Such assignments shall be executed on forms to be prescribed by the commissioner of public lands, which forms shall specify the number of the lease or purchase contract assigned, the description of the land embraced in such lease or purchase contract, the date of the expiration of the lease assigned, the name of the assignee and the amount of the indebtedness which the assignment is given to secure, and may provide for further advances by the assignee up to a specific amount. Such assignments shall be acknowledged by the assignor in the manner provided by law for the acknowledgment of conveyances affecting real estate, and, when filed in the office of the commissioner of public lands and approved by him, shall be constructive notice to all persons of the contents of such assignments from the date of such approval, and it shall not be necessary to record such instruments in the county where the lands affected thereby are located. Provided, that when more than one lease or purchase contract is assigned to secure the same indebtedness, any and all such leases or purchase contracts shall be assigned by separate instrument.
History: Laws 1933, ch. 126, § 3; 1935, ch. 47, § 1; 1937, ch. 51, § 2; 1941 Comp., § 8-838; 1953 Comp., § 7-8-41.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Cross references. — For recording in commissioner's office of oil and gas leases, etc., see 19-10-31 NMSA 1978.
For recording of instruments affecting real estate, and giving of constructive notice thereby generally, see 14-9-1, 14-9-2 NMSA 1978.
For recording of assignment made for benefit of creditors, see 56-9-10 NMSA 1978.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 7 - Sale and Lease of Lands
Section 19-7-1 - [Application for lease or purchase; appraisement.]
Section 19-7-3 - [Numbering and dating applications upon receipt.]
Section 19-7-4 - [Deposit of funds; rejection of application without deposit.]
Section 19-7-5 - [Simultaneous applications.]
Section 19-7-6 - [Offenses by officers or employees of land office; penalty.]
Section 19-7-7 - [False swearing in application or appraisement.]
Section 19-7-9 - Sale and lease of state lands; conveyance for term of years; terms and conditions.
Section 19-7-9.1 - State land office; public notice; public meetings.
Section 19-7-10 - [Restrictions on deferred payments.]
Section 19-7-12 - [Outstanding contracts may be canceled and new contracts granted; conditions.]
Section 19-7-14 - Owner of improvements compensated by purchaser or by subsequent lessee.
Section 19-7-15 - Definition of improvements.
Section 19-7-16 - Cost of appraisal.
Section 19-7-18 - Bond required.
Section 19-7-19 - [Failure to comply with contract; forfeiture at option of commissioner.]
Section 19-7-21 - [Townsite lands; subdivision.]
Section 19-7-22 - [Cemetery or school site lands; subdivision and sale.]
Section 19-7-23 - [School section used for cemeteries; not to be sold.]
Section 19-7-24 - [Management of cemeteries on school sections; sale of lots; cemetery association.]
Section 19-7-26 - State irrigable lands; sale; conveyance to United States.
Section 19-7-27 - [Lands subject to lease.]
Section 19-7-29 - [Grazing leases; rental rates; annual rental; appraisal of land.]
Section 19-7-30 - Grazing or agricultural leases; maximum term; method of payment.
Section 19-7-32 - [Open and unleased land within Taylor grazing allotment of another.]
Section 19-7-33 - [Right of relinquishment not restricted.]
Section 19-7-34 - [Rent lien; attachment; forfeiture.]
Section 19-7-36 - [Assignment or relinquishment of lease; consent of commissioner required.]
Section 19-7-38 - [Presenting assignment to commissioner; indexing; filing; public inspection.]
Section 19-7-40 - [Assignments not filed and approved; effect.]
Section 19-7-41 - [Foreclosure of assignments; rights of purchaser.]
Section 19-7-42 - [Release of assignments; recording.]
Section 19-7-44 - [Rules and regulations; filing and recording fee.]
Section 19-7-45 - [Construction of act; prior assignments and mortgages.]
Section 19-7-47 - [Violation; penalty; civil liability.]
Section 19-7-48 - [Existing collateral assignments ratified; application of act thereto.]
Section 19-7-49 - [New grazing lease; time for filing application; prior lessee preferred.]
Section 19-7-51 - [Improvement on grazing or agricultural lease; restrictions.]
Section 19-7-52 - Excessive permanent improvements become part of realty.
Section 19-7-54 - Municipalities leasing lands within five miles of limits; uses; term.
Section 19-7-55 - Counties and school districts leasing state lands; uses; term.
Section 19-7-57 - Commissioner; powers; easements; rights of way.
Section 19-7-58 - [Rights-of-way; interference with roads or highways.]
Section 19-7-62 - Annual appropriation for refunds; payment from state lands maintenance fund.
Section 19-7-63 - Erroneous distribution to permanent fund.
Section 