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Article 1 - Commissioner of Public Lands; Disposition of Revenue
Section 19-1-1 - [Creation of state land office; commissioner of public lands designated executive officer; powers.] - A state land office is hereby created, the executive officer...
Section 19-1-1.1 - State land trusts advisory board; members; appointment; terms. - A. The "state land trusts advisory board" is created. The...
Section 19-1-1.2 - State land trusts advisory board; removal of members; vacancies. - A. Members of the state land trusts advisory board shall...
Section 19-1-1.3 - State land trusts advisory board; organization; meetings. - At its initial meeting and biannually thereafter, the board shall...
Section 19-1-1.4 - State land trusts advisory board; duties. - A. The consensus and advice of the state land trusts...
Section 19-1-2 - Duties of land commissioner. - The commissioner shall have a seal with an appropriate device...
Section 19-1-2.1 - Confidential information; penalty. - The provisions of any confidential contract, reserve data or other...
Section 19-1-3 - Delinquent payments; interest. - When entering into contracts for the sale, lease or other...
Section 19-1-4 - [Oath and bond.] - Before entering upon the duties of his office the commissioner...
Section 19-1-5 - [Land commission under Enabling Act; members; officers; locating agents.] - The commissioner of public lands shall be the third member...
Section 19-1-6 - [Assistant commissioner; chief clerk; clerical force.] - The commissioner of public lands is hereby authorized to appoint...
Section 19-1-7 - Appointment of employees as clerks to sign documents for commissioner; filing with the secretary of state. - The commissioner of public lands is authorized from time to...
Section 19-1-8 - Filing of official appointment; revocation; bond. - Such designated clerk or clerks shall be officially appointed by...
Section 19-1-9 - [Additional assistance to defend contest suits.] - The commissioner of public lands is authorized to employ such...
Section 19-1-10 - [Duties and bonds of subordinates; expenses payable from maintenance fund.] - The commissioner shall prescribe the duties of his subordinates. Any...
Section 19-1-11 - State lands maintenance fund; created; state lands income; disposition; state trust lands restoration and remediation fund created. - A. Ninety-nine percent of the income derived from any state...
Section 19-1-12 - State land office; expenses; how paid. - All salaries and expenses of the state land office as...
Section 19-1-13 - Maintenance fund balance; apportionment. - Any balance remaining in the state lands maintenance fund on...
Section 19-1-14 - [Separate accounts; payment of deficiencies; exception.] - The commissioner shall keep separate accounts of filing fees which...
Section 19-1-15 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1989, ch. 11, § 2 repealed 19-1-15...
Section 19-1-16 - [Deposit of money derived from state lands.] - All monies derived from state lands, including permanent funds pending...
Section 19-1-17 - Permanent, income and current funds; creating deposits. - A. The following funds are created. B. To the credit...
Section 19-1-18 - Sources of special funds. - The permanent funds created by Sections 19-1-17 through 19-1-20 NMSA...
Section 19-1-19 - Public buildings at capital, permanent fund; investment. - The state investment officer shall, in the same manner provided...
Section 19-1-20 - Transfers and distributions of funds for schools and institutions. - A. All income and current funds created by Section 19-1-17...
Section 19-1-21 - Copies of records; fees; use as evidence. - When requested to do so, the commissioner shall furnish copies...
Section 19-1-22 - [Contracts for potash land exploration.] - The state land commissioner is hereby expressly authorized and directed...
Section 19-1-23 - [Rules and regulations for land office; posting changes.] - It shall be the duty of the commissioner of public...
Section 19-1-24 - [Publication of rules and regulations; distribution of copies.] - Within sixty (60) days after the effective date of this...
Article 1A - Natural Resource Revenue Recovery (Repealed.)
Section 19-1A-1 - Repealed. - History: Laws 2003, ch. 42, § 1; repealed by Laws...
Section 19-1A-2 - Repealed. - History: Laws 2003, ch. 42, § 2; 2006, ch. 21,...
Section 19-1A-3 - Repealed. - History: Laws 2003, ch. 42, § 3; 2006, ch. 21,...
Article 2 - United States Lands
Section 19-2-1 - [Lands erroneously set apart to state; quitclaim to United States; selection of lands in lieu thereof.] - The commissioner of public lands is authorized to quitclaim to...
Section 19-2-2 - Jurisdiction; transfer procedure. - A. In order to acquire all, or any measure of,...
Section 19-2-3 - Taxation; civil process; concurrent jurisdiction. - In no event shall any transfer of legislative jurisdiction between...
Section 19-2-4 - Application of act. - Nothing in this act [19-2-2 to 19-2-4 NMSA 1978] shall...
Section 19-2-5 - New Mexico taxes apply in federal areas. - No person shall be relieved from liability for any tax...
Section 19-2-6 - [Fort Bayard military reservation; jurisdiction ceded; limitation.] - Exclusive jurisdiction is ceded to the United States over all...
Section 19-2-7 - [Santa Fe national cemetery; jurisdiction ceded; limitation.] - That exclusive jurisdiction be, and the same is hereby ceded...
Section 19-2-8 - [Fort Wingate military reservation and Fort Bliss target range; jurisdiction ceded; limitation.] - That exclusive jurisdiction is hereby ceded to the United States...
Section 19-2-9 - [Veterans' administration facility at Fort Bayard; jurisdiction ceded; limitation.] - Exclusive jurisdiction be, and the same is hereby ceded to...
Section 19-2-10 - Quarai and Abo state monuments; jurisdiction ceded; approval; limitations. - A. Upon receipt by the governor of a notice of...
Section 19-2-11 - [Holloman air force base; jurisdiction ceded; limitations.] - Exclusive jurisdiction is hereby ceded to the United States over...
Section 19-2-12 - [Exchange of lands with United States.] - That the commissioner of public lands of the state of...
Article 3 - Occupation of Public Lands
Section 19-3-1 - [Possessory rights of occupant; notice and record; abandonment.] - Any person who has taken or may hereafter take possession...
Section 19-3-2 - [Copy of record as evidence.] - The original notice when recorded, the record thereof provided for...
