A municipal or local enactment that requires affirmative maintenance of a historic property or properties by individual property owners.

the scientific study, interpretation and reconstruction of past human cultures in an anthropological perspective based on investigation of surviving physical evidence of human activity and the reconstruction of related past environments. Historic archaeology proceeds on the same basis, but uses historical documentation as an additional source of information.

A speculator's technique of depressing property values in a given area so as to buy the property low and resell it at a higher price. This term has sometimes associated with the particular technique of selling properties to minorities to depress neighboring values.

A permit to proceed with new construction or alteration of a property in a historic district after proposed changes have been reviewed and approved by a local board or commission.

As used in regulations pursuant to the Tax Reform Act of 1986, any building listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places, or a building located in a registered historic district and certified by the Secretary of the Interior as being of historic significance to the district.

are local governments with local historic preservation programs and ordinances certified by the state and federal governments. To participate in the CLG program, a governmental entity must enact and enforce a historic preservation ordinance, maintain a qualified commission to review proposed construction and demolition projects affecting historic districts and landmarks, and ensure public participation in preservation planning. CLG status provides New Mexico's governmental entities with the opportunity for funding assistance. New Mexico's currently has six CLG communities, Albuquerque, Deming, Las Vegas, Lincoln County, Santa Fe, and Taos, that represent preservation and cultural resource protection planning for one-third of the state's population.

As used in regulations pursuant to the Tax Reform Act of 1986, any rehabilitation of a certified historic structure determined by the Secretary of the Interior or his representative to be consistent with the historic character of the property.

a structure, site or object that contributes to a historic district. Contributing properties fall in a class of structures, sites or objects that may not merit individual registration, but contribute to a larger entity. The National Register of Historic Places established this classification, which is now used by many State and municipal registers. This classification exists for purposes of governmental control (e.g. through ordinance), taxation or tax benefit.

provides for donation, holding, and assignment of cultural properties preservation easements. In essence, this law allows a private landowner to give the historic aspect of real estate or other property to a non-profit organization to hold and maintain, while still keeping the right to use the other aspects of the property, including the right of sale. In some cases, the Internal Revenue Service sees this giving of the historic aspects of property as a charitable donation, which gains the landowner/donor a federal tax deduction.

(§ 18-6-1 through 18-6-23, NMSA 1978) - established the central principles of preservation in New Mexico: "that the historical and cultural heritage of the state is one of the state's most valued and important assets [and] that the public has an interest in the preservation of all antiquities, historic and prehistoric ruins, sites, structures [and] objects of historical significance."

is defined as a structure, place, site, or object having historical, archaeological, scientific, architectural, or other cultural significance that is also deemed potentially eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).