{"data":{"id":"us-nm/48-2a-5","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"48-2A-5","heading":"Stop notices; contents.","body":"A stop notice shall not be effective unless:\nA. it is signed and verified by the claimant or his agent, accompanied with a bond as provided for in Section 7 [48-2A-7 NMSA 1978] of the Stop Notice Act, is served pursuant to Section 6 [48-2A-6 NMSA 1978] of the Stop Notice Act and states in general terms all of the following:\n(1) the name of the claimant;\n(2) the date the claimant files the preliminary notice;\n(3) the date the claimant presented his request for payment to the original contractors;\n(4) the name of the owner and original contractor of the residential site;\n(5) a description of the kind of labor or materials furnished, or agreed to be furnished, for the residential site;\n(6) the name of the person who ordered the labor or who accepted the materials;\n(7) the total cost of all the labor or materials to be furnished to the residential site;\n(8) the cost of the labor furnished or materials already furnished;\n(9) the balance of the money due; and\n(10) a demand that the construction lender, if any, or the owner, if there is no construction lender, withhold a sufficient amount of money from the construction loan funds to satisfy the demand of the claimant;\nB. a preliminary notice was given by the claimant, in accordance with Section 6 of the Stop Notice Act, within twenty days after the claimant first began to furnish work or materials to the residential site;\nC. if the claimant does not deliver the preliminary notice within twenty days after the claimant first began to furnish work or material to the site improvement, he may still deliver a preliminary notice but he shall lose his stop notice rights for all work performed or materials furnished more than twenty days before the preliminary notice actually is given; and\nD. it is delivered, pursuant to Section 6 of the Stop Notice Act, no earlier than twenty days or later than thirty days from the date the subcontractor or materialman presented his request for payment to the original contractor.","path":["Chapter 48 - Liens and Mortgages","ARTICLE 2A Stop Notice Act"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18551/index.do","current_through":"2024-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:20Z","sha256":"8426740c9400059453bd1ae620e8cc98286ea158271a2c7dc13f16f77c48b0cd","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/48-2a-4","next":"us-nm/48-2a-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}