Homelessness & Encampment Rules in New Mexico (2026)
5 rules on the books across New Mexico, 3 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Sit-Lie Rules
Citywide rules against sitting or lying on public sidewalks during specified daytime hours in commercial corridors, including how courts have constrained enforcement.
Bernalillo County
Significant RestrictionsBernalillo County Code Section 54-34 bars obstructing or impeding pedestrian movement, and bars camping, on streets…
Read full rule →Santa Fe
Significant RestrictionsSanta Fe has no ordinance that specifically bans sitting or lying on a sidewalk. Instead, Section 23-4.8 of the city…
Read full rule →Encampment Sanitation
How cities provide trash, hygiene, and bulky-item pickup at encampments, the CARE/CARE+ cleanups in LA, and the storage-of-belongings rules from Lavan v. LA.
Bernalillo County
Heavy RestrictionsBernalillo County Code Section 54-33 makes it unlawful to enter, remain, camp or loiter in any arroyo, drainage…
Read full rule →Santa Fe
Heavy RestrictionsSanta Fe outlaws camping or lodging on any city-owned property under Section 23-4.12 SFCC 1987. Inside a city park…
Read full rule →Albuquerque
Significant RestrictionsAlbuquerque bans camping or maintaining an encampment on any public property and lets the city order encampments…
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