New Mexico: deposit cap when the lease is under 1 year
Focused scenario guide for New Mexico — built only from structured corpus fields so it can add detail the general state page does not expand.
Confidence: PRIMARY lease_length
When this scenario applies
Corpus applicability gate (lease_length): cap only if lease <1 year. Structured text: <1 year. This lease-length condition changes which cap framing applies.
scenario-focus:nm:lease-under-1-year
What changes under this condition
When the lease-length condition is met, the focused corpus field is the deposit cap: 1 mo if lease <1 year; no cap if ≥1 year. Deadline: 30 days. Longer leases may have a different cap treatment per the same corpus row — see the general New Mexico page and citation.
| Cap | 1 mo if lease <1 year; no cap if ≥1 year |
|---|---|
| Deadline (row) | 30 days |
| Citation | N.M. Stat. § 47-8-18 |
Source: N.M. Stat. § 47-8-18
Flags / traps (same corpus row)
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⚠ lease-length gate on cap