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Article 1 - General Provisions
Section 49-1-1 - Management of Spanish and Mexican grants. - All land grants-mercedes in the state or land grants-mercedes described...
Section 49-1-1.1 - Definitions. - As used in Chapter 49 NMSA 1978: A. "child" means...
Section 49-1-2 - Application. - A. Sections 49-1-1 through 49-1-18 NMSA 1978 shall apply to...
Section 49-1-3 - Board of trustees; management of grant; powers. - The management and control of all land grants-mercedes and tracts...
Section 49-1-4 - Board of trustees; qualifications. - The board of trustees shall consist of five members. In...
Section 49-1-5 - Election of members of board of trustees; voters' qualifications; registration; provisional ballots. - A. Elections for the board of trustees shall be held...
Section 49-1-5.1 - Provisional ballots; requirements for use; procedures. - A. A person shall be permitted to vote on a...
Section 49-1-6 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1907, ch. 42, § 6; Code 1915, §...
Section 49-1-7 - Election; votes required; canvassing votes. - A. The candidates receiving the most votes cast for the...
Section 49-1-8 - Organization of board; bonds; vacancies. - A. All members of the newly elected board of trustees...
Section 49-1-9 - Meetings. - Regular meetings of the board of trustees shall be held...
Section 49-1-10 - Quorum. - A majority of the board of trustees shall constitute a...
Section 49-1-11 - Sale or mortgage of common lands; restrictions. - A. A conveyance of a portion or of all of...
Section 49-1-11.1 - Rights of lessees and purchasers; rights to use of common lands. - A. A person who is not an heir and who...
Section 49-1-11.2 - Adverse possession. - A land grant-merced managed, controlled and governed as a political...
Section 49-1-12 - Meetings to be public; annual report. - A. All meetings of the board of trustees shall be...
Section 49-1-13 - Vacancies. - If a vacancy occurs on the board of trustees, the...
Section 49-1-14 - Salaries of trustees; records; expenditures. - A. The board of trustees may fix in the land...
Section 49-1-15 - Removal from land grant-merced; delinquency; forfeiture. - A. If a person holds in possession or claims in...
Section 49-1-16 - Trespass on common lands or waters; injunctions. - The courts of this state shall entertain bills of complaint...
Section 49-1-17 - Process; how served on board. - Process in all actions or suits against a board of...
Section 49-1-18 - Construction. - Sections 49-1-1 through 49-1-18 NMSA 1978 shall not be construed...
Section 49-1-19 - Failure of trustee to perform duties; penalty. - Any member of the board of trustees who fails or...
Section 49-1-20 - [Sevilleta de La Joya grant; provisions applicable.] - The court having held that the trustees elected under the...
Section 49-1-21 - [Anton Chico grant; rights of lessees and purchasers.] - Any person or persons or corporation who through purchase or...
Section 49-1-22 - Recompiled. - History: 1978 Comp., § 49-1-22, enacted by Laws 2004, ch....
Section 49-1-23 - Community land grant registry established; reporting requirements. - A. The land grant council shall establish the "New Mexico...
Article 2 - Corporations for Management of Community Land Grants
Section 49-2-1 - [Powers granted to certain community land grant corporations.] - That all corporations organized and incorporated under the provisions of...
Section 49-2-2 - Corporate powers enumerated. - They shall be bodies corporate and politic under the respective...
Section 49-2-3 - Board of trustees; corporate powers; election. - The corporate powers of such corporation shall be exercised by...
Section 49-2-4 - [Judges of election; appointment; notice of election; ballots; canvass; certificates of election.] - The election provided for in the preceding section [49-2-3 NMSA...
Section 49-2-5 - [Vacancies in board; filling.] - If a vacancy shall occur in any such board of...
Section 49-2-6 - [Majority of board constitutes quorum; acts binding.] - A majority of said board of trustees shall constitute a...
Section 49-2-7 - [Regular meetings of board; sale of community lands; handling of moneys.] - The board of trustees of every such corporation shall hold...
Section 49-2-8 - [Special meetings; business to be transacted; calling.] - Such board of trustees may hold special meetings at such...
Section 49-2-9 - [Selection of officers; rules; duties of secretary.] - Each board of trustees elected under the provisions of this...
Section 49-2-10 - [Resolutions for disposition of common lands; effective date; binding effect.] - No resolution providing for the sale, mortgage, lease or other...
Section 49-2-11 - [Protests against disposition of common lands; election.] - Any person interested in the common lands in such grant...
Section 49-2-12 - [Compensation of trustees.] - Each member of the board of trustees of the corporation...
Section 49-2-13 - [Lands held in private ownership.] - The board of trustees of any such corporation shall have...
Section 49-2-14 - [Lands improperly claimed in private ownership; ejectment.] - If any person or persons shall hold in possession or...
Section 49-2-15 - [Trespass on common lands or waters; jurisdiction of courts; injunction.] - The several courts of this state exercising chancery jurisdiction shall...
Section 49-2-16 - [Conveyances; effect.] - Any conveyance made in pursuance of the provisions of this...
