Any person or persons failing to file for record the patent they have received for a townsite in the state of New Mexico, shall, upon conviction, before any court of competent jurisdiction, be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not less than one year, and be fined in a sum of not less than five hundred dollars [($500)], together with the costs of the prosecution.
History: Laws 1909, ch. 50, § 2; Code 1915, § 5514; C.S. 1929, § 144-102; 1941 Comp., § 8-502; 1953 Comp., § 7-5-2.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Section 19-4-1 - [Patents of townsites to be recorded.]
Section 19-4-2 - [Failure to record townsite patent; penalty.]
Section 19-4-3 - [Prosecutions for failure to record; duty of district attorneys.]
Section 19-4-5 - [Notice of suit; intervention.]
Section 19-4-6 - [Vacating all or part of townsite.]
Section 19-4-7 - [Disposal of lots after entry.]
Section 19-4-8 - [Conveyances to persons entitled to possession or occupancy.]
Section 19-4-9 - [Notice of entry; posting and publication.]
Section 19-4-10 - [Claim for lots; time limit; unclaimed lots revert to town.]
Section 19-4-11 - [Notice of meeting to elect trustees; qualifications; duties.]
Section 19-4-12 - [Term of office of trustees.]
Section 19-4-13 - [Board of appraisers; appointment; oath; refusal to act; new board.]
Section 19-4-14 - [Appraisement; contents; valuations.]
Section 19-4-15 - [Notice of sale; publication; contents.]
Section 19-4-16 - [Conduct of sales.]
Section 19-4-17 - [Conveyance of streets, parks and commons by probate judge.]
Section 19-4-18 - [Purchase at private sale by person in possession.]
Section 19-4-19 - [Reservation for park or public purpose.]
Section 19-4-20 - Disposition of proceeds.
Section 19-4-21 - [Adverse claims; litigation.]
Section 19-4-22 - [Paramount right to lands.]
Section 19-4-23 - [Notice to file suit; service; publication; relinquishment on failure to obey.]
Section 19-4-24 - [Service of process; publication.]
Section 19-4-26 - [Reports of expenses.]
Section 19-4-27 - [Conveyances; payment of costs.]
Section 19-4-28 - [Commissioner; appointment; qualifications; powers; office hours; bond.]
Section 19-4-29 - [Recording of order appointing commissioner.]
Section 19-4-30 - [Conveyance by probate judge; land for town benefit.]
Section 19-4-31 - [Conveyances; time for execution.]
Section 19-4-32 - [Probate judge; claim for lands in individual right.]
Section 19-4-33 - [Streets, alleys, parks and public grounds.]
Section 19-4-34 - [Claimant failing to pay costs and fees.]
Section 19-4-35 - [Trustees; organization; officers; quorum.]
Section 19-4-36 - [Probate judges declared county judges for purpose of trust.]
Section 19-4-37 - [Taxation of costs.]
Section 19-4-38 - [Unsold lots; petition; appraisers.]
Section 19-4-39 - [Appraisement; report; compensation.]
Section 19-4-40 - [Preference right of possessor to purchase.]
Section 19-4-41 - [Commissioner; sale; notice by publication; deeds; fees.]