A seller, lessor or landlord of real property, including a participant in an exchange of real property and any agent involved in such a transaction, shall not be liable for failure to disclose and shall not have a duty to disclose to any person who acquires, by voluntary or involuntary transfer, a legal or equitable interest in the real property, including any leasehold interest or security interest for an obligation, the fact or suspicion that the real property is or has been:
A. the site of a natural death;
B. the site of a homicide, suicide, assault, sexual assault or any other crime punishable as a felony; or
C. owned or occupied by a person who was exposed to, infected with or suspected to be infected with the human immunodeficiency virus or diagnosed to be suffering from acquired immune deficiency syndrome or any other disease that has been determined by medical evidence as highly unlikely to be transmittable to others through the occupancy of improvements to real property or that is not known to be transmitted through the occupancy of improvements located on that real property.
History: Laws 1991, ch. 74, ยง 2.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 13 - Real Estate Disclosure
Section 47-13-1 - Short title.
Section 47-13-1.1 - Definitions.
Section 47-13-2 - Disclosure of information not required in real estate transactions.
Section 47-13-3 - Cause of action, termination or rescission.
Section 47-13-4 - Finding; disclosure of information required in certain real estate transactions.
Section 47-13-5 - Disclosure of certain distributed energy generation systems.