Property Maintenance in New Mexico (2026)
17 rules on the books across New Mexico, 9 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Property Blight
Standards for property appearance including peeling paint, broken windows, junk accumulation, and other conditions the city considers blight.
Las Cruces
Heavy RestrictionsLas Cruces enforces property upkeep through Codes Enforcement under Chapter 18 (Nuisances) of the Municipal Code…
Read full rule →Albuquerque
Significant RestrictionsAlbuquerque declares any substandard building a public nuisance the moment the Planning Department's Building and…
Read full rule →Dona Ana County
Significant RestrictionsDoña Ana County can order removal of ruined, damaged or dilapidated buildings and debris-covered premises by Board…
Read full rule →Otero County
Significant RestrictionsIn unincorporated Otero County, the Board of County Commissioners can order removal of any ruined, damaged or…
Read full rule →Santa Fe
Significant RestrictionsSanta Fe's Nuisance Abatement Ordinance treats a ruined, damaged or debris-covered building or lot as a public…
Read full rule →Valencia County
Significant RestrictionsIn unincorporated Valencia County, any building the county official finds dangerous, or any abandoned building, mobile…
Read full rule →Bernalillo County
Some RestrictionsBernalillo County treats dilapidated, unsecured, or unsafe buildings outside incorporated areas as public nuisances…
Read full rule →Rio Rancho
Some RestrictionsRio Rancho requires every structure to stay safe, structurally sound, and free of blight: leaning fences, peeling…
Read full rule →Sandoval County
Some RestrictionsSandoval County requires every building's exterior to stay free of deterioration and blight, capping peeling or flaking…
Read full rule →Vacant Lot Maintenance
Requirements for maintaining vacant or undeveloped land, including mowing, fencing, and preventing dumping and trespassing.
Albuquerque
Some RestrictionsAlbuquerque bans dumping litter on any open or vacant private lot, occupied or not, and separately requires every lot…
Read full rule →Bernalillo County
Some RestrictionsUnincorporated Bernalillo County bans letting weeds or litter accumulate on any lot under two acres, and requires a…
Read full rule →Dona Ana County
Some RestrictionsDoña Ana County's solid waste code bars anyone from letting solid waste, a term that by definition covers weeds, briars…
Read full rule →Las Cruces
Some RestrictionsLas Cruces restricts how owners of vacant or undeveloped lots can clear vegetation, limiting weed removal to mowing or…
Read full rule →Otero County
Some RestrictionsAny owner, renter or occupant in unincorporated Otero County who allows piles of rubbish, tires, debris, grass, weeds…
Read full rule →Rio Rancho
Some RestrictionsRio Rancho requires all land, improved or vacant, to stay free of debris and blight, and caps weeds at 12 inches, under…
Read full rule →Santa Fe
Some RestrictionsSanta Fe's Weed Ordinance makes it unlawful for an owner, lessee, agent or occupant to let weeds grow past twelve…
Read full rule →Valencia County
Some RestrictionsValencia County's premises nuisance code makes it illegal to let an unimproved, vacant lot in the unincorporated area…
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