There is no set schedule for public auctions. They occur in each county as title research is completed, all other collection efforts are exhausted and as PTD moves forward in placing property back on the tax rolls. PTD does not hold sales in all 33 counties each year.
Delinquent Property Tax
Is there a mailing list to notify prospective buyers about upcoming sales?
PTD does not mail sale lists.
Does the Property Tax Division provide buyers with title information (deeds, mortgage, liens, etc.) prior to a tax sale?
PTD does not furnish title information, maps or suggestions about the locations of properties being sold. The responsibility to inspect the property and review the chain of title belongs to the buyer prior to the sale. Buyers should know exactly what they are buying...
If a buyer purchases a property through a tax sale, are all other existing liens against that property extinguished at that time?
Delinquent Property Tax A sale properly made under Section 7-38-67 NMSA 1978 Link to: http://www.conwaygreene.com/nmsu/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm&2.0 constitutes full payment of all delinquent taxes, penalties and interest considered as a lien against the...
What is a perfected interest?
Delinquent Property Tax The state issues a tax deed equivalent to a quitclaim deed. The deed conveys all of the former owner's interest in the real property as of the date the state's lien for real property taxes arose. This deed is subject only to perfected interests...