New Mexico Statutes Chapter 48. Liens and Mortgages § 48-2A-5. Stop notices; contents

A. it is signed and verified by the claimant or his agent, accompanied with a bond as provided for in Section 7 of the Stop Notice Act, is served pursuant to Section 6 of the Stop Notice Act and states in general terms all of the following:

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.