N.M. Stat. § 47-14-4
Exemptions.
The Appraisal Management Company Registration Act is not applicable to:
A. a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, subsidiary, limited liability
company or other business entity that employs persons on an employer and employee
basis exclusively for the performance of real estate appraisal services in the normal
course of its business and the entity is responsible for ensuring that the real estate
appraisal services being performed by its employees are being performed in
accordance with uniform standards of professional appraisal practice;
B. an individual who in the normal course of the individual's business enters into an
agreement, whether written or otherwise, with another independent contractor appraiser
for the performance of real estate appraisal services that the hiring or contracting
appraiser cannot complete for any reason, including competency, work load, schedule
or geographic location; or
C. an individual, corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, subsidiary, limited
liability company or other business entity that in the normal course of business enters
into an agreement, whether written or otherwise, with an independent contractor
appraiser for the performance of real estate appraisal services and upon the completion
of the appraisal, the report of the appraiser performing the real estate appraisal services
is co-signed by the appraiser who subcontracted with the independent appraiser for the
performance of the real estate appraisal services.