{ "batch": "375-new-mexico-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r375_new_mexico_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_375_new_mexico_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_anchor_ch3", "category": "Business", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978: Chapter 3 - Municipalities (anchor)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The official NMSA 1978 site (NMOneSource.com, New Mexico Compilation Commission) publishes Chapter 3 NMSA 1978 under the title 'Chapter 3 - Municipalities'; its text is the chapter PDF linked from this index page.", "body": "The official NMSA 1978 site (NMOneSource.com, New Mexico Compilation Commission) publishes Chapter 3 NMSA 1978 under the title 'Chapter 3 - Municipalities'; its text is the chapter PDF linked from this index page.\n\nWhat New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com) actually says:\n\n“Chapter 3 - Municipalities - NMOneSource.com”\n\nNote: Anchor record: official statute site (Compilation Commission). The statute text itself is only published there as a chapter PDF.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/item/4362/index.do", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com)", "evidence_quote": "Chapter 3 - Municipalities - NMOneSource.com", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "375-new-mexico-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978", "topic": "Chapter 3 - Municipalities (anchor)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "NM", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-nm" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r375_new_mexico_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_375_new_mexico_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_zoningauth", "category": "Business", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 1978, 3-21-1: State grant of zoning power to municipalities and counties", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NMSA 3-21-1(A): a zoning authority may regulate and restrict within its jurisdiction building height, lot coverage, yards, population density, and the location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes.", "body": "NMSA 3-21-1(A): a zoning authority may regulate and restrict within its jurisdiction building height, lot coverage, yards, population density, and the location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes.\n\nWhat New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com) actually says:\n\n“a zoning authority may regulate and restrict within its jurisdiction the: (1) height, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures; (2) percentage of a lot that may be occupied; (3) size of yards, courts and other open space; (4) density of population; and (5) location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes.”\n\nNote: Adult-use zoning in New Mexico is therefore municipal and county, not statewide.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/4362/1/document.do", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com)", "evidence_quote": "a zoning authority may regulate and restrict within its jurisdiction the: (1) height, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures; (2) percentage of a lot that may be occupied; (3) size of yards, courts and other open space; (4) density of population; and (5) location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence or other purposes.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "375-new-mexico-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "NMSA 1978, 3-21-1", "topic": "State grant of zoning power to municipalities and counties", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "NM", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-nm" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r375_new_mexico_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_375_new_mexico_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_preempt", "category": "Business", "title": "NMSA 1978, Chapter 30, Article 37 (annotation): State preemption of local regulation of material harmful to minors", "summary": "An annotation to Article 37 of Chapter 30 states that the state has preempted county and municipal regulation of the field of sexually oriented material harmful to minors, citing Am. Booksellers Ass'n v. Schiff, 649 F. Supp. 1009 (D.N.M. 1986).", "body": "An annotation to Article 37 of Chapter 30 states that the state has preempted county and municipal regulation of the field of sexually oriented material harmful to minors, citing Am. Booksellers Ass'n v. Schiff, 649 F. Supp. 1009 (D.N.M. 1986).\n\nWhat New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com) actually says:\n\n“So that there will be uniform application of the state plan regulating sexually oriented material harmful to minors, the state has preempted county and municipal regulation of the field.”\n\nNote: Preemption is limited to material harmful to minors; the annotation says 'as far as it pertains to minors'. Local adult-use zoning for adult material is not preempted by that holding.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/4371/1/document.do", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com)", "evidence_quote": "So that there will be uniform application of the state plan regulating sexually oriented material harmful to minors, the state has preempted county and municipal regulation of the field.