Section 19-3-3 - [Transfer of rights; consent of wife; exemption from sale under execution.] - The owner of what is known as a valid claim...
Section 19-3-4 - [Timber and articles reduced to possession; property right.] - Timber or other articles of value on the lands of...
Section 19-3-5 - [Common pastures.] - All public lands, proper for pasturing horned cattle, sheep and...
Section 19-3-6 - [Use of common pasturage.] - Said lands shall not be used by any person as...
Section 19-3-7 - [Meadows in common pastures; enclosure for hay.] - All persons are prohibited from occupying any meadow situated upon...
Section 19-3-8 - [Exclusive occupation of meadow; penalty; civil damages.] - Should any person, contrary to the provisions of the preceding...
Section 19-3-9 - [Proceedings before magistrate.] - The justice of the peace [magistrate] before whom complaint shall...
Section 19-3-10 - [Jurisdiction of magistrate and of district court.] - When the damages claimed shall not exceed one hundred dollars...
Section 19-3-11 - [Unlawful enclosure of public lands.] - It shall not be legal for any person or persons,...
Section 19-3-12 - [Occupying or denying others use of public land; penalty.] - Any person who shall, contrary to the provisions of the...
Section 19-3-13 - [Right to appropriate and stock range on public domain; conditions.] - Any person, company or corporation that may appropriate and stock...
Section 19-3-14 - [Second or subsequent use of range; conditions.] - Whenever any person, company or corporation turns loose on any...
Section 19-3-15 - [Use of public land for range without owning water right; penalty.] - Any person, company or corporation violating the provisions of the...
Section 19-3-16 - [Each day's violation a separate offense.] - Each day's violation of the provisions of the first two...
Article 4 - Townsites
Section 19-4-1 - [Patents of townsites to be recorded.] - It shall be the duty of any person who receives...
Section 19-4-2 - [Failure to record townsite patent; penalty.] - Any person or persons failing to file for record the...
Section 19-4-3 - [Prosecutions for failure to record; duty of district attorneys.] - It is hereby made the duty of the several district...
Section 19-4-4 - [Title to townsite vested in probate judge in trust; suit to determine rights; execution of deeds.] - Any land embraced in any townsite which has been entered...
Section 19-4-5 - [Notice of suit; intervention.] - Such suit may be brought by any one or more...
Section 19-4-6 - [Vacating all or part of townsite.] - When any tract of land may be filed upon, platted...
Section 19-4-7 - [Disposal of lots after entry.] - When the corporate authorities of any town, or the probate...
Section 19-4-8 - [Conveyances to persons entitled to possession or occupancy.] - Such corporate authorities or probate judge, holding the title of...
Section 19-4-9 - [Notice of entry; posting and publication.] - Within thirty days after the entry of such lands, the...
Section 19-4-10 - [Claim for lots; time limit; unclaimed lots revert to town.] - Each and every person or association or company of persons...
Section 19-4-11 - [Notice of meeting to elect trustees; qualifications; duties.] - Within ten days after the time, as prescribed in the...
Section 19-4-12 - [Term of office of trustees.] - The board of trustees, when elected, shall hold the office...
Section 19-4-13 - [Board of appraisers; appointment; oath; refusal to act; new board.] - The board of trustees of any such town shall appoint,...
Section 19-4-14 - [Appraisement; contents; valuations.] - Said appraisers shall appraise all lots or parcels of land,...
Section 19-4-15 - [Notice of sale; publication; contents.] - The mayor, or president, or probate judge, as the case...
Section 19-4-16 - [Conduct of sales.] - Such lots or parcels of land shall be sold at...
Section 19-4-17 - [Conveyance of streets, parks and commons by probate judge.] - If the title to any such land shall be vested...
Section 19-4-18 - [Purchase at private sale by person in possession.] - In all cases, when subsequent to the time provided by...
Section 19-4-19 - [Reservation for park or public purpose.] - The corporate authorities of any town or board of trustees,...
Section 19-4-20 - Disposition of proceeds. - The proceeds received from the sale shall be disposed of...
Section 19-4-21 - [Adverse claims; litigation.] - In case there shall be adverse claimants to such lands,...
Section 19-4-22 - [Paramount right to lands.] - Upon the trial of any such action, either party may...
Section 19-4-23 - [Notice to file suit; service; publication; relinquishment on failure to obey.] - In case suits shall not be brought for the purpose...
Section 19-4-24 - [Service of process; publication.] - Whenever complaint shall be filed in any such action, summons...
Section 19-4-25 - [Appeals.] - Appeals and writs of error shall be allowed and may...
Section 19-4-26 - [Reports of expenses.] - Within ninety days from the first publication of the notice...
Section 19-4-27 - [Conveyances; payment of costs.] - Before said corporate authorities, through commissioners hereinafter provided in this...
Section 19-4-28 - [Commissioner; appointment; qualifications; powers; office hours; bond.] - Said board may, by order, resolution or ordinance, appoint a...
Section 19-4-29 - [Recording of order appointing commissioner.] - The clerk or recorder of any such town shall at...
Section 19-4-30 - [Conveyance by probate judge; land for town benefit.] - When the land is entered by the probate judge of...
Section 19-4-31 - [Conveyances; time for execution.] - At any time after the expiration of ninety days from...
Section 19-4-32 - [Probate judge; claim for lands in individual right.] - In case any judge who shall have entered such land...
Section 19-4-33 - [Streets, alleys, parks and public grounds.] - Whenever the title to any such lands shall be vested...
Section 19-4-34 - [Claimant failing to pay costs and fees.] - Each and every person, association and company of persons, who...
Section 19-4-35 - [Trustees; organization; officers; quorum.] - It shall be the duty of the board of trustees,...
Section 19-4-36 - [Probate judges declared county judges for purpose of trust.] - The probate judges of the several counties in this state...
Section 19-4-37 - [Taxation of costs.] - All costs of proceedings in actions under this chapter, including...
Section 19-4-38 - [Unsold lots; petition; appraisers.] - Whenever it shall be made to appear to the judge...
