Contact Us:

100 N. Main Avenue, Suite 2, Lovington, NM 88260

Phone: (575) 396-8626

Fax: (575) 396-8529

Ava Benge, Lea County Assessor

adbenge@leacounty.net

Sharla Kennedy, Chief Deputy Assessor

skennedy@leacounty.net

Samantha Stroud, Chief Appraiser

srstroud@leacounty.net

Look up properties in Lea County:

Parcel Map; Portico (mygisonline.com)

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The Lea County Assessor is responsible for valuing all real and personal property for taxing authorities in the county, such as municipalities, school districts and hospital districts. The assessor also grants certain property-tax exemptions allowable by state law.

The Assessor manages a professional, courteous staff who provide the residents and businesses of Lea County with the following services:

Find, list, and value residential, commercial, vacant, and business personal property for ad valorem tax purposes.
Notify property owners of their assessed property values
Prepare the county property real-property and personal-property tax rolls for the Lea County Treasurer
Limitation on Increase in Value (Low income freeze for 65 and over or disabled)

Ensuring these activities are both accurate and timely result in fair and equitable assessment of real and personal property at a reasonable cost and a well-maintained, current tax base upon which local government can base tax levies.

Online Documents

2022 Tax Levy

2022 Certified Values

Lea County Parcel Tracking Sheet

Veteran Exemption Certificate Application

NM State Requirements for Permanent Residence

Address Change Form

Head of Family Exemption

Inspection of Public Records Act

The Inspection of Public Records Act is intended to provide the public with access to information on governmental affairs. The law requires public access to virtually all public records with a few exceptions. Most records are available for public inspection during normal business hours. To request to inspect records from Lea County please send a written request to:

Records Custodian:

Public Information Officer Monica M. Russell

100 N. Main Avenue, Suite 4, Lovington, NM 88260

E-mail: recordsrequest@leacounty.net

Phone: (575) 396-9110 Fax: (575) 396-2093