Section 49-2-17 - Definition of terms; right to vote or hold office. - Whenever the words "owners and proprietors" are used in this...
Section 49-2-18 - Conversion of corporations organized under Laws 1891, Chapter 86 into general corporations. - Twenty or more owners and proprietors of record of a...
Article 3 - Chaperito Grant
Section 49-3-1 - [Management vested in board of trustees; number.] - That the management and control of the community lands of...
Section 49-3-2 - [Board of trustees; corporate powers; name; process; qualifications.] - That such board shall be a body corporate, having full...
Section 49-3-3 - [First election of trustees.] - That upon the petition of ten or more inhabitants of...
Section 49-3-4 - [Election of successors; notice; terms of office.] - That within thirty days of the expiration of the terms...
Section 49-3-5 - Elections; qualifications of electors; canvassing returns; oath. - At all the elections held under the provisions of this...
Section 49-3-6 - [Officers of board; duties; treasurer's bond; secretary only to be compensated.] - That the board of trustees shall choose from the members...
Section 49-3-7 - [Meetings of trustees; quorum; vacancies; expenditures; per diem for trustees in attendance.] - That the regular meetings of the board of trustees shall...
Section 49-3-8 - [Powers of board of trustees enumerated.] - That the said board of trustees shall have the following...
Article 4 - Chilili Grant
Section 49-4-1 - Chilili land grant-merced; ratification of partitions; governance. - A. All apportionments or partitions of land on the grant...
Section 49-4-2 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1876, ch. 51, § 2; Code 1915, §...
Section 49-4-3 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1876, ch. 51, § 3; 1899, ch. 47,...
Section 49-4-4 - Management of grant. - The Chilili land grant-merced shall be controlled and governed by...
Section 49-4-4.1 - Definitions. - As used in Chapter 49, Article 4 NMSA 1978: A....
Section 49-4-5 - Board of trustees; management of grant; powers. - The board of trustees shall have the power to: A....
Section 49-4-6 - Board of trustees; qualifications. - The board of trustees shall consist of five members. If...
Section 49-4-7 - Election of members of board of trustees; voters' qualifications; registration. - A. Elections for the board of trustees shall be held...
Section 49-4-8 - Election; votes required; canvassing votes. - A. The candidates receiving the most votes cast for the...
Section 49-4-9 - Organization of board; bonds; vacancies. - A. All members of the newly elected board of trustees...
Section 49-4-10 - Meetings. - Regular meetings of the board of trustees shall be held...
Section 49-4-11 - Quorum. - A majority of the members of the board of trustees...
Section 49-4-12 - Sale or mortgage of common lands; restrictions. - A. A conveyance of a portion of or all of...
Section 49-4-13 - Meetings to be public; annual report. - A. All meetings of the board of trustees shall be...
Section 49-4-14 - Vacancies. - If a vacancy occurs on the board of trustees, the...
Section 49-4-15 - Salaries of trustees; records; expenditures. - A. The board of trustees may fix in the land...
Section 49-4-16 - Protection of common lands; delinquency; forfeiture. - A. If the board of trustees brings an action in...
Section 49-4-17 - Trespass on common lands or waters; injunctions. - The courts of this state shall entertain bills of complaint...
Section 49-4-18 - Process; how served on board. - Process in all actions or suits against the board of...
Section 49-4-19 - Registration. - The board of trustees shall register its bylaws and a...
Section 49-4-20 - Failure of trustee to perform duties; penalty. - Any member of the board of trustees who fails or...
Section 49-4-21 - Rights of lessees and purchasers. - A. A person who is not an heir and who...
Article 5 - Dona Ana County Grants
Section 49-5-1 - [Management vested in boards of trustees; exception.] - That the management and control of the community land grants...
Section 49-5-2 - [Corporate powers; name; process.] - That each of such boards shall be a body corporate,...
Section 49-5-3 - [Qualifications of trustees.] - That all members of such boards of trustees shall be...
Section 49-5-4 - [First election of trustees; notice.] - That upon the petition of twenty or more inhabitants of,...
Section 49-5-5 - [Election of successors; notice; judges.] - That within thirty days of the expiration of the terms...
Section 49-5-6 - Election; electors; canvassing returns; oath. - At all the elections held under the provisions of this...
Section 49-5-7 - [Officers; duties; secretary-treasurer's bond; compensation.] - That the board of directors shall choose a president and...
Section 49-5-8 - [General powers of board.] - That said board of trustees shall have the following powers:...
Section 49-5-9 - [Disposition of lands; authorization.] - That no sale, mortgage, lease or other disposition of the...
Section 49-5-10 - [Meetings of board; quorum; vacancies; expenditures.] - That the regular meetings of the board of trustees shall...
Article 6 - Las Vegas Grant
Section 49-6-1 - [Jurisdiction vested in district court.] - That the district court of San Miguel county, in the...
Section 49-6-2 - [Appointment of board of trustees.] - On July first in each alternate year after July 1,...
Section 49-6-3 - [Board of trustees; number; residence qualification.] - That said district court shall, in the exercise of the...
Section 49-6-4 - [Officers; quorum in board meetings.] - That said board of trustees shall organize by selecting one...
