N.M. Stat. § 42-2-15
Verdict and judgment.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Relocation Assistance Act [Chapter 42, Article
3 NMSA 1978]:
A. for the purposes of assessing compensation and damages, the right thereto shall
be deemed to have accrued as of the date the petition is filed, and its actual value on
that date shall be the measure of compensation for all property taken, and also the
basis of damages for property not taken but injuriously affected in cases where such
damages are legally recoverable; the amount of the award shall be determined from the
evidence and not be limited to any amount alleged in the petition or set forth in the
answer;
B. whenever just compensation shall be ascertained and awarded in such
proceeding and established by judgment, the judgment shall include as a part of the just
compensation awarded, interest at the rate of six percent a year from the date of the
date the petition is filed to the date of payment or the date when the proceedings are
finally abandoned;
C. the court shall have the power to direct the payment of delinquent taxes, special
assessments and rental or other charges owed out of the amount determined to be just
compensation, and to make such orders with respect to encumbrances, liens, rents,
insurance and other just and equitable charges; and
D. when two or more estates or divided interests in any tract are the subject of a trial
by a jury, and the court has determined that there shall be no division of the causes, the
verdict shall be in one sum and shall be the amount of just compensation for the tract
affected as of the date of the filing of the petition, and the court shall thereafter proceed
to hear and determine the value of the respective interests or ownerships in said tract,
and shall apportion the amount of the verdict between the defendants according to their
various interests therein.