Legal Opinion
Henderson v. City of Tucumcari
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided April 20, 2005No. 24,660PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WECHSLER, J.
{1} In this appeal, we address NMSA 1978, § 3-18-5 (1977), which allows municipalities to deal with ruins, rubbish, wreckage or debris, by requiring the owner to clean up the property. Under the statute, if the owner fails to ameliorate any problem, the municipality may do so and obtain a lien against the property. See § 3-18-5(F)(3). The City of Tucumcari was not satisfied with Plaintiffs’ efforts and cleaned up Plaintiffs’ property. Plaintiffs sued, contending that the City crew was overzealous and removed everything, including cars Plaintiffs contend are valuable because…
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