Section 19-4-39 - [Appraisement; report; compensation.] - Such appraisers shall within twenty days from the time of...
Section 19-4-40 - [Preference right of possessor to purchase.] - In all cases where such unsold, undisposed of and unconveyed...
Section 19-4-41 - [Commissioner; sale; notice by publication; deeds; fees.] - The judge of said district court in all cases other...
Section 19-4-42 - [Disposition of proceeds.] - All expenses of sale shall first be deducted from the...
Article 5 - Classification, Care and Protection of State Lands
Section 19-5-1 - [Data on nature, character, quality and value of public lands; classification; duties of land commissioner.] - The commissioner of public lands is hereby authorized to expend,...
Section 19-5-2 - [Maps, plats and tract books for recording data.] - For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of...
Section 19-5-3 - [Fire protection; expenses.] - The commissioner is given authority to exercise the police power...
Section 19-5-4 - State engineer to investigate water supply. - The state engineer is authorized to investigate the water supply...
Section 19-5-5 - [Wells to be equity of state.] - All such wells, so sunk or dug by the state...
Section 19-5-6 - [Purchaser of land to pay value of well.] - When the land, on which any such well is located...
Section 19-5-7 - [Irrigation systems; contracts for construction.] - The commissioner may contract with persons, associations of persons or...
Section 19-5-8 - [Proposal to construct irrigation system.] - Any person, association of persons or corporation desiring to construct...
Section 19-5-9 - [Water developed by lessee; credit.] - The commissioner may contract with lessees of state lands to...
Section 19-5-10 - [Water appropriation application.] - Before any contract as provided in Sections 19-5-7 to 19-5-9...
Article 6 - Trespass and Violations Relating to State and United States Lands
Section 19-6-1 - [Fires on state lands; lighting or leaving; penalty.] - Any person who shall willfully and maliciously set on fire,...
Section 19-6-2 - [Duty to extinguish fires; penalty for failure.] - Any person who shall build a fire in or near...
Section 19-6-3 - [Trespass or waste; penalty.] - Any person, association of persons or corporation, in any manner...
Section 19-6-4 - [Depredations; penalty.] - Any person who shall cut down, remove, destroy or injure,...
Section 19-6-5 - [Lessee to protect land against waste or trespass.] - Every lessee of state lands shall protect the land leased...
Section 19-6-6 - [Failure of lessee or purchaser to provide gates and runways at intersection of public highway; failure to close gate; penalty.] - Every lesee [lessee] of state lands, and every purchaser of...
Section 19-6-7 - [Destruction or damage to fence or gate on state lands; penalty.] - Any person who shall willfully and maliciously cut, destroy or...
Section 19-6-8 - [Opening and failing to close gates on forest reserves and adjoining lands.] - It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to...
Section 19-6-9 - [Liability for resultant damage or trespass.] - Any person or persons failing to comply with the provisions...
Section 19-6-10 - [Penalty for failing to close gates.] - Any person failing to comply with the provisions of this...
Article 7 - Sale and Lease of Lands
Section 19-7-1 - [Application for lease or purchase; appraisement.] - Applications to lease or purchase state lands shall be made...
Section 19-7-2 - Formal requirements for applications; state officers and employees prohibited from acting as, or procuring, agents or attorneys. - All applications for the purchase of state lands and all...
Section 19-7-3 - [Numbering and dating applications upon receipt.] - All applications shall be stamped immediately upon their receipt by...
Section 19-7-4 - [Deposit of funds; rejection of application without deposit.] - All applications mentioned in Section One (1) [19-7-2 NMSA 1978]...
Section 19-7-5 - [Simultaneous applications.] - All published or posted rules and regulations of the land...
Section 19-7-6 - [Offenses by officers or employees of land office; penalty.] - It shall be unlawful for any officers or employe [employee]...
Section 19-7-7 - [False swearing in application or appraisement.] - Any person or persons applying to lease or purchase state...
Section 19-7-8 - [Cancellation of lease or contract obtained by fraud or mistake; notice to show cause; appeal.] - The commissioner shall have power to cancel any lease, contract...
Section 19-7-9 - Sale and lease of state lands; conveyance for term of years; terms and conditions. - Any state lands offered for sale by the commissioner may...
Section 19-7-9.1 - State land office; public notice; public meetings. - A. Prior to taking final agency action, the commissioner of...
Section 19-7-10 - [Restrictions on deferred payments.] - At any time after sale and prior to the expiration...
Section 19-7-11 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1981, ch. 49, § 1, repealed 19-7-11...
Section 19-7-12 - [Outstanding contracts may be canceled and new contracts granted; conditions.] - That contracts for the purchase of state lands now outstanding...
Section 19-7-13 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1989, ch. 179, § 2 repealed 19-7-13...
Section 19-7-14 - Owner of improvements compensated by purchaser or by subsequent lessee. - Whenever any state lands are sold or leased to a...
Section 19-7-15 - Definition of improvements. - The word "improvements" herein shall include appurtenant water rights and...
Section 19-7-16 - Cost of appraisal. - Reasonable costs and expenses of appraising improvements on state lands...
Section 19-7-17 - Appeal. - A person in interest aggrieved by the decision of the...
Section 19-7-18 - Bond required. - No contract, patent or lease shall be issued until the...
Section 19-7-19 - [Failure to comply with contract; forfeiture at option of commissioner.] - Failure by a purchaser of state lands to comply with...
Section 19-7-20 - [Assignment of contracts not in default; certified copy to be filed with commissioner.] - Any purchaser of state lands under deferred payment contract, not...
Section 19-7-21 - [Townsite lands; subdivision.] - Whenever any of the state lands shall be valuable or...
Section 19-7-22 - [Cemetery or school site lands; subdivision and sale.] - Should any state lands be valuable or desirable for cemetery...
Section 19-7-23 - [School section used for cemeteries; not to be sold.] - Where a school section of the state or any part...
Section 19-7-24 - [Management of cemeteries on school sections; sale of lots; cemetery association.] - Where a school section or any part thereof is used...
