2005 Renter's Guide
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A Handbook for Tenants & Landlords - 2005 Revised Edition
By: New Mexico Legal Aid
2005 Renter's Guide - PDF download Download the Handbook for Tenants & Landlords - 2005 Revised Edition
By: New Mexico Legal Aid
2009 Landlord Tenant Hotline Free Public Workshops Workshop Topics include landlord rights and responsibilities, tenant rights and responsibilities, evictions, security deposit disputes, how to request repairs from your landlord
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Evictions
The only way a Landlord can legally kick you out or evict you from your apartment or rental home is by going to court and getting a court order to evict you.
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Landlord Lockout of Home or Apartment
It is always illegal for a landlord to lock you out of your rental home or apartment, even if you owe the Landlord past due rent. The only way that your Landlord can legally make you leave your rental home or apartment is by going to court and asking the judge to enter an order to kick you out. This is also called an order of eviction.
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Landlords' Rights and Responsibilities
Under New Mexico landlord/tenant law, a landlord is required to provide tenants with a written lease. The landlord must perform the obligations stated in the lease and those that are imposed by law. If the landlord fails to perform those obligations, a tenant has a variety of available remedies, depending on the problem, including withholding a portion of the rent or taking the landlord to court to enforce compliance.
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Landlord's Termination of Rental Agreement What landlords can do lawfully to end tenancies. Updated May 2009
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Mobile Home Rentals
If you are renting the mobile home itself and not just renting a space for your own mobile home, you have the same rights as people renting apartments or houses. If you are renting a space in a mobile home park for your own mobile home, you have the same rights as people renting apartments or houses, plus you may have other rights.
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New Mexico Fair Housing Center Website
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The New Mexico Fair Housing Center (NMFHC) is dedicated to eliminating housing discrimination in New Mexico. NMFHC works to ensure equal housing opportunities for all New Mexicans through education and outreach, advocacy, and enforcement. NMFHC envisions a state where housing opportunities are the norm and not the exception; where there are no barriers or impediments to housing choices and where segregation is a practice of the past.
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Past Due Rent
If you do not pay your rent on time, your Landlord can begin a procedure in court to kick you out. Another word for kicking you out is evict or eviction. Before he can evict you because your rent isn’t paid, your Landlord must give you a written notice called a 3-Day Notice of Nonpayment of Rent.
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Return of Your Security Deposit
If you paid all of the rent that you owed to your Landlord and did not damage the apartment or rental home, then your Landlord should give back your security deposit no later than thirty (30) days after you move out. Your Landlord cannot keep your security deposit for normal wear and tear or regular everyday use of the apartment or rental home. Your Landlord cannot keep your deposit for damage done to the apartment before you moved in.
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Utility Shutoff and Your Rights
If your gas, electricity, or water service is shut off, or if you are being threatened with a shutoff, you should call the utility company immediately to find out the reason for the shutoff. The utility company cannot shut off service and charge you for bills owed by your landlord or for bills owed by tenants who used to live at your address. The utility company cannot shut off service because you are behind in your rent, even though your Landlord may want the utility company to do so.
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What Cleaning and Repairs Can a Landlord Charge For?
Typically, landlords may charge tenants for any cleaning or repairs necessary to restore the rental unit to its condition at the beginning of the tenancy. Landlords may not, however, use the tenant's security deposit to cover the costs of ordinary wear and tear.
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