Santa Fe County requested that the public nuisance hearing officer recommend a clean-and-lien under the county's Nuisance Abatement Ordinance for the property at 2500 Lopez Lane, saying site visits, photographs and law-enforcement calls show the dwelling and yard are substandard, unsecured and associated with criminal activity.

The county's representative, Joe Martinez, presented evidence including a written complaint from the Agua Fria Village Association, a construction-inspector's letter finding the structure unsafe under the New Mexico Administrative Code section 14.5.1.12, multiple photographic exhibits and a chronology of calls for service. Martinez said ownership disputes had been resolved in district court in favor of Maria Magallena, the recorded owner, and asked the hearing officer to recommend that Santa Fe County proceed with the section 10 C 5 clean-and-lien enforcement to remove the structure and recover costs.

The evidence described by Martinez included: a complaint received by code enforcement on March 7, 2023; a site visit on March 1, 2023; a construction inspection on March 23, 2023 that concluded the structure met unsafe-structure criteria; a criminal complaint filed April 11, 2023 (later dismissed after ownership changed); photographic evidence showing disconnected utilities, interior damage and interior drug paraphernalia observed during an eviction; and a log of repeated calls for service documenting incidents such as narcotics violations, an unattended death, recovered stolen vehicle and other patrols. Martinez said county staff last documented the condition on February 25, 2025, and that code enforcement has remained in contact with Maria Magallena since January 2025 regarding cleanup and a prospective sale.

Maria Magallena, appearing under oath, said she is "in process of doing some cleaning on the property" and expressed that she wants the mobile home removed so she can continue cleanup. She told the hearing officer she plans to coordinate cleanup with prospective buyers who would assume responsibility for the work. Martinez did not call additional witnesses, and the county's case rested after presentation of the exhibits.

Hearing Officer John Ziegler closed the presentation for the 2500 Lopez Lane matter and confirmed he has three days to issue a written decision. The county requested that, if the hearing officer upholds the findings, he forward a resolution to the Board of County Commissioners to authorize clean-and-lien action under Section 10 C 5 of the 20 20 3-4 Nuisance Abatement Ordinance. No formal decision was made at the hearing.

If adopted by the board, a clean-and-lien order would allow the county to abate the nuisance to bring the property into compliance and place a lien to recover costs, as outlined by code enforcement in the hearing record.