Section 19-7-25 - [Reservation from sale of saline, mineral and oil and gas lands; leasing authorized.] - State saline lands and state lands known to contain valuable...
Section 19-7-26 - State irrigable lands; sale; conveyance to United States. - No lands belonging to the state, within the areas to...
Section 19-7-27 - [Lands subject to lease.] - All lands owned by the state of New Mexico shall...
Section 19-7-28 - [Grazing and agricultural leases; reservation of mineral deposits, products and easements.] - In all leases of state lands for grazing or agricultural...
Section 19-7-29 - [Grazing leases; rental rates; annual rental; appraisal of land.] - The commissioner of public lands of the state of New...
Section 19-7-30 - Grazing or agricultural leases; maximum term; method of payment. - All leases for grazing or agricultural purposes shall be for...
Section 19-7-31 - [Power of commissioner to reject grazing lease application by a previous lessee when land is located within Taylor grazing allotment of another.] - At the expiration of any lease issued for grazing purposes...
Section 19-7-32 - [Open and unleased land within Taylor grazing allotment of another.] - The commissioner of public lands in his discretion and after...
Section 19-7-33 - [Right of relinquishment not restricted.] - Nothing herein [19-7-31 to 19-7-33 NMSA 1978] shall be construed...
Section 19-7-34 - [Rent lien; attachment; forfeiture.] - Rentals shall constitute a first lien on any and all...
Section 19-7-35 - [Cancellation or forfeiture of agricultural or grazing leases restricted; sale of leased land.] - That no lease of state lands for agricultural or grazing...
Section 19-7-36 - [Assignment or relinquishment of lease; consent of commissioner required.] - With the consent of the commissioner any lessee may assign...
Section 19-7-37 - Assignment of grazing or agricultural lease or purchase contract as collateral; approval of commissioner; effect. - Any lease of state lands for grazing or agricultural purposes...
Section 19-7-38 - [Presenting assignment to commissioner; indexing; filing; public inspection.] - All such assignments shall be presented to the commissioner of...
Section 19-7-39 - [Form of assignment; contents; acknowledgment; constructive notice; recording waived.] - Such assignments shall be executed on forms to be prescribed...
Section 19-7-40 - [Assignments not filed and approved; effect.] - Any such assignment not filed in the office of the...
Section 19-7-41 - [Foreclosure of assignments; rights of purchaser.] - The collateral assignments of record in the state land office...
Section 19-7-42 - [Release of assignments; recording.] - Such assignments may be released by the execution by the...
Section 19-7-44 - [Rules and regulations; filing and recording fee.] - The commissioner of public lands is authorized to make, publish...
Section 19-7-45 - [Construction of act; prior assignments and mortgages.] - This act [19-7-37 to 19-7-45 NMSA 1978] shall not be...
Section 19-7-46 - [Satisfaction of debt for which assignment of grazing or agricultural lease or purchase contracts given as security; filing of release.] - When any lease debt or evidence of debt secured by...
Section 19-7-47 - [Violation; penalty; civil liability.] - Any person who shall be guilty of violating the preceding...
Section 19-7-48 - [Existing collateral assignments ratified; application of act thereto.] - All existing collateral assignments heretofore filed and approved by the...
Section 19-7-49 - [New grazing lease; time for filing application; prior lessee preferred.] - Every grazing lessee who desires a new lease on the...
Section 19-7-50 - [Violation of lease or instrument covering state lands; notice; forfeiture for noncompliance with demand.] - The violation of any of the terms, covenants or conditions...
Section 19-7-51 - [Improvement on grazing or agricultural lease; restrictions.] - Except by the express written consent of the commissioner, improvements...
Section 19-7-52 - Excessive permanent improvements become part of realty. - Twenty-five percent of all permanent improvements in excess of the...
Section 19-7-53 - [Preferences in leasing; occupants of land acquired by state; persons or firms domiciled or paying taxes in state.] - Any person, association of persons or corporation authorized to transact...
Section 19-7-54 - Municipalities leasing lands within five miles of limits; uses; term. - Wherever any lands belonging to the state or under the...
Section 19-7-55 - Counties and school districts leasing state lands; uses; term. - A. Any county or school district within the state that...
Section 19-7-56 - [Preference right of municipality, county or school district; payment for prior improvements.] - Any such municipality, county or school district, shall at all...
Section 19-7-57 - Commissioner; powers; easements; rights of way. - The commissioner may grant rights of way and easements over,...
Section 19-7-58 - [Rights-of-way; interference with roads or highways.] - The location of any right-of-way through any canyon, pass or...
Section 19-7-59 - Repayment of money erroneously paid on lease or purchase contract after distribution. - A. The duties, responsibilities and activities of the commissioner of...
Section 19-7-60 - Claim for refund; contents; time limit; notice of erroneous payment; limitation of action. - A person claiming a refund under the provisions of Sections...
Section 19-7-61 - [Endorsement of claims; filing in district court of Santa Fe county; notice to claimant; procedure; judgment; appeal; costs.] - Within sixty days after the filing of any application for...
Section 19-7-62 - Annual appropriation for refunds; payment from state lands maintenance fund. - There is appropriated annually out of the state lands maintenance...
Section 19-7-63 - Erroneous distribution to permanent fund. - Refunds shall be made hereunder, of any money erroneously distributed...
Section 19-7-64 - [Contesting rights to state lands; rules and regulations.] - Any person, association of persons or corporation claiming any right,...
Section 19-7-65 - [Commissioner's power relative to oaths, witnesses and documents.] - In such contests, the commissioner shall have the same power...
Section 19-7-66 - [Perjury in contest proceedings; penalty.] - Every person who shall knowingly and willfully swear falsely, concerning...
Section 19-7-67 - Contest; commissioner; appeal to district court. - A person aggrieved by a decision of the commissioner may...
Section 19-7-69 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1999, ch. 265, § 96 repealed 19-7-68...
Article 8 - Lease of Mineral Lands
Section 19-8-1 - [Concealment of returns; defrauding state of royalty; penalty.] - Any lessee of mineral lands under this chapter who shall...
