Disaster declarations and IRS tax relief in New Mexico

New MexicoChecked Oct 30, 2026

Disaster declarations and tax relief

The IRS has 1 open disaster notice for New Mexico, with federal tax deadlines postponed to February 4, 2027.

Latest FEMA declaration: EM-3660-NM (Severe Storms and Flooding), declared October 26, 2026.

10FEMA declarations since Oct 30, 2024

3with individual assistance

1open IRS notice

10counties in a declaration or IRS notice

Official notices, not advice. This page reports what FEMA and the IRS have published. Whether a postponed deadline or a FEMA program applies to you depends on where you live or do business and on your situation: check with the IRS or a tax professional, and apply for FEMA help only through DisasterAssistance.gov, FEMA's official site.

Open IRS tax relief in New Mexico

Notices whose postponed deadline has not passed yet (as of October 30, 2026).

Open NM-2026-03 · published Oct 14, 2026

Severe storms and flooding: deadlines postponed to February 4, 2027

“These taxpayers now have until Feb. 4, 2027, to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments.”

“Following the disaster declaration issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), individuals and households that reside or have a business in the Pueblo of Zuni qualify for tax relief.”

The notice does not name the areas in a form we can match to counties automatically (for example a tribal area, a territory or a name we could not find in the Census list): read the official list in the IRS release.

The relief follows a FEMA disaster declaration. The new date has not passed yet (as of Oct 30, 2026). Read the IRS release NM-2026-03.

Earlier IRS notices for New Mexico

Counties in New Mexico

Each county page answers three questions: is there a federal declaration, does it include individual assistance, and has the IRS postponed tax deadlines.

• Chaves County2 FEMA declarations · individual aid
• Doña Ana County1 FEMA declaration · individual aid
• Lincoln County2 FEMA declarations · individual aid

FEMA declarations in New Mexico

Every federal declaration since October 30, 2024, newest first. "Areas" is the number of counties and other areas FEMA designated.

All other counties with a declaration or IRS notice (7)

County	Declarations	Latest	Individual aid
Cibola County	1	EM-3660-NM	no
Grant County	1	FM-5588-NM	no
Otero County	2	DR-4886-NM	no
Rio Arriba County	1	EM-3660-NM	no
San Juan County	1	EM-3660-NM	no
Sandoval County	1	EM-3660-NM	no
Valencia County	4	EM-3628-NM	no

These counties have no separate page: they have a declaration without individual assistance and no open IRS notice, or we found few searches about them.

Tribal and statewide areas in FEMA declarations

Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation (EM-3660-NM) · Laguna Pueblo (Indian Reservation) (EM-3660-NM) · Mescalero Tribe (DR-4886-NM) · Pueblo of Acoma (EM-3660-NM, DR-4918-NM) · San Ildefonso Pueblo (Indian Reservation) (EM-3660-NM) · Zia Pueblo (Indian Reservation) (EM-3660-NM) · Zuni Pueblo (Indian Reservation) (DR-4954-NM)

Official links

• DisasterAssistance.gov: FEMA's official site to apply for individual assistance or check an application.
• IRS: Tax relief in disaster situations, the list of every IRS disaster notice, and the IRS FAQs for disaster victims.
• IRS release NM-2026-03: Severe storms and flooding

Flood insurance in New Mexico: NFIP home policies cost a median $1,084 a year (10,999 homes insured on August 31, 2026). Most homeowners policies do not cover flood damage. See flood insurance costs in New Mexico.