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§ 47-8-12 NMSA 1978

Inequitable agreement provision

Known as the Uniform Owner-Resident Relations Act

The act spans §§ 47–47 (61 sections).

1953 Comp., § 70-7-12, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 38, § 12.

A. If the court, as a matter of law, finds that any provision of a rental agreement was inequitable when made, the court may limit the application of such inequitable provisions to avoid an inequitable result.

B. If inequitability is put into issue by a party to the rental agreement, the parties to the rental agreement shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to the setting, purpose and effect of the rental agreement, or settlement, to aid the court in making determination.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.