A. No later than the last day of February of a tax year, any owner of property subject to valuation by the county assessor who believes that the value of his property has decreased in the previous tax year may file with the county assessor a signed statement describing the property affected, the cause and nature of the decrease in value and the amount by which the owner contends the valuation of the property has been decreased. Prior to determining the value of the property, the county assessor or an employee of the assessor must view the property described in the statement. The county assessor shall note on the back of the statement the date the property was viewed, by whom it was viewed and any action taken or to be taken as a result. The provisions of this subsection include a decrease in valuation of property due to a change in ownership, location or existence of personal property subject to local valuation, and in those cases the assessor or his employee shall verify the alleged change and make an appropriate notation of the date of verification, the person who made it and any action taken or to be taken as a result.
B. Reports required or authorized under this section to be filed by the owner of property may be filed by the owner's authorized agent.
History: 1953 Comp., § 72-31-13, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 258, § 53; 1991, ch. 213, § 2.
The 1991 amendment, effective January 1, 1992, deleted "Statement of improvements to real property subject to local valuation" in the section heading; deleted former Subsection A, relating to filing a statement of improvements to real property subject to local valuation; designated former Subsections B and C as Subsections A and B; and made minor stylistic changes in Subsection A.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 72 Am. Jur. 2d State and Local Taxation §§ 765, 766.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 38 - Administration and Enforcement of Property Taxes
Section 7-38-1 - Applicability.
Section 7-38-2 - Investigative authority and powers.
Section 7-38-3 - Information reports.
Section 7-38-4 - Confidentiality of information.
Section 7-38-6 - Presumption of correctness.
Section 7-38-7 - Valuation date.
Section 7-38-7.1 - Valuation date; tangible personal property; construction contractors.
Section 7-38-8 - Reporting of property for valuation; penalties for failure to report.
Section 7-38-8.1 - Division to adopt regulations to require reporting of exempt property.
Section 7-38-9 - Description of property for property taxation purposes.
Section 7-38-11 - Property reported in the wrong county.
Section 7-38-12.1 - Residential property transfers; affidavit to be filed with assessor.
Section 7-38-12.2 - Penalties.
Section 7-38-13 - Statement of decrease in value of property subject to local valuation.
Section 7-38-16 - Condemnation proceedings; duty of condemning authority to notify county assessor.
Section 7-38-17 - Claiming exemptions; requirements; penalties.
Section 7-38-19 - Valuation records.
Section 7-38-20 - County assessor and department to mail notices of valuation.
Section 7-38-21 - Protests; election of remedies.
Section 7-38-23 - Protest hearings; verbatim record; action by hearing officer; time limitations.
Section 7-38-25 - County valuation protests boards; creation; duties; funding.
Section 7-38-26 - Scheduling of protest hearings.
Section 7-38-28 - Appeals from orders of the hearing officer or county valuation protests boards.
Section 7-38-29 - Retention of hearing records.
Section 7-38-30 - Department to allocate and certify valuations to county assessors.
Section 7-38-31 - County assessor to certify net taxable values to the department.
Section 7-38-33 - Department of finance and administration to set tax rates.
Section 7-38-34 - Board of county commissioners to order imposition of the tax.
Section 7-38-35 - Preparation of property tax schedule by assessor.
Section 7-38-36 - Preparation and mailing of property tax bills.
Section 7-38-37 - Contents of property tax bill.
Section 7-38-38 - Payment of property taxes; installment due dates; refund in cases of overpayments.
Section 7-38-38.3 - Optional prepayment of property taxes in monthly payments.
Section 7-38-39 - Protesting values; claim for refund.
Section 7-38-40 - Claims for refund; civil action.
Section 7-38-41 - Protested property taxes; suspense fund; refunds; interest.
Section 7-38-43 - Distribution of receipts from collected property taxes, penalties and interest.
Section 7-38-45 - Special provisions relating to administration of taxes on livestock.
Section 7-38-46 - Delinquent property taxes.
Section 7-38-47 - Property taxes are personal obligation of owner of property.
Section 7-38-49 - Unpaid property taxes; imposition of interest.
Section 7-38-50 - Delinquent taxes; civil penalties.
Section 7-38-51 - Notification to property owner of delinquent property taxes.
Section 7-38-54 - Demand warrant; contents.
Section 7-38-55 - Surrender of personal property; penalty for refusal.
Section 7-38-56 - Release of personal property seized.
Section 7-38-57 - Notice of sale of personal property.
Section 7-38-58 - Personal property sale requirements.
Section 7-38-59 - Certificates of sale; effect of certificates of sale.
Section 7-38-60 - Notification to property owner of delinquent taxes.
Section 7-38-63 - Payment of delinquent taxes to the department; distribution.
Section 7-38-65 - Collection of delinquent taxes on real property; sale of real property.
Section 7-38-66 - Sale of real property for delinquent taxes; notice of sale.
Section 7-38-67 - Real property sale requirements.
Section 7-38-67.1 - Sale of abandoned real property; notice of sale; requirements.
Section 7-38-68 - Installment agreements.
Section 7-38-69 - Distribution of amounts collected under installment agreements.
Section 7-38-71 - Distribution of amounts received from sale of property.
Section 7-38-75 - Exception to property tax due date.
Section 7-38-78 - Action by property owner in district court to change property tax schedule.
Section 7-38-84 - Notices; mailing.
Section 7-38-85 - Extension of deadlines; general provision.
Section 7-38-86 - Extension of deadlines at request of property owners.
Section 7-38-87 - Administrative regulations; promulgation; general provisions.
Section 7-38-89 - Validity of certain regulations; judicial review.
Section 7-38-92 - Attempts to evade or defeat the property tax.
Section 7-38-93 - Interference with the administration of the Property Tax Code.