Section 19-8-2 - [Inspection of lessee's books by commissioner.] - The commissioner, or his representative, shall have the right to...
Section 19-8-3 - [Lessee's preferential right to renew or purchase; notice to vacate when another purchases.] - Any lessee of such mineral lands, or the heirs, successors...
Section 19-8-4 - Leases for certain minerals; rentals; royalty. - The commissioner is authorized to issue leases for the development,...
Section 19-8-5 - [Term of lease.] - Leases under this act [19-8-4 to 19-8-7 NMSA 1978] may...
Section 19-8-6 - [Salt lease statutes excepted.] - There is expressly excepted from the provisions of this act...
Section 19-8-7 - [Rules and regulations authorized.] - The commissioner of public lands shall prescribe and promulgate from...
Section 19-8-8 - [Suspension of production; authorization by commissioner of public lands; causes; duration.] - In all cases where production of potassium, sodium, phosphorus and...
Section 19-8-9 - [Suspension of production; authorization by commissioner of public lands; extension of primary term of lease; secondary term of lease not determined by.] - Provided the lessee complies with all other terms and conditions...
Section 19-8-10 - [Saline leases; royalties; record of sales; conditions.] - The commissioner may execute leases for the extraction of salt...
Section 19-8-11 - [Term of saline lease; extension.] - Leases under this act [19-8-10, 19-8-11 NMSA 1978] may be...
Section 19-8-12 - [Shale, clay, natural deposit or product lease; conditions; improvement mortgages void.] - The commissioner may also execute leases for the mining, extraction...
Section 19-8-13 - [Mineral lands; development.] - All lands under lease for extraction of coal or other...
Section 19-8-14 - Issuance of mineral leases authorized; minerals not included. - The commissioner of public lands, hereinafter referred to as the...
Section 19-8-15 - Minerals, lessees, legal subdivision defined. - The term "minerals" as used in this act [19-8-14 to...
Section 19-8-16 - Validation of existing leases and permits; renewals of permits prohibited. - All prospecting permits and leases issued prior to the effective...
Section 19-8-17 - Relinquishment of permits for conversion. - Any legal owner and holder of any placer prospecting permit...
Section 19-8-18 - Term of leases. - All leases issued under the provisions of Sections 19-8-14 through...
Section 19-8-19 - [Terms of leases; stipulation of conditions under statute; filing and recording.] - The record owners or owner of any mineral lease or...
Section 19-8-19.1 - Suspension of lease requirement; authorization by commissioner; causes; duration. - A. In all cases where the lessee of a valid...
Section 19-8-20 - Leases; stipulation; rental. - The record owners or owner of any mineral lease or...
Section 19-8-21 - Rentals. - All leases issued by the commissioner shall provide for an...
Section 19-8-22 - Royalty. - In addition to the annual rental, lessee shall be required...
Section 19-8-23 - Covenants to market and develop. - All leases issued under the provisions of this act [19-8-14...
Section 19-8-24 - Bonds. - Before any lessee of minerals shall commence development or operations...
Section 19-8-25 - Inspection of records; reports. - The commissioner or his representative shall have the right to...
Section 19-8-26 - Relinquishment of leases. - With the consent of the commissioner, any lease issued under...
Section 19-8-27 - Violation of lease; notice; forfeiture for noncompliance with demand. - The commissioner is authorized to cancel any lease issued under...
Section 19-8-28 - Assignment of leases; form; approval; effect; lands in production. - All leases issued under the provisions of this act [19-8-14...
Section 19-8-29 - Improvements removable upon termination of lease. - Upon termination of any lease issued under the provisions of...
Section 19-8-30 - Area of lease. - Leases issued under the provisions of this act [19-8-14 to...
Section 19-8-31 - Posting of open acreage; simultaneous applications. - When newly acquired acreage is posted to the tract books,...
Section 19-8-32 - Rules and regulations authorized. - The commissioner shall be, and he is hereby, authorized and...
Section 19-8-33 - Withholding of lands from lease authorized; lease by competitive bidding authorized. - Nothing contained in this act [19-8-14 to 19-8-18, 19-8-21 to...
Article 9 - Lease of Coal Lands
Section 19-9-1 to 19-9-8 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1989, ch. 200, § 9 repealed 19-9-1...
Section 19-9-9 - Coal leases; authorization; competitive bids. - The commissioner of public lands may execute and issue leases...
Section 19-9-10 - Coal leases; provisions. - Any coal lease issued by the commissioner of public lands...
Section 19-9-11 - Authority to enter; inspect books; prior lien. - The commissioner of public lands or his authorized representative shall...
Section 19-9-12 - Performance bond. - Before commencing operations or development upon leased lands, a lessee...
Section 19-9-13 - Forfeiture for noncompliance. - The commissioner of public lands may cancel any coal lease...
Section 19-9-14 - Relinquishment. - With the consent of the commissioner of public lands any...
Section 19-9-15 - Rules and regulations authorized. - After notice to all existing coal lessees and other interested...
Section 19-9-16 - Existing lessees; right to a new lease. - Notwithstanding any provision of this act [19-9-9 to 19-9-16 NMSA...
Article 10 - Lease of Oil and Gas Lands
Section 19-10-1 - [Issuance of leases authorized; lands subject; carbon dioxide leases exempted.] - The commissioner of public lands hereinafter referred to as the...
Section 19-10-2 - Definitions. - The words "natural gas," as used in Sections 19-10-1 through...
Section 19-10-3 - Classification of state lands for oil and gas leasing. - A. For the purpose of issuing oil and gas leases...
Section 19-10-4 - Authorization to lease; lease provisions. - In issuing oil and gas leases, the commissioner shall: A....
Section 19-10-4.1 - Exploratory form of lease; nonrestricted; regular restricted or premium restricted lands. - The following form is designated as the "Exploratory Form". It...
Section 19-10-4.2 - Discovery form of lease; regular restricted or premium restricted lands. - The following form is designated as the "Discovery Form". It...