Section 49-6-5 - [Control of board by court.] - That the said district court of San Miguel county shall...
Section 49-6-6 - [Bonds of trustees.] - That any and all persons appointed by said court as...
Section 49-6-7 - [Compensation of trustees.] - Said trustees shall be paid such reasonable compensation as the...
Section 49-6-8 - [Transaction of business by board; authority of district court to make rules.] - That said board of trustees shall be known and designated...
Section 49-6-9 - [Lease, sale or mortgage of land.] - Such board of trustees shall have the power, under the...
Section 49-6-10 - [Vested rights not affected; issuance of deeds; prior deeds validated.] - This article shall not interfere with or prejudice any vested...
Section 49-6-11 - [Investment of funds; permanent school fund established.] - It shall be the duty of the board of trustees...
Section 49-6-12 - [Bonds and securities; custody by county treasurer; collection of principal and interest.] - The bonds and securities in which said funds are from...
Section 49-6-13 - [School district apportionment; improvement, repair and construction of school buildings; advertising for bids; contractor's bond.] - It is the duty of the superintendent of schools of...
Section 49-6-14 - [Construction of veterans' memorial public school.] - That the board of trustees of the town of Las...
Article 7 - Manzano Grant (Repealed.)
Section 49-7-1 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1907, ch. 39, § 1; Code 1915, §...
Section 49-7-2 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1907, ch. 39, § 2; Code 1915, §...
Section 49-7-3 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1907, ch. 39, § 4; Code 1915, §...
Section 49-7-4 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1907, ch. 39, § 5; Code 1915, §...
Section 49-7-4.1 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1987, ch. 163, § 1; repealed by Laws...
Section 49-7-4.2 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1987, ch. 163, § 2; repealed by Laws...
Section 49-7-4.3 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1993, ch. 290, § 1; repealed by Laws...
Section 49-7-5 - Repealed. - Repeals. — Laws 1988, ch. 25, § 1 repealed 49-7-5...
Section 49-7-6 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1907, ch. 39, § 7; Code 1915, §...
Article 8 - Nuestra Senora del Rosario, San Fernando y Santiago Grant
Section 49-8-1 - Nuestra Senora del Rosario, San Fernando y Santiago Grant; trustees; election. - The government and control of the common lands of the...
Section 49-8-2 - Elections; right to vote. - A. On the first Monday of April of each alternate...
Section 49-8-3 - Officers; meeting; vacancies. - The members of the board of trustees so elected shall...
Section 49-8-4 - Board of trustees; powers. - The board of trustees shall have the following general powers:...
Article 9 - Socorro Grant
Section 49-9-1 - [Trustees of grant; applicants for deeds; city of Socorro.] - Whereas, the court of private land claims, at a session...
Section 49-9-2 - [Persons entitled to deed; refusal to grant; appeal to district court.] - Any person, company or corporation who shall, by themselves or...
Section 49-9-3 - [Application for deed; fee; survey of land; investigation; execution of deed.] - Any person, company or corporation desiring a deed or deeds...
Section 49-9-4 - [Notice of application; publication; protest; time limit on application.] - When application shall be made, as herein provided, for a...
Section 49-9-5 - [Protests; institution of suit; adjustment of controversy.] - The individual, company or corporation filing said protest shall be...
Section 49-9-6 - [Issuance or refusal to issue deeds; contesting right of possession.] - If no protest should be filed with the city clerk...
Section 49-9-7 - [Distribution of fees.] - Out of the fifteen dollars ($15.00) which shall be paid...
Section 49-9-8 - [Disposition of lands; ground rent; deeds; appraisal.] - As to all of said lands within the limits of...
Section 49-9-9 - [Disposition of proceeds of land sales.] - All proceeds realized on the sale of said lands so...
Section 49-9-10 - [Ordinances for enforcement of act.] - The city council of said city is hereby authorized and...
Section 49-9-11 - [Attorney's fees; method of payment.] - It is hereby made the duty of the mayor and...
Section 49-9-12 - [Application of article.] - This article is intended to apply to the grant of...
Article 10 - Tecolote Grant (Repealed.)
Section 49-10-1 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1903, ch. 77, § 1; Code 1915, §...
Section 49-10-2 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1903, ch. 77, § 2; Code 1915, §...
Section 49-10-3 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1903, ch. 77, § 3; Code 1915, §...
Section 49-10-4 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1903, ch. 77, § 4; Code 1915, §...
Section 49-10-5 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1903, ch. 77, § 5; Code 1915, §...
Section 49-10-6 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1903, ch. 77, § 6; Code 1915, §...
Article 11 - Land Grant Support
Section 49-11-1 - Short title. - This act [49-11-1 to 49-11-5 NMSA 1978] may be cited...
Section 49-11-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Land Grant Support Act: A. "council"...
Section 49-11-3 - Land grant council; purpose. - A. The "land grant council" is created and is administratively...
Section 49-11-4 - Land grant support program; council director powers and duties. - A. The council, through its staff or contract agents, may...
Section 49-11-5 - Report to governor and legislature. - The council shall report to the governor and the legislature...