What are the duties of a tenant under the landlord-tenant law prevailing in New Mexico?
Full Question:
I am shifting to New Mexico next month and will be staying in a rented house there. What are the duties of a tenant under the landlord-tenant law prevailing in New Mexico?
01/04/2017 |
Category: Landlord Tenant |
State: New Mexico |
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Answer:
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 47-8-3:
“"resident" means a person entitled under a rental agreement to occupy a dwelling unit in peaceful possession to the exclusion of others and includes the owner of a mobile home renting premises, other than a lot or parcel in a mobile home park, for use as a site for the location of the mobile home.”
N.M. Stat. Ann. § 47-8-22:
“The resident shall:
A. comply with obligations imposed upon residents by applicable minimum standards of housing codes materially affecting health or safety;
B. keep that part of the premises that he occupies and uses as clean and safe as the condition of the premises permit, and, upon termination of the residency, place the dwelling unit in as clean condition, excepting ordinary wear and tear, as when residency commenced;
C. dispose from his dwelling unit all ashes, rubbish, garbage and other waste in a clean and safe manner;
D. keep all plumbing fixtures in the dwelling unit or used by the resident as clean as their condition permits;
E. use in a reasonable manner all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilation, air conditioning and other facilities and appliances including elevators, if any, in the premises;
F. not deliberately or negligently destroy, deface, damage, impair or remove any part of the premises or knowingly permit any person to do so;
G. conduct himself and require other persons on the premises with his consent to conduct themselves in a manner that will not disturb his neighbors' peaceful enjoyment of the premises;
H. abide by all bylaws, covenants, rules or regulations of any applicable condominium regime, cooperative housing agreement or neighborhood association not inconsistent with owner's rights or duties; and
I. not knowingly commit or consent to any other person knowingly committing a substantial violation.”
The resident has a duty to comply with all the obligations imposed upon the residents that affects health or safety; to keep the premises of the rental property clean and safe; to dispose ashes, rubbish, garbage and other waste in a clean and safe manner; to keep all plumbing fixtures in the rental property clean; to use all the “electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilation, air conditioning” and elevators in a reasonable manner; not to “destroy, deface, damage, impair or remove any part of the premises;” not to disturb the neighbors' peaceful enjoyment of the premises.