Section 19-10-4.3 - Development form of lease; premium restricted land. - The following form is designed as the "Development Form." It...
Section 19-10-5 - Existing leases; stipulation. - A. The owners of any oil and gas lease issued...
Section 19-10-5.1 - Amendment of lease to lower royalty rate for oil wells under certain conditions. - A. The record owner of an oil and gas lease...
Section 19-10-6 - Shut-in oil wells; conditions. - A. If, after notice and public hearing, the commissioner finds...
Section 19-10-7 - Exploratory form of lease; different term of years. - A. When issuing an oil and gas lease on the...
Section 19-10-8 - [Extension of terms of leases.] - In all cases where public lands under the jurisdiction of...
Section 19-10-9 - [Existing leases; stipulation to bring helium gas within terms.] - Any owner of an oil and gas lease heretofore issued...
Section 19-10-10 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1985, ch. 195, § 9, repealed 19-10-10...
Section 19-10-11 - [Statement with royalty payment; inspection of books; state's lien for unpaid royalty; log; specimen of drill cuttings.] - The lessee shall be required to submit to the commissioner...
Section 19-10-12 - [New lease or extension where no discovery made; preference right; conditions.] - The legal owners of all leases issued by the commissioner...
Section 19-10-13 - [Assignment of leases; procedure; effect.] - All leases issued under the provisions of this act [19-10-1,...
Section 19-10-14 - [Application for lease; form; deposit; appraisement.] - Applications for the issuance of any lease authorized by this...
Section 19-10-15 - [Rental; limits; first year; rental districts; alteration; maximum size of lease; rent where lease crosses district line.] - All leases issued by the commissioner of public lands shall...
Section 19-10-16 - [Restricted districts; method of leasing; added area; notice; rental.] - There is hereby created a restricted district comprising townships 3...
Section 19-10-17 - Public sale of restricted district leases; time; regulations; notice; minimum bonus; sealed bids or public auction authorized; site of sale; publication of notice; rejection of bids; completion of transaction. - A. The commissioner shall hold a public sale of oil...
Section 19-10-18 - No bids made; subsequent lease. - A. If no bid is received for any lease offered...
Section 19-10-19 - [Withholding lands from lease authorized.] - Nothing contained in this act [19-10-1, 19-10-12 to 19-10-25 NMSA...
Section 19-10-20 - [Cancellation of lease for nonpayment or nonperformance of requirements by lessee; notice.] - The commissioner is hereby authorized to cancel any lease issued...
Section 19-10-21 - [Rules and regulations; amendment; rescission; effective date.] - The commissioner is hereby authorized and required to prescribe and...
Section 19-10-22 - [Validation of existing leases; contest of claims; relinquishment for conversion; terms of new lease; fees.] - All oil and gas leases issued by the commissioner of...
Section 19-10-23 - Appeal of commissioner's decision. - A person or corporation aggrieved by a ruling or decision...
Section 19-10-24 - [Contesting claims; jurisdiction of district court; appeal and error.] - The district court of the county in which the lands...
Section 19-10-25 - [Proof of commissioner's records.] - In the proceedings above described in Sections 16 and 17...
Section 19-10-26 - [Lands sold with reservation of minerals; lease; bond to protect purchaser; waiver.] - State lands sold heretofore, or which may be sold hereafter...
Section 19-10-27 - [Lands sold on deferred payments with reservation of minerals or classified as mineral lands prior to full payment or issuance of patent; limited patent.] - Where state lands have been sold heretofore, or may be...
Section 19-10-28 - [Lessee to purchase prior improvements on lands; proof of payment.] - If mineral lands upon which improvements have been made shall...
Section 19-10-29 - [Removal of certain improvements on cancellation or forfeiture of lease.] - In the event of the cancellation or forfeiture of any...
Section 19-10-30 - [Rules and regulations authorized.] - The commissioner of public lands shall be, and he hereby...
Section 19-10-31 - [Filing and recording of leases, other instruments and assignments with commissioner; constructive notice; recording in county waived.] - All leases and other instruments executed or issued by the...
Section 19-10-32 - [Acknowledgments required; commissioner excepted.] - All such instruments shall be acknowledged by the parties thereto...
Section 19-10-33 - [Contracts relating to oil and gas rights; filing for record in land office.] - Contracts between persons or corporations owning or holding oil and...
Section 19-10-34 - [System of records; indexing; public inspection.] - The commissioner is authorized and directed to provide and install...
Section 19-10-35 - [Tract book system for oil and gas lands.] - The commissioner shall also install in his office as soon...
Section 19-10-36 - [Rules and regulations; protection of instruments and records.] - The commissioner is authorized to make, publish and enforce all...
Section 19-10-37 - [Filing and recording fees; disposition; expenses payable from maintenance fund.] - The commissioner shall prescribe adequate, reasonable and uniform fees to...
Section 19-10-38 - [Repeal and saving clause.] - All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are...
Section 19-10-39 - [Litigation involving lessee's oil and gas rights on land sold with reservation of oil and gas; suspense account for royalty payments.] - In any case where litigation has been instituted in the...
Section 19-10-40 - [Litigants to show right to have royalties placed in suspense fund; determination of amount.] - The commissioner of public lands shall require the lessee or...
Section 19-10-41 - [Remitting moneys for oil and gas royalty suspense fund; investment of fund; disposition of investment income.] - The commissioner of public lands is directed to remit all...
Section 19-10-42 - [Distribution of suspense funds after litigation is completed.] - When the questions involved in the litigation referred to in...
Section 19-10-43 - [Suit by state to determine rights.] - If the commissioner of public lands shall not be satisfied...
Section 19-10-44 - [Intervention in pending litigation by attorney general.] - In event the attorney general of the state of New...
Section 19-10-45 - Cooperative agreements for development or operation of oil and gas pools between lessees and others. - For the purpose of more properly conserving the oil and...
Section 19-10-46 - [Cooperative agreements; requisites for approval.] - No such agreement shall be consented to or approved by...
Section 19-10-47 - [Amendment of leases to conform with cooperative agreements.] - When any such agreement has been approved by the commissioner,...
