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NEW MEXICO CONSTRUCTION or MECHANICS
LIEN FORMS
PACKAGE
CONTRACTOR EDITION (sole proprietor) Control Number: NM-P091-PKG
U.S. Legal Forms™ thanks you for your purchase of a Construction Lien Forms
Package. This package is an important tool to help you with the legal issues that may
arise between a contractor who performs services and/or supplies materials or
equipment to a property but is not paid for the services/materials/equipment. This
package includes state specific forms for a contractor operating as a sole proprietor or
individual. TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Form List with descriptionsII. Descriptions of FormsIII. Tips on Completing the FormsIV. DisclaimerI. FORM LISTWith your Construction Lien Package, you will find many of the forms that are necessary to
protect your legal rights or claims to secure and enforce a lien on property for unpaid services
and/or materials or equipment.Included in your package are the following forms:1.Notice of Right to Claim Lien2. Mechanic's of Materialman's Request for Information3. Claim of Lien4. Conditional Waiver and Release of Lien Upon Progress Payment5.Unconditional Waiver and Release of Lien Upon Progress Payment6.Conditional Waiver and Release of Lien Upon Final Payment7.Unconditional Waiver and Release of Lien Upon Final Payment8. Assignment of Lien9. Claim Satisfied Notice10.Affidavit of Payment of Invoices of Charges and Costs11.Preliminary Notice12.Original Contractor's Notice to Subcontractor or Materialman13. Subcontractor's Notice to Subcontractor or Materialman14. Subcontractor or Materialman's Request to Subcontractor Regarding Owner or
Construction Lender15. Stop Notice
II. DESCRIPTIONS OF FORMSBrief descriptions of the forms contained in your U.S. Legal Forms™ Construction Lien Package
are found below.Notice of Right to Claim Lien - 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 his 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, Fax with acknowledgment or personal delivery.
Mechanic's of Materialman's Request for Information - New Mexico law provides that a
mechanic or materialman may request that an owner or contractor provide in writing certain
information necessary for the lien claimant to file a lien claim. The owner or contractor is
required to respond to the request within five (5) days, or risk the possibility of being unable to
claim a lack of notice as a defense in an action to enforce a lien.
Claim of Lien - Every original contractor, within one hundred and twenty days after the
completion of his contract, and every person, except the original contractor, desiring to claim a
lien pursuant to Sections 48-2-1 through 48-2-19 NMSA 1978, must, within ninety days after the
completion of any building, improvement or structure, or after the completion of the alteration or
repair thereof, or the performance of any labor in a mining claim, file for record with the county
clerk of the county in which such property or some part thereof is situated, a claim containing a
statement of his demands, after deducting all just credits and offsets. The claim shall state the
name of the owner or reputed owner, if known, and also the name of the person by whom he
was employed, or to whom he furnished the materials, and shall include a statement of the
terms, time given and the conditions of the contract, and also a description of the property to be
charged with the lien, sufficient for identification. The claim must be verified by the oath of
himself or of some other person.
Conditional Waiver and Release of Lien Upon Progress Payment - This Conditional Waiver and
Release of Lien Upon Progress Payment form is for use by a lienor, in consideration of a sum of
money to waive and release his or her lien and right to claim a lien for labor, services or
materials furnished through a certain date to a customer on the job of an owner of property. This
Conditional Waiver and Release of Lien Upon Progress Payment is conditioned upon the lienor
receiving collected funds in a certain amount for the work described, and if such funds are not
received within a particular number of days of the date of the waiver, this Conditional Waiver
and Release of Lien is void.
Unconditional Waiver and Release of Lien Upon Progress Payment - This Unconditional Waiver
and Release of Lien Upon Progress Payment form is for use by a lienor, in consideration of a
certain sum of money to waive and release his or her lien and right to claim a lien for labor,
services or materials furnished through a particular date to a customer on the job of an owner of
property.
Conditional Waiver and Release of Lien Upon Final Payment - This Conditional Waiver and
Release of Lien Upon Final Payment form is for use by a lienor, in consideration of final
payment to waive and release his or her lien and right to claim a lien for labor, services or
materials furnished through a particular date to a customer on the job of an owner of property.
This Conditional Waiver and Release of Lien Upon Final Payment is conditioned upon the lienor
receiving collected funds for the work described, and if such funds are not received within a
certain number of days of the date of this waiver, this Conditional Waiver and Release of Lien is
void.Unconditional Waiver and Release of Lien Upon Final Payment - This Unconditional Waiver and
Release of Lien Upon Final Payment form is for use by a lienor, in consideration of final
payment to waive and release his or her lien and right to claim a lien for labor, services or
materials furnished through a particular date to a customer on the job of an owner of property.
