New Mexico happy hour laws

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Drink specials are legal in New Mexico, but a drink cannot be sold for less than half its usual price or below cost. Two-for-one and bottomless deals are banned.

Last checked · Oct 19, 2026

The rules

  1. No selling a drink for less than half the bar's usual price for that type of drink, and never below cost.

    15.10.51.11(B)(4)-(5) NMAC

  2. No unlimited drinks for a fixed price, and no two or more drinks for the price of one.

    15.10.51.11(B)(2), (3) and (6) NMAC

  3. No one may have more than two unfinished open drinks at a time.

    15.10.51.11(C) NMAC

Happy hour in New Mexico

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