Section 19-10-48 - [Effect of provisions on powers of oil conservation commission and commissioner of public lands.] - Nothing herein [19-10-45 to 19-10-48 NMSA 1978] contained shall be...
Section 19-10-49 - [Validating act.] - That all oil and gas leases issued by the commissioner...
Section 19-10-50 - Oil, gas and mineral leases on state park lands. - The state park and recreation director has the right to...
Section 19-10-51 - Terms and conditions of leases on state park lands; disposition of rentals and royalties. - The commissioner of public lands has the right to lease...
Section 19-10-52 - [Drainage of state lands by oil or gas wells required to be offset; agreement to compensate state.] - In any case where it appears to the commissioner of...
Section 19-10-53 - [State participation in pooling and communitization agreements authorized.] - In the interest of conservation of oil and gas and...
Section 19-10-54 - [Existing pooling and communitization agreements confirmed and validated; segregation of leases in accordance with prior agreement.] - In all cases where the commissioner of public lands has...
Section 19-10-55 - [Validation of oil and gas leases.] - All oil and gas leases issued by the commissioner of...
Section 19-10-56 - Reports and remittance of state royalty; rules and regulations prescribed by commissioner. - Any person obligated to pay royalties pursuant to a producing...
Section 19-10-57 - Rules; regulations; notice; hearing. - Before any rule or regulation concerning reporting and remittance of...
Section 19-10-58 - Rules; regulations; record; filing with supreme court librarian. - All rules and regulations concerning reporting and remittance of oil...
Section 19-10-59 - Reporting and rendition forms to be adopted by rule or regulation. - All reporting and royalty rendition forms required by the commissioner...
Section 19-10-60 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1994, ch. 102, § 3 repealed 19-10-60...
Section 19-10-61 - [Sale or exchange of royalty gas taken in kind.] - The commissioner of public lands shall have the authority to...
Section 19-10-62 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1994, ch. 102, § 3 repealed 19-10-62...
Section 19-10-63 - [Validation of oil and gas leases; 1967 act.] - All oil and gas leases issued by the commissioner of...
Section 19-10-64 - [Royalties paid in oil; sale of;] purpose of act. - The purpose of this act [19-10-64 to 19-10-70 NMSA 1978]...
Section 19-10-65 - Definitions. - As used in Sections 19-10-64 through 19-10-70 NMSA 1978: A....
Section 19-10-66 - Payment of royalties of the state in oil on demand. - All royalties accruing to the state under any oil or...
Section 19-10-67 - Sale of state oil royalties; preference; authority of commissioner. - A. Upon granting any oil or gas lease upon public...
Section 19-10-68 - Application for preference in sale of royalty oil; requirements. - A petroleum refinery within the state unable to purchase in...
Section 19-10-69 - Grant of preference based upon application. - The oil conservation commission shall examine each application from petroleum...
Section 19-10-70 - Advertising for bids; priority of bidders; award of oil. - A. Where the commissioner of public lands elects to offer...
Article 10A - Carbon Dioxide Act
Section 19-10A-1 - Short title. - This act [19-10A-1 to 19-10A-7 NMSA 1978] may be cited...
Section 19-10A-2 - Carbon dioxide taken in kind. - The purpose of the State Carbon Dioxide Act [19-10A-1 to...
Section 19-10A-3 - Definitions. - As used in the State Carbon Dioxide Act [19-10A-1 to...
Section 19-10A-4 - Sale of state royalty carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide upon which commissioner has call. - The commissioner of public lands may offer from time to...
Section 19-10A-5 - Application for preference producer or refiner. - A. A producer who wants to qualify for a preference...
Section 19-10A-6 - Grant of preference based upon application. - The oil conservation division shall examine each application for certification...
Section 19-10A-7 - Advertising for bids; priority of bidders; award of carbon dioxide. - A. Where the commissioner of public lands elects to offer...
Article 10B - Ongard System Development
Section 19-10B-1 - Short title. - Sections 1 through 8 [19-10B-1 to 19-10B-8 NMSA 1978] of...
Section 19-10B-2 - Findings and purpose. - A. The legislature finds that a new oil and gas...
Section 19-10B-3 - Definitions. - As used in the ONGARD System Development Act [19-10B-1 to...
Section 19-10B-4 - ONGARD system development. - The commissioner of public lands shall design, develop, acquire and...
Section 19-10B-5 - Commissioner of public lands; authorization to issue revenue bonds. - A. In order to provide funds for the design, development,...
Section 19-10B-6 - ONGARD system; sales; licenses. - Any software or other property developed pursuant to the provisions...
Section 19-10B-7 - Joint powers agreement. - The commissioner of public lands, the taxation and revenue department,...
Section 19-10B-8 - Oversight. - A. No less than twice each year until the ONGARD...
Article 11 - Timberlands
Section 19-11-1 - [Care and protection; rules and regulations; forestry standards.] - That the commissioner of public lands shall have authority, and...
Section 19-11-2 - [Fire prevention and watershed protection; agreement with federal or private agencies.] - In order to carry out the provisions of this act...
Section 19-11-3 - Sale of timber lands. - That on application therefor, the commissioner of public lands shall...
Section 19-11-4 - [Deferment of payment because of fire prevention assistance; failure to observe protective regulations; forfeiture; payment required before timber cut.] - The commissioner of public lands shall be authorized to defer...
Section 19-11-5 - [Sales prohibited; exceptions.] - No timber or timbered lands of the state shall be...
Section 19-11-6 - [Cutting certain timber for purchaser's own consumption.] - Any purchaser of timbered lands, under the provisions of this...
Section 19-11-7 - [Covenant to conserve and protect young timber and timber products; use of land for agricultural purposes.] - All land sold under the provisions of this act [19-11-1,...
Section 19-11-9 - [Purchaser of timber leasing additional grazing lands; conditions.] - Any purchaser of timbered lands under the provisions of this...
Section 19-11-10 - Timber; sale of [down, large growth and matured timber] - The commissioner of public lands may sell the down, large...
