N.M. Stat. § 48-2A-5
Stop notices; contents.
A stop notice shall not be effective unless:
A. it is signed and verified by the claimant or his agent, accompanied with a bond as
provided for in Section 7 [48-2A-7 NMSA 1978] of the Stop Notice Act, is served
pursuant to Section 6 [48-2A-6 NMSA 1978] of the Stop Notice Act and states in
general terms all of the following:
(1)
the name of the claimant;
(2)
the date the claimant files the preliminary notice;
(3)
the date the claimant presented his request for payment to the original
contractors;
(4)
the name of the owner and original contractor of the residential site;
(5)
a description of the kind of labor or materials furnished, or agreed to be
furnished, for the residential site;
(6)
the name of the person who ordered the labor or who accepted the
materials;
(7)
the total cost of all the labor or materials to be furnished to the residential
site;
(8)
the cost of the labor furnished or materials already furnished;
(9)
the balance of the money due; and
(10)
a demand that the construction lender, if any, or the owner, if there is no
construction lender, withhold a sufficient amount of money from the construction loan
funds to satisfy the demand of the claimant;
B. a preliminary notice was given by the claimant, in accordance with Section 6 of
the Stop Notice Act, within twenty days after the claimant first began to furnish work or
materials to the residential site;
C. if the claimant does not deliver the preliminary notice within twenty days after the
claimant first began to furnish work or material to the site improvement, he may still
deliver a preliminary notice but he shall lose his stop notice rights for all work performed
or materials furnished more than twenty days before the preliminary notice actually is
given; and
D. it is delivered, pursuant to Section 6 of the Stop Notice Act, no earlier than twenty
days or later than thirty days from the date the subcontractor or materialman presented
his request for payment to the original contractor.