NMSA 1978 §§ 60-2F-3 and…

New Mexico has never passed a law legalizing sports betting. Wagering on sporting events is a crime under NMSA 1978 sections 30-19-1 to 30-19-15 and the Gaming Control Act, enforced by…

The New Mexico Homeowner Association Act (NMSA 47-16-1 to 47-16-18) does not create a statutory assessment lien for ordinary HOAs; collection and any lien or foreclosure power must…

New Mexico lets the developer, called the declarant, appoint and remove the whole homeowner association board at the start, but NMSA 1978, Section 47-16-8 forces a handover on a fixed…

NMSA 47-16-18 governs how a New Mexico HOA enforces its 'community documents' (declaration, bylaws, articles and rules). The association must give written notice and an opportunity to…

New Mexico sets no dollar cap on HOA fines, but NMSA 47-16-18 lets an association levy only 'reasonable fines' and only after written notice and an opportunity to dispute. Before a…

New Mexico prohibits the sale of tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, and nicotine products to anyone under 21, aligning with federal Tobacco 21 requirements and adding state…

New Mexico has not enacted a statewide ban on flavored tobacco or flavored vape products, leaving local governments authority to impose their own restrictions on flavored products.