Bed bug laws in New Mexico
Who pays for treatment?

No bed bug provision. Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act, NMSA 1978 §§ 47-8-1 to 47-8-52. § 47-8-20 sets the owner's obligations — keeping essential systems working, the premises safe and the dwelling fit to live in throughout the tenancy, with local building and housing codes filling in detail; CONFIRM whether its enumerated list names pests, as the subsection text was not obtained directly here. § 47-8-27.1 (breach by owner, relief by resident) — on the owner's failure to perform § 47-8-20 obligations the resident gives written notice specifying the breach; (A)(1) for material non-compliance materially affecting health and safety, the notice states the agreement terminates on a date not less than seven days after receipt if a reasonable attempt to remedy is not made within seven days, and the agreement does not terminate if the owner makes a reasonable attempt to adequately remedy before that date, with prepaid rent and deposit returned on termination; (A)(2) the resident may instead be entitled to abatement under § 47-8-27.2; (B) THE RIGHTS DO NOT ARISE if the condition was caused by the deliberate or negligent act or omission of the resident, a member of their family, or another person on the premises with their consent — and where the non-compliance results solely from circumstances beyond the owner's control the resident is limited to termination or abatement, with no action for damages or injunctive relief; (C) otherwise the resident may recover damages and obtain injunctive relief. § 47-8-27.2 (abatement) — (A) for a violation of § 47-8-20(A) other than a failure or defect in an amenity, written notice of the conditions needing repair; if not remedied within seven days the resident may abate one-third of the pro-rata daily rent for each day from the date of notice through the day the conditions are remedied, continuing at the same rate into subsequent rental periods, and one hundred percent of the rent where the dwelling is uninhabitable and vacated; (B) for each rental period the resident may abate or choose an alternate remedy, and THE CHOICE OF ONE REMEDY DOES NOT PRECLUDE USING AN ALTERNATE REMEDY FOR THE SAME VIOLATION IN A SUBSEQUENT RENTAL PERIOD; (C) where rent is subsidized in whole or part by a government agency, the one-month abatement limitation means the total monthly rent for the dwelling rather than the resident's own portion, and either the third-party payor or the resident may authorise the remedy and abate; (D) the court retains discretion to apply equitable abatement; (E) no abatement for the unavailability of an amenity. Retaliation: § 47-8-39. Counterclaim: § 47-8-30. Entry: § 47-8-24, and the owner shall not abuse the right of access. Official text is published by the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department; New Mexico Legal Aid publishes a statewide renters' guide.