New Mexico
For New Mexico, time to count as abandoned on private property is left unattended on either public or private property for at least 30 days; statutory citation is NMSA 1978 (NM MVD Vehicle Procedures Manual, Chapter 1), verified against its source on 2026-08-18.
- State
- New Mexico our reading
- Time to count as abandoned on private property
- left unattended on either public or private property for at least 30 days verified
- Statutory citation
- NMSA 1978 (NM MVD Vehicle Procedures Manual, Chapter 1) verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
Abandoned vehicle a vehicle or motor vehicle that has been determined by a New Mexico law enforcement agency: (1) to have been left unattended on either public or private property for at least 30 days; (2) not to have been reported stolen; (3) not to have been claimed by any person asserting ownership; and (4) not to have been shown by normal record-checking procedures to be owned by any person
— mvd.newmexico.gov, retrieved 2026-08-18
Source
- mvd.newmexico.govhttps://www.mvd.newmexico.gov/chapter-1-vehicles-definitions/