N.M. Stat. § 3-33-25
Improvement district; rights of negotiable bondholders or
assignable certificate holders.
A. If the governing body fails or refuses to foreclose and sell a tract or parcel of land
for the delinquent assessment or installment of the assessment as required in Section
3-33-26 NMSA 1978, any holder of a bond or assignable certificate secured by the
assessment may foreclose the assessment lien on such delinquent property in the
manner provided by law for the foreclosure of mortgages on real estate.
B. Any person holding two or more assignable certificates issued as authorized in
Section 3-33-24 NMSA 1978 may sue in the same action on all tracts or parcels of land
described in the certificate to enforce the lien against the tract or parcel of land
described in the certificate unless the assessment lien has been adjusted pursuant to
Section 3-33-23 NMSA 1978.
C. Whenever a governing body, board of county commissioners or local board of
education is delinquent in the payment of an assessment, the holder of any assignable
certificate issued against the tract or parcel of land of the municipality, county or school
district has the rights and remedies for the collection of the assessment as are given by
law for the collection of judgments against municipalities, counties and school districts.