N.M. Stat. § 3-36-2
Effect of filing notice of lien.
After the filing of the notice of the lien in the office of the county clerk, the
municipality shall have a lien upon the property described in the notice of lien. The filing
of the notice of the lien shall be notice to all the world of the existence of the lien and of
the contents of the notice of lien. No such lien shall affect the title or rights to or in any
real estate, of any purchaser, mortgagee in good faith or judgment lien creditor, without
knowledge of the existence of such lien, unless the notice of the lien is filed in
accordance with Section 3-36-1 NMSA 1978 in the office of the county clerk of the
county in which the real estate affected thereby is situated. All municipal liens filed in
conformity with Sections 3-36-1 through 3-36-6 NMSA 1978 shall be first and prior liens
on the property subject only to the lien of general state and county taxes.