This bill amends New Mexico laws concerning mobile home tenancies, enhancing tenant rights and clarifying landlord responsibilities. Key changes include prohibiting initial rental agreements shorter than twenty-four months, mandating landlords to provide a mailing address for termination actions, and extending the notice period for nonpayment of rent from three days to thirty days. Additionally, landlords are restricted from unreasonably limiting the sale of mobile homes and from raising rent during land use change notice periods. The bill also revises the process for serving notices to tenants and increases the potential recovery amount for tenants, while establishing civil penalties for violations.

Further amendments require landlords to inform tenants about land use change hearings and to disclose reasons for tenancy termination. The bill eliminates the option for either party to terminate the dispute resolution process and specifies that any lease provision waiving tenant rights under the Mobile Home Park Act is unenforceable. It also ensures that landlords cannot terminate tenancies based solely on the size or age of the mobile home. The bill introduces new civil penalties for landlords who violate the Mobile Home Park Act, allowing tenants to recover double the total monthly rent for each violation, and grants the Attorney General the authority to investigate and seek civil penalties in court.

Statutes affected:
introduced version: 47-10-3, 47-10-4, 47-10-5, 47-10-6, 47-10-9, 47-10-17, 47-10-23