5 deadlines NoticeGuard models for New Mexico: what each one counts from, the statute it was read from, and the statute text.
Information, not legal advice. This app reports what the statute says and cites the section it read. It is not legal advice, it does not file anything for you, and it does not tell you what to do.
Verify with the statute or an attorney. Statutes change, and courts reinterpret them. Every deadline in this app comes from a statute read on the date shown next to its citation - that snapshot can go out of date. Missing a mechanics lien deadline can extinguish your claim permanently, so confirm any deadline you are relying on with an attorney licensed in that state before you act on it.
Data verified: statute text retrieved 2026-09-21 (each citation below carries its own date). Rule data from the NoticeGuard app, source commit 22f9300.
Give notice of right to claim a lien (second-tier-and-deeper claimants)
Written notice to the owner (or the original contractor, if any), counted from this claimant's own initial furnishing of work or materials - required only for claims over $5,000 by a claimant without privity with the original contractor.
What it counts from. 60 days after first furnishing (commenced work).
Applies to. Supplier, Preconstruction service.
NMSA 1978 § 48-2-2.1 (B) Official source · statute text retrieved 2026-09-21
“No lien of a mechanic or a materialman claimed in an amount of more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) may be enforced by action or otherwise unless the lien claimant has given notice in writing of the claimant's right to claim a lien in the event of nonpayment and that notice was given not more than sixty days after initially furnishing work or materials, or both, by either certified mail, return receipt requested, facsimile with acknowledgement or personal delivery to: (1) the owner or reputed owner of the property upon which the improvements are being constructed; or (2) the original contractor, if any.”
If the date is missed (the statute's own terms). The statute's own mechanism: the lien "may [not] be enforced by action or otherwise unless" this notice was timely given.
Also stated next to this deadline.
Does not apply at all (§ 48-2-2.1(A)) to: claims on residential property of four or fewer dwelling units; claims by an original contractor; or claims by mechanics/materialmen who contract directly with the original contractor. None of these exceptions is modeled - this app always shows the deadline for the roles above.
A claimant may instead give this notice later, at the cost of only covering work/materials furnished from 30 days before the (late) notice onward (§ 48-2-2.1(E)) - a real alternate path this app does not separately model.
File claim of lien (original contractor)
Filed for record with the county clerk, counted from completion of the contract.
What it counts from. 120 days after final completion of the original contract.
Applies to. Original contractor.
NMSA 1978 § 48-2-6 (A) Official source · statute text retrieved 2026-09-21
“Every original contractor, within one hundred twenty days after the completion of a contract... shall... file for record with the county clerk of the county in which the property or some part of it is situated a claim containing a statement of demands, after deducting all just credits and offsets.”
If the date is missed (the statute's own terms). New Mexico courts treat this filing period as a statute of limitations after which "the remedy becomes unavailable to the claimant" (Garrett Bldg. Ctrs., Inc. v. Hale) - a case-law characterization, not a forfeiture clause stated in the statute's own text.
Also stated next to this deadline.
The claim must state the owner's name, if known; the name of the person the claimant was employed by or furnished materials to; the terms, time given, and conditions of the contract; and a description of the property sufficient for identification. Must be verified by oath.
File claim of lien (subcontractor, supplier, or preconstruction service provider)
Filed for record with the county clerk, counted from completion of the building, improvement, or structure (or of the alteration or repair) - not from this claimant's own last furnishing.
What it counts from. 90 days after final completion of the original contract.
Applies to. Subcontractor, Supplier, Preconstruction service.
NMSA 1978 § 48-2-6 (A) Official source · statute text retrieved 2026-09-21
“every person, except the original contractor, desiring to claim a lien pursuant to Sections 48-2-1 through 48-2-17 NMSA 1978 shall, within ninety days after the completion of any building, improvement or structure or after the completion of the alteration or repair of the building, improvement or structure or the performance of any labor in a mining claim, file for record with the county clerk of the county in which the property or some part of it is situated a claim containing a statement of demands, after deducting all just credits and offsets.”
If the date is missed (the statute's own terms). New Mexico courts treat this filing period as a statute of limitations after which "the remedy becomes unavailable to the claimant" (Garrett Bldg. Ctrs., Inc. v. Hale) - a case-law characterization, not a forfeiture clause stated in the statute's own text.