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "375-new-mexico-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "NMSA 1978, Chapter 30, Article 37 (annotation)", "topic": "State preemption of local regulation of material harmful to minors", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "NM", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-nm" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r375_new_mexico_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_375_new_mexico_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_abs_sob", "category": "Business", "title": "State-level sexually oriented business definition or licence: none found", "summary": "Chapter 60 NMSA 1978, titled Business Licenses, covers horse racing, boxing, athletic competition, fireworks, bingo, alcohol licensing, construction licensing and similar subjects; no article defines or licenses a sexually oriented business or adult entertainment establishment. No such definition was found in Chapters 3, 30, 53, 57 or 61 either.", "body": "Chapter 60 NMSA 1978, titled Business Licenses, covers horse racing, boxing, athletic competition, fireworks, bingo, alcohol licensing, construction licensing and similar subjects; no article defines or licenses a sexually oriented business or adult entertainment establishment. No such definition was found in Chapters 3, 30, 53, 57 or 61 either.\n\nWhat New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com) actually says:\n\n“CHAPTER 60 Business Licenses ARTICLE 1 Horse Racing (Repealed.)”\n\nNote: ABSENCE RECORD (inferred from the chapter's article headings, not from operative text). Index searched: Chapter 60 NMSA 1978 article headings (Articles 1 to 16, read in the NMOneSource chapter PDF) and text searches for 'sexually oriented', 'adult entertainment' in Chapters 3, 7, 30, 40, 41, 53, 57, 60, 61 on 2026-10-18; the only hits were 30-37 (material harmful to minors). 30-9-14.1 and 30-9-14.2 (indecent dancing/waitering) apply only in licensed liquor establishments.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/4443/1/document.do", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "CREATOR STRATEGY", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com)", "evidence_quote": "CHAPTER 60 Business Licenses ARTICLE 1 Horse Racing (Repealed.)", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "375-new-mexico-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "NMSA 1978, Chapter 60 (Business Licenses)", "topic": "State-level sexually oriented business definition or licence: none found", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "NM", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-nm" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r375_new_mexico_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_375_new_mexico_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_indecent_da", "category": "Business", "title": "NMSA 1978, 30-9-14.1: State rule on exposure while performing: licensed liquor establishments only", "summary": "NMSA 30-9-14.1: indecent dancing is limited to exposing intimate parts to public view while dancing or performing in a licensed liquor establishment; it does not reach a private residence.", "body": "NMSA 30-9-14.1: indecent dancing is limited to exposing intimate parts to public view while dancing or performing in a licensed liquor establishment; it does not reach a private residence.\n\nWhat New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com) actually says:\n\n“Indecent dancing consists of a person knowingly and intentionally exposing his intimate parts to public view while dancing or performing in a licensed liquor establishment.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/4371/1/document.do", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "New Mexico Compilation Commission (NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com)", "evidence_quote": "Indecent dancing consists of a person knowingly and intentionally exposing his intimate parts to public view while dancing or performing in a licensed liquor establishment.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "375-new-mexico-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "NMSA 1978, 30-9-14.1", "topic": "State rule on exposure while performing: licensed liquor establishments only", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "NM", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-nm" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r375_new_mexico_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_375_new_mexico_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_ido_adult_e", "category": "Business", "title": "Albuquerque Integrated Development Ordinance: Definition of 'Adult Entertainment'", "summary": "Albuquerque IDO: 'Adult Entertainment' is an establishment such as a bar, cabaret, nightclub, theater or other commercial establishment, other than an adult retail establishment, that provides amusement or entertainment featuring live performances, or video displays and films, characterized by an emphasis on specified anatomical areas or specified sexual activities; it is a primary use.", "body": "Albuquerque IDO: 'Adult Entertainment' is an establishment such as a bar, cabaret, nightclub, theater or other commercial establishment, other than an adult retail establishment, that provides amusement or entertainment featuring live performances, or video displays and films, characterized by an emphasis on specified anatomical areas or specified sexual activities; it is a primary use.