N.M. Stat. § 60-13-45
Trade bureaus; permits.
A. The trade bureaus within their respective jurisdictions may require a permit to be
secured and conspicuously posted prior to any construction, installation, alteration,
repair or addition to or within any building, structure or premises.
B. No permit shall be required for the performance of any of the following classes of
work:
(1)
minor repairs, replacement of lamps, the connection of portable electrical
equipment to suitable receptacles which are permanently installed, minor repairs or
replacement of or to faucets, taps or jets or connection of portable equipment to suitable
connections or inlets which have been permanently installed;
(2)
installation of temporary wiring for testing electrical equipment or
apparatus or installation of temporary fixtures or devices for testing fixtures, equipment,
apparatus or appliances;
(3)
installation, alteration or repair of electrical equipment for the operation of
signals or the transmission of intelligence by wire; and
(4)
installation or work which is done after regular business hours or during a
holiday when immediate action is imperative to safeguard life, health or property,
provided the person making the installation or performing the work applies for a permit
covering the installation or work not later than the next business day.
C. If a permit has been issued for construction of a new residential building, that
residential building shall not be occupied until a certificate of occupancy has been
issued certifying compliance with all codes and standards.
D. The commission shall make rules and regulations pertaining to the issuance of
permits and the setting of reasonable fees to be paid by the applicant for a permit. The
regulations shall provide a procedure for the issuance of permits outside the corporate
limits of a municipality where inspection is made by a state inspector or a municipal
inspector serving as a part-time state inspector and for inspections within a municipality
where the inspection is done exclusively by a full-time state inspector. Each trade
bureau by regulation may require a reasonable bond or surety in the penal sum of five
hundred dollars ($500) or more, but not to exceed fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500), with
such bureau named as obligee and conditioned for the payment of inspection fees
provided in the Construction Industries Licensing Act. Nothing in this section shall
preclude municipalities from making inspections in accordance with the Construction
Industries Licensing Act or rules and regulations pursuant to that act or from
establishing a schedule of fees to be paid by an applicant for a permit.
E. In the event that the division assumes inspections of a municipal or county
jurisdiction, the permit fees shall be paid directly to the division.