N.M. Stat. § 3-36-4
Municipal lien; foreclosure; joinder of defendants; contents
of complaint; several judgment or decree; lien recitals as prima
facie evidence; attorney fee.
A. The municipality or the holder of any lien may, in a single suit, foreclose the liens
against all of the persons named in the notice of liens or against the property if the
owners are unknown. The complaint filed by the municipality shall:
(1)
expressly name each defendant if known;
(2)
describe the property against which the lien is established; and
(3)
set forth the amount of the lien.
B. The judgment or decree rendered in said cause shall be several against the
named defendants and against the several properties for the amounts decreed to be
due by each. A lien against real estate may be foreclosed in the same manner that
mortgages or other liens against real estate are foreclosed with like rights of
redemption. Lien against personal property may be foreclosed in the same manner
security interests are foreclosed. At the trial of any case foreclosing any lien, the recitals
of the lien or other evidence of indebtedness shall be received in evidence as prima
facie true. In the foreclosure of any lien created by municipal ordinance or under
authority of law, a reasonable attorney's fee shall be taxed by the court as part of the
costs.