New Mexico Statutes
Article 18A - Collection Agencies
Section 61-18A-30 - Fees.

Except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978, the director shall charge and collect the following fees:
A. an original license fee for a collection agency or branch thereof, of five hundred dollars ($500);
B. a renewal fee for a collection agency or branch thereof, of three hundred dollars ($300);
C. a duplicate license fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00);
D. a temporary license fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00);
E. a delinquency fee of ten dollars ($10.00) per day for each day of delinquency in filing applications for renewals;
F. a manager's license examination fee of one hundred dollars ($100);
G. a manager's license renewal fee of fifty dollars ($50.00);
H. a fee of five dollars ($5.00) for each copy of any issue or edition of the Collection Agency Regulatory Act and rules and regulations;
I. a fee of five dollars ($5.00) for each list of licensees in good standing;
J. a fee of two hundred dollars ($200) per day or fraction thereof for each examiner of the division engaged in an examination or investigation of a licensee, not to exceed five examiner-days per calendar year. If the examination or investigation is an out-of-state examination or investigation, the licensee shall reimburse the division the actual travel costs incurred to perform the examination or investigation; and
K. an original license fee or renewal license fee for a repossessor of two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
History: Laws 1987, ch. 252, § 30; 1993, ch. 213, § 3; 2020, ch. 6, § 47.
The 2020 amendment, effective July 1, 2020, provided an exception to the licensure fee for qualified military service members, their spouses and dependent children, and for certain veterans, and made certain technical amendments; and in the introductory clause, added "Except as provided in Section 61-1-34 NMSA 1978".
The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, substituted "five hundred dollars ($500)" for "two hundred dollars ($200)" in Subsection A, "three hundred dollars ($300)" for "two hundred dollars ($200)" in Subsection B, "one hundred dollars ($100)" for "fifty dollars ($50.00)" in Subsection F, and "fifty dollars ($50.00)" for "thirty-five dollars ($35.00)" in Subsection G; deleted former Subsections J and K, providing for a solicitor's certificate fee of $7.50, and a fee of $100 for examination of a licensee's books, accounts, files and records; inserted present Subsection J; redesignated former Subsection L as present Subsection K; and substituted "two hundred fifty dollars ($250)" for "one hundred fifty dollars ($150)" in Subsection K.