\n\nWhat City of Albuquerque (Integrated Development Ordinance) actually says:\n\n“An establishment such as an auditorium, bar, cabaret, concert hall, nightclub, restaurant, theater, or other commercial establishment, other than an adult retail establishment, that provides amusement or entertainment featuring 1 or more of the following:”\n\nNote: Three largest New Mexico cities by population: Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Rio Rancho. Only Albuquerque's code could be read (see could_not_verify). The definition is of an 'establishment ... that provides amusement or entertainment'; it does not mention a private residence producing content for online sale. Whether a home studio is inside it is not stated in the text.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "http://ido.abc-zone.com/integrated-development-ordinance-ido?document=1&outline-name=IDO", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "City of Albuquerque (Integrated Development Ordinance)", "evidence_quote": "An establishment such as an auditorium, bar, cabaret, concert hall, nightclub, restaurant, theater, or other commercial establishment, other than an adult retail establishment, that provides amusement or entertainment featuring 1 or more of the following:", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "375-new-mexico-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Albuquerque Integrated Development Ordinance", "topic": "Definition of 'Adult Entertainment'", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "NM", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-nm" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r375_new_mexico_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_375_new_mexico_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_ido_adult_r", "category": "Business", "title": "Albuquerque Integrated Development Ordinance: Definition of 'Adult Retail'", "summary": "Albuquerque IDO: 'Adult Retail' is any establishment where 25 percent or more of the gross floor area is used to sell or rent adult material (books, magazines, films, video tapes, DVDs, photographic material, devices) characterised by an emphasis on specified anatomical areas or sexual activities.", "body": "Albuquerque IDO: 'Adult Retail' is any establishment where 25 percent or more of the gross floor area is used to sell or rent adult material (books, magazines, films, video tapes, DVDs, photographic material, devices) characterised by an emphasis on specified anatomical areas or sexual activities.\n\nWhat City of Albuquerque (Integrated Development Ordinance) actually says:\n\n“Retail Definitions- Any establishment where 25 percent or more of the gross floor area is used to sell or rent adult material, including but not limited to books, magazines, newspapers, films (video tapes and/or DVDs), slides, photographic or written material, and other items or devices that are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on the depiction, description, exposure, or representation of specified anatomical areas or the conduct or simulation of specified sexual activities.”\n\nNote: Three largest New Mexico cities by population: Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Rio Rancho. Only Albuquerque's code could be read (see could_not_verify). The test is floor area used to sell or rent adult material; online-only sales from a dwelling are not mentioned.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "http://ido.abc-zone.com/integrated-development-ordinance-ido?document=1&outline-name=IDO", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "City of Albuquerque (Integrated Development Ordinance)", "evidence_quote": "Retail Definitions- Any establishment where 25 percent or more of the gross floor area is used to sell or rent adult material, including but not limited to books, magazines, newspapers, films (video tapes and/or DVDs), slides, photographic or written material, and other items or devices that are distinguished or characterized by an emphasis on the depiction, description, exposure, or representation of specified anatomical areas or the conduct or simulation of specified sexual activities.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "375-new-mexico-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Albuquerque Integrated Development Ordinance", "topic": "Definition of 'Adult Retail'", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "NM", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-nm" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r375_new_mexico_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_375_new_mexico_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_ido_home_oc", "category": "Business", "title": "Albuquerque Integrated Development Ordinance: Home occupation: adult retail prohibited", "summary": "Albuquerque IDO 14-16-4-3(F)(10)(b): the uses prohibited as home occupations include any use in the Food, Beverage and Indoor Entertainment category, commercial services, adult retail, liquor retail, cannabis retail and nicotine retail; adult entertainment is not on the list, and 4-3(F)(10)(a) requires a City business registration permit.", "body": "Albuquerque IDO 14-16-4-3(F)(10)(b): the uses prohibited as home occupations include any use in the Food, Beverage and Indoor Entertainment category, commercial services, adult retail, liquor retail, cannabis retail and nicotine retail; adult entertainment is not on the list, and 4-3(F)(10)(a) requires a City business registration permit.