(A) When an improvement project has been approved under § 51.02(A)(3), a municipal lien shall be filed in the office of the County Clerk. The contents of the lien shall be as follows:
(1) The number of the ordinance or section number of this code under which the lien is established;
(2) The fact that a lien is established;
(3) The general purpose of the lien;
(4) The name of the owner of the property against which the lien is established as determined from the records of the County Assessor;
(5) A description of the property against which the lien is established;
(6) The amount of the lien; and
(7) If the lien is for more than 1 period of time, the dates for which the lien is established.
(B) A lien for charges or assessments which are provided for or fixed by any 1 ordinance or under authority of law may be included in the same notice of lien and it shall not be necessary to file separate liens against the separate properties. The lien shall be attested in the name of the City Clerk/Treasurer under the seal of the city.
(C) The principal amount of any lien imposed for a municipal utility charge or assessment shall bear interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the date of filing the notice of the lien unless otherwise provided by law.
(D) Thirty days time shall be granted, from the date of the completion of the project, for any person to pay the cost to be assessed against his or her property. Notice of this option to pay shall be sent by mail to property owners affected, according to the records at the County Courthouse.
(E) After the filing of the notice of the lien in the office of the County Clerk, the city shall have a lien upon the property described in the notice of lien. The filing of the notice of the lien shall be notice to all the world of the existence of the lien and of the contents of the notice of lien.
(F) The City Clerk/Treasurer may release a lien against any specific property by:
(1) Entering and signing a receipt of payment upon the notice of lien filed in the office of the County Clerk; or
(2) Issuing a separate receipt which recites that payment of the lien with any accrued interest and penalty has been made.
(1981 Code, § 23-3) (Ord. 615, passed 4-30-1973)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions to divisions (A)-(C), see NMSA § 3-36-1
Similar provisions to division (E), see NMSA § 3-36-2
Similar provisions to division (F), see NMSA § 3-36-3