Article 12 - Land Office Building
Section 19-12-1 - Short title. - This act [19-12-1 to 19-12-13 except 19-12-7.1 NMSA 1978] may...
Section 19-12-2 - [Acquisition of land; construction and maintenance of buildings; use; lease to other agencies; disposition and use of rents.] - The commissioner of public lands of the state is authorized...
Section 19-12-3 - [Total cost of acquisition and construction; appropriation.] - The total cost of acquiring of land and the construction...
Section 19-12-4 - [Architect, employment by commissioner; contract for construction of building; notice of letting; rejection of bids; performance bond.] - The commissioner is empowered to employ an architect after competition...
Section 19-12-5 - Commissioner's power to provide for construction and maintenance; disbursements. - The commissioner has authority to perform all acts incidental to...
Section 19-12-6 - [Interest in contracts by commissioner or his agents prohibited.] - Neither the commissioner nor any of his agents shall be...
Section 19-12-7 - [Location of building; style of architecture.] - The land office building shall be located at the city...
Section 19-12-7.1 - Name of land office building. - The building located in Santa Fe currently used for offices...
Section 19-12-8 - [Anticipation of proceeds of rentals from trust lands; issuance and sale of state land office debentures; interest rate; form; maturity.] - The commissioner of public lands is authorized to anticipate the...
Section 19-12-9 - [Debentures; signed by commissioner; seal affixed.] - The debentures shall be signed by the commissioner and his...
Section 19-12-10 - [Funds derived from sale of debentures; disposition.] - The funds derived from the sale of debentures shall be...
Section 19-12-11 - [State investment officer may purchase state land office debentures; approval; private sale; interest rates.] - Any debentures authorized by the Land Office Building Act [19-12-1...
Section 19-12-12 - Contract for maintenance. - The commissioner of public lands is authorized to contract with...
Section 19-12-13 - [Acceptance of gift, or loan, from federal government authorized.] - The commissioner of public lands is authorized to accept any...
Article 13 - Lease of Geothermal Resources on State Lands
Section 19-13-1 - Short title. - This act [19-13-1 to 19-13-28 NMSA 1978] may be cited...
Section 19-13-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Geothermal Resources Act: A. "geothermal resources"...
Section 19-13-3 - Administration of act. - Administration of the Geothermal Resources Act shall be based on...
Section 19-13-4 - Geothermal resources of commercial value. - Where it is determined by the commissioner that the production...
Section 19-13-5 - Leases; applications; limitations. - A. Leases may be issued by the commissioner according to...
Section 19-13-6 - Known geothermal resources fields. - A. The commissioner shall, after consultation with the director of...
Section 19-13-7 - Leases; terms; rentals and royalties. - A. Each lease issued pursuant to the Geothermal Resources Act...
Section 19-13-8 - Leases; relinquishment. - A. The holder of any lease may at any time...
Section 19-13-9 - Rent or royalties; waiver; suspension; reduction. - The commissioner may, after a public hearing, waive, suspend or...
Section 19-13-10 - Suspension of operation and production. - The commissioner may, upon application and after a public hearing,...
Section 19-13-11 - Leases; duration. - A. Any lease entered into pursuant to the Geothermal Resources...
Section 19-13-11.1 - Leases; stipulation; rental; royalty. - The owner or owners of any geothermal resources lease or...
Section 19-13-11.2 - Validation of geothermal resource leases. - All geothermal resource leases issued by the commissioner of public...
Section 19-13-12 - Combining geothermal resources. - Any person engaged in the production of geothermal resources under...
Section 19-13-13 - Reinjecting geothermal resources. - Any person holding a lease may, upon approval of the...
Section 19-13-14 - Cooperative development or operation. - For the purpose of more properly conserving the natural resources...
Section 19-13-15 - Posting of open acreage; simultaneous applications. - When newly acquired acreage is posted to the tract books,...
Section 19-13-16 - State land sales and leases; reservations. - In addition to any other requirements of law, in all...
Section 19-13-17 - Use of the surface. - Subject to the provisions of the Geothermal Resources Act, any...
Section 19-13-18 - Bonds; surface damage; performance. - A. Before any person commences development or operations of geothermal...
Section 19-13-19 - State lands; jurisdictions. - Where the surface of state lands sought for use or...
Section 19-13-20 - General mining lease; lease preference. - Notwithstanding any other provision of the Geothermal Resources Act, at...
Section 19-13-21 - Transferability. - Any lease pursuant to the Geothermal Resources Act may be...
Section 19-13-22 - Inspection of records; reports. - The commissioner or his representative shall have the right to...
Section 19-13-23 - Violation of lease; notice; forfeiture. - The commissioner may cancel any lease issued pursuant to the...
Section 19-13-24 - Removing improvements upon termination of lease. - Upon termination of any lease issued pursuant to the Geothermal...
Section 19-13-25 - Regulations. - Pursuant to the Geothermal Resources Act, the commissioner shall adopt...
Section 19-13-26 - Withholding state lands from lease; lease by competitive bids. - Nothing in the Geothermal Resources Act [19-13-1 to 19-13-28 NMSA...
Section 19-13-27 - Public hearings. - A public hearing pursuant to the Geothermal Resources Act [19-13-1...
Section 19-13-28 - Collateral assignment of leases. - Any lease for geothermal resources in good standing, together with...
Article 14 - Reservation of Rights in Lease or Conveyance of State Lands
Section 19-14-1 - Commissioner of public lands to reserve certain rights to the state in leases or other conveyances of any mineral interests or rights to minerals in state lands. - In any lease or other conveyance of state lands granting...
Section 19-14-2 - Waiver of requirements for reservation of rights in leases or conveyance for specific minerals; procedures for waiver. - A. The commissioner of public lands may waive by written...
Section 19-14-3 - Disposal of minerals by commissioner of public lands. - The commissioner of public lands shall dispose of any minerals...
Article 15 - Administration of Public Lands (Repealed.)
Section 19-15-1 to 19-15-10 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1981, ch. 241, § 13, repealed 19-15-1...