\n\nWhat City of Albuquerque (Integrated Development Ordinance) actually says:\n\n“4-3(F)(10)(b) The following uses from Table 4-2-1 and activities are prohibited as home occupations: 1. Any use in the Agricultural or Animal-related category. 2. Any use in the Food, Beverage, and Indoor Entertainment category, except a catering service that meets the requirements of the state Homemade Food Act and does not require a permit from the New Mexico Environment Department. 3. Any use in the Motor Vehicle-related category. 4. Any use in the Industrial Uses category. 5. Commercial services. 6. Construction contractor facility and yard. 7. Crematorium. 8. Mortuary. 9. Adult retail.”\n\nNote: Source is the IDO PDF (effective 2026-04-20). Three largest New Mexico cities by population: Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Rio Rancho. Only Albuquerque's code could be read (see could_not_verify).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://documents.cabq.gov/planning/IDO/2025_IDO_Update/IDO_2025_Update_Effective-2026-04-20.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "City of Albuquerque (Integrated Development Ordinance)", "evidence_quote": "4-3(F)(10)(b) The following uses from Table 4-2-1 and activities are prohibited as home occupations: 1. Any use in the Agricultural or Animal-related category. 2. Any use in the Food, Beverage, and Indoor Entertainment category, except a catering service that meets the requirements of the state Homemade Food Act and does not require a permit from the New Mexico Environment Department. 3. Any use in the Motor Vehicle-related category. 4. Any use in the Industrial Uses category. 5. Commercial services. 6. Construction contractor facility and yard. 7. Crematorium. 8. Mortuary. 9. Adult retail.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "375-new-mexico-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Albuquerque Integrated Development Ordinance", "topic": "Home occupation: adult retail prohibited", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "NM", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-nm" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } }, { "id": "learn_r375_new_mexico_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_375_new_mexico_adult_business_licensing_and_zoning_ido_buffer", "category": "Business", "title": "Albuquerque Integrated Development Ordinance: Adult entertainment and adult retail: 500 ft and 1,000 ft separation", "summary": "Albuquerque IDO 14-16-4-3(D)(7): adult entertainment and adult retail are prohibited within 500 feet in any direction of a residential zone district, a residential lot in a mixed-use zone, a religious institution, or an elementary, middle or high school, within 1,000 feet of another adult entertainment or adult retail premises, and in Main Street areas.", "body": "Albuquerque IDO 14-16-4-3(D)(7): adult entertainment and adult retail are prohibited within 500 feet in any direction of a residential zone district, a residential lot in a mixed-use zone, a religious institution, or an elementary, middle or high school, within 1,000 feet of another adult entertainment or adult retail premises, and in Main Street areas.\n\nWhat City of Albuquerque (Integrated Development Ordinance) actually says:\n\n“Within 500 feet in any direction of any of the following: 1. Any Residential zone district. 4-3(D)(7)(b) 2. Any lot containing any residential use in any Mixed-use zone 4-3(D)(7)(c) district. 3. Any religious institution. 4. Any elementary, middle, or high school.”\n\nNote: Source is the IDO PDF on documents.cabq.gov (effective 2026-04-20). The quote is the first and the third-fourth items of the list; the 1,000-foot and Main Street limbs follow in the same use-specific standard. Three largest New Mexico cities by population: Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Rio Rancho. Only Albuquerque's code could be read (see could_not_verify).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://documents.cabq.gov/planning/IDO/2025_IDO_Update/IDO_2025_Update_Effective-2026-04-20.pdf", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "City of Albuquerque (Integrated Development Ordinance)", "evidence_quote": "Within 500 feet in any direction of any of the following: 1. Any Residential zone district. 4-3(D)(7)(b) 2. Any lot containing any residential use in any Mixed-use zone 4-3(D)(7)(c) district. 3. Any religious institution. 4. Any elementary, middle, or high school.", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "375-new-mexico-adult-business-licensing-and-zoning", "subject": "Albuquerque Integrated Development Ordinance", "topic": "Adult entertainment and adult retail: 500 ft and 1,000 ft separation", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "NM", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-nm" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" } } ] }