Assignment of Lien - This Assignment of Lien form is for use by an individual lienor who
furnished or supplied labor, materials, or laborers for the purpose of improvements of real
property, such that the lienor is entitled to a lien for the value of labor, materials, or laborers
supplied, to provide notice that he or she assigns his or her claim and lien to an individual who
shall have all the rights and remedies under law to which the lienor is entitled subject to all
defenses thereto that might be made if such assignment had not been made, for the purpose of
filing and for the enforcement of the lien.
Claim Satisfied Notice - This Claim Satisfied Notice form is for use by an individual claimant
entitled to a lien for labor and/or materials provided for the improvement of the property to
provide a statement that his or her claim has been satisfied and the claimant agrees to
discharge the stop notice, and other information including the date of filing of the preliminary
notice, the date the claimant presented his or her request for payment to the original
contractors, the name of the owner and original contractor of the residential site, a description of
the kind of labor or materials furnished, or agreed to be furnished, for the residential site, the
name of the person who ordered the labor or who accepted the materials, the total cost of all the
labor or materials to be and already furnished to the residential site, and the balance of the
money due.
Affidavit of Payment of Invoices of Charges and Costs - This Affidavit of Payment of Invoices of
Charges and Costs form is for use by an individual original contractor having accomplished the
completion of construction and upon acceptance of final payment from the owner, his or her
successor in interest or agent, to state either that all invoices or charges and costs received by
the contractor and related to the residential site have been paid, or to provide the names and
addresses of persons to whom the contractor has paid in full those invoices of charges and
costs arising from furnishing labor or materials incorporated in the residential site, the names
and addresses of those subcontractors and materialmen who have presented to the contractor
invoices of charges and costs of labor or materials incorporated or to be incorporated in the
residential site which have not been paid (accompanied by a waiver of lien for the invoices
properly signed by each subcontractor or materialman), and the names and addresses of those
subcontractors and materialmen who have presented the contractor invoices of charges and
costs of labor or materials incorporated or to be incorporated in the site improvement and which
have not been paid and which have not been accompanied by a waiver of lien.
Preliminary Notice - This Preliminary Notice form is for use by an individual that furnished or will
furnish labor, services, equipment or materials for use in, and contributing to, work of
improvement on real property to provide notice of a general description of the labor, service,
equipment, or materials furnished, or to be furnished, and an estimate of the total price thereof,
the name and address of the person furnishing that labor, service, equipment, or materials, the
name of the person who contracted for purchase of that labor, service, equipment, or materials,
and a description of the jobsite sufficient for identification.
Original Contractor's Notice to Subcontractor or Materialman - This Original Contractor's Notice
to Subcontractor or Materialman form is for use by an individual original contractor who is
proposing to contract with a subcontractor or materialman or both for improvement to a
residential site to provide notice of the name and address of the owner of the residential site, the
name and address of the construction lender lending the funds, if any, and the loan officer who
actually made the construction loan, if any, for the site improvement and the accurate legal
description of the residential site, if available, or a description of the residential site sufficient for
identification.
Subcontractor's Notice to Subcontractor or Materialman - This Subcontractor's Notice to
Subcontractor or Materialman form is for use by an individual subcontractor who has contracted
with another subcontractor for labor or a materialman to provide materials for the improvement
to a residential site to provide the date the subcontractor received a request for information from
the subcontractor or materialman, the name and address of the owner of the residential site, the
name and address of the construction lender lending the funds, if any, and the loan officer who
actually made the construction loan, if any, for the site improvement, and the accurate legal
description of the residential site.
Subcontractor or Materialman's Request to Subcontractor Regarding Owner or Construction
Lender - This Subcontractor or Materialman's Request to Subcontractor Regarding Owner or
Construction Lender form is for use by an individual subcontractor or materialman who has
contracted with a subcontractor to provide materials for the improvement to a residential site to
request that the subcontractor provide information, including the name and address of the
owner of the residential site, the name and address of the construction lender lending the funds,
if any, and the loan officer who actually made the construction loan, if any, for the site
improvement, and the accurate legal description of the residential site.
Stop Notice - This Stop Notice form is for use by an individual lien claimant entitled to a lien for
labor and/or materials provided for the improvement of property to provide notice of the date the
claimant filed a preliminary notice, the date the claimant presented his or her request for
payment to the original contractors, the name of the owner and original contractor of the
residential site, a description of the kind of labor or materials furnished, or agreed to be
furnished, for the residential site, the name of the person who ordered the labor or who
accepted the materials, the total cost of all the labor or materials to be furnished to the
residential site, the cost of the labor furnished or materials already furnished, the balance of the
money due and a statement that the construction lender, if any, or the owner, if there is no
construction lender, must withhold a sufficient amount of money from the construction loan
funds to satisfy the demand of the undersigned claimant.
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