N.M. Stat. Ann. § 47-8-13

47-8-13. Service of notice.
   A. A person has notice of a fact if:

       (1)    he has actual knowledge of it;

       (2)    he has received a notice or notification of it; or

      (3)    from all facts and circumstances known to him at the time in question he
has reason to know that it exists.

   B. A person notifies or gives a notice or notification to another by taking steps
reasonably calculated to inform the other in ordinary course, whether or not the other
actually comes to know of it.

   C. A person receives a notice or notification:

       (1)    when it comes to his attention;

      (2)    where written notice to the owner is required, when it is mailed or
otherwise delivered at the place of business of the owner through which the rental
agreement was made or at any place held out by him as the place for receipt of the
communication; or
       (3)    if written notice to the resident is required, when it is delivered in hand to
the resident or mailed to him at the place held out by him as the place for receipt of the
communication, or in the absence of such designation, to his last known place of
residence.

    D. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, notice to a resident for
nonpayment of rent shall be effective only when hand delivered or mailed to the resident
or posted on an exterior door of the dwelling unit. In all other cases where written notice
to the resident is required, even if there is a notice by posting, there must also be a
mailing of the notice by first class mail or hand delivery of the notice to the resident. The
date of a posting shall be included in any notice posted, mailed or hand delivered, and
shall constitute the effective date of the notice. A posted notice shall be affixed to a door
by taping all sides or placed in a fixture or receptacle designed for notices or mail.

    E. Notice, knowledge or a notice or notification received by the resident or person is
effective for a particular transaction from the time it is brought to the attention of the
resident or person conducting that transaction, and in any event from the time it would
have been brought to the resident's or person's attention if the resident or person had
exercised reasonable diligence.

    F. Where service of notice is required under the Uniform Owner-Resident Relations
Act, and the item is mailed but returned as undeliverable, or where the last known
address is the vacated dwelling unit, the owner shall serve at least one additional notice
if an alternative address has been provided to the owner by the resident.

History: 1953 Comp., § 70-7-13, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 38, § 13; 1995, ch. 195, §
5.