Also stated next to this deadline.
Confirmed, not assumed: this deadline runs from completion of the whole project, not from this claimant's own last furnishing - New Mexico case law treats "substantial completion" (trivial imperfections aside) as the trigger (Tabet Lumber Co. v. Baughman).
The claim must state the owner's name, if known; the name of the person the claimant was employed by or furnished materials to; the terms, time given, and conditions of the contract; and a description of the property sufficient for identification. Must be verified by oath.
Send copy of filed claim to owner
A copy of the filed claim of lien, sent to the owner (or reputed owner) at their last known address, counted from the date the claim was filed with the county clerk.
What it counts from. 15 days after notice of construction lien recorded.
Applies to. Original contractor, Subcontractor, Supplier, Preconstruction service.
NMSA 1978 § 48-2-6 (B) Official source · statute text retrieved 2026-09-21
“A person filing a claim for a lien with a county clerk pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall mail, email, send by certified mail with return receipt requested or hand deliver a copy of the filed claim for a lien to the owner or reputed owner, if known, stated in the claim within fifteen days of filing the claim with the county clerk.”
If the date is missed (the statute's own terms). "The failure of the claimant to serve the notice may preclude the recovery of interest, attorney's fees or costs." - a narrower consequence than losing the lien itself, unlike most of this app's other deadlines.
Also stated next to this deadline.
If the owner's address is unknown, send to the address on the county assessor's files instead.
Commence proceedings to enforce the lien
Counted from the date the claim of lien was filed.
What it counts from. 730 days after notice of construction lien recorded.
Applies to. Original contractor, Subcontractor, Supplier, Preconstruction service.
NMSA 1978 § 48-2-10 (sole operative sentence) Official source · statute text retrieved 2026-09-21
“No lien provided for in Sections 48-2-1 through 48-2-17 NMSA 1978 remains valid for a longer period than two years after the claim of lien has been filed unless proceedings have been commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction or in binding arbitration within that time to enforce the lien.”
If the date is missed (the statute's own terms). The statute's own mechanism: the lien "[does not] remain[] valid for a longer period than two years... unless proceedings have been commenced."
Also stated next to this deadline.
Approximated as 730 calendar days (2 years × 365), the same approximation style used throughout this app. Two calendar years is 730 or 731 days, so this date always lands on or before the statutory one - never after it.
Binding arbitration counts the same as a court proceeding for this deadline - a real alternate path most other states' equivalent deadlines in this app do not offer.
A contingent-payment ("pay-if-paid") clause is not, by itself, a waiver of the right to file and enforce a lien (§ 48-2-10, second sentence).
Weekend and holiday rollover
NoticeGuard does not model a weekend or holiday extension for New Mexico. The dates above are the plain count from the date you enter. Check whether a Saturday, Sunday or holiday changes your date.
What this rule set does not cover
The preliminary notice (§ 48-2-2.1) is approximated for the `supplier` and `preconstructionServiceProvider` roles only - its real trigger is contract tier (second-tier-and-deeper claimants), not role, which this app cannot distinguish. It also does not apply at all on residential property of four or fewer dwelling units, or to claims of $5,000 or less - neither exception is modeled; this app always shows the deadline for the roles above.
Fetched from Justia's current mirror after nmonesource.com (New Mexico's own official Compilation Commission site) returned an HTTP 403 to a direct, non-browser fetch - retrieved instead via a live browser session reading Justia's page, the same fallback this app uses elsewhere when a primary source blocks automated access outright.
Weekend/holiday rollover is NOT modeled - no general New Mexico computation-of-time statute was researched this pass, and none of Article 2's own sections state one.
Only §§ 48-2-2.1, 48-2-6, and 48-2-10 have been read. The rest of Article 2 - including lien priority (§ 48-2-8) and the discharge-by-bond mechanism - has not been incorporated.
NoticeGuard is an app that turns a job's dates into a countdown for each statutory step, shows the statute text each date was read from, exports a calendar file (.ics) and sends reminders 14, 7 and 1 day before each deadline. It tracks and reminds; it does not file anything for you.