Highest Freedom Score Counties in New Mexico

Verified county-source profile based on Catron County permit letter for unincorporated zoning, county building permits, New Mexico CID construction permits, and floodplain certification.

Verified county-source profile based on Hidalgo County comprehensive plan, State Records Center subdivision regulation records, and Office of the State Engineer subdivision review context.

Official first-pass rule source added from Rio Arriba County Planning and Zoning page.

Official first-pass rule source added from Torrance County Planning and Zoning page.

Official first-pass rule source added from Cibola County CID building permit signature procedure and groundwater protection ordinance.

Official first-pass rule source retained through Luna County Code of the West after a prior RV permit link became brittle.

Official first-pass rule source added from Sierra County comprehensive plan and county website.

Official first-pass rule source added from Socorro County ordinances page.

Official first-pass rule source added from Grant County Planning and Community Development and Building Permits pages.

Sourced review-queue profile based on State Records Center records for Harding County Subdivision Regulations filed May 30, 1997, State Engineer subdivision review context, and Harding County affordable housing plan discussion; direct current county-rule confirmation is still needed before verification.

Official first-pass rule source added from Otero County zoning planning commission and subdivision planning pages.

Sourced review-queue profile based on Guadalupe County official website context, State Records Center records for Guadalupe County Subdivision Regulations Ordinance 01-2006, and State Engineer subdivision review context; stronger current county-rule confirmation is still needed before verification.

Verified county-source profile based on Roosevelt County planning/rural addressing page, official ordinance list, and subdivision regulation ordinance.

Official first-pass rule source retained through State Records Center subdivision regulation listing after Mora County planning pages blocked automated checks.

Verified county-source profile based on Quay County adopted comprehensive plan language describing subdivision-only county land regulation and no prescriptive zoning regulations.

Official first-pass rule source retained through San Miguel County current departments page after legacy planning URL became brittle.

Official first-pass rule source added from Taos County Planning applications and current building permit information page.

Official first-pass rule source added from Lincoln County zoning resolution.

Official first-pass rule source added from McKinley County comprehensive plan page and State Records Center subdivision regulation listing.

Official first-pass rule source added from Chaves County Planning and Zoning page and zoning ordinance document.

Official first-pass rule source added from Lea County Planning and Ordinances pages.

Official first-pass rule source retained through Union County current official website after ordinance path became brittle.

Official first-pass rule source added from Colfax County comprehensive plan rural addressing ordinance and State Records Center subdivision regulation listing.

Verified county-source profile based on Curry County ordinances, permits/applications, GIS services, and State Records Center subdivision regulation records.

Official first-pass rule source added from San Juan County Community Development and Building Department pages.

Sourced review-queue profile based on State Records Center records for DeBaca County Subdivision Regulations adopted October 21, 1998, plus State Engineer subdivision review context; current county-office confirmation is still needed before verification.

Official first-pass rule source added from Eddy County Planning and Development page after a prior comprehensive-plan document path changed.

Official first-pass rule source added from Sandoval County Planning and Zoning and building permit information.

Official first-pass rule source added from Santa Fe County Growth Management Planning Building and Development and SLDC pages.

Official first-pass rule source added from Valencia County Planning and Zoning page.

Official first-pass rule source added from Doña Ana County UDC ordinance.

Official first-pass rule source added from Los Alamos County Planning Division development code and residential building permit resources.

Official first-pass rule source added from Bernalillo County zoning code and GIS permit service after the planning landing page blocked automated checks.