City of Santa Fe Ex Rel. Santa Fe Police Dep't v. One (1) 1989 Black Saab Sedan

VARGAS, Judge.

{1} The City of Santa Fe (the City) appeals the district court's order directing the return, upon stated conditions, of Robert Boulanger's (Claimant) car, which was seized pursuant to the City's forfeiture ordinance, Santa Fe, N.M., Code § 24-9 SFCC 1987 (1993, amended 2012) (Santa Fe Ordinance). This appeal requires us to determine whether the New Mexico Forfeiture Act (NMFA), NMSA 1978, §§ 31-27-1 to -11 (2002, as amended through 2015), preempts the Santa Fe Ordinance. Consistent with this Court's recent holding in Espinoza v. City of Albuquerque , 2019-NMCA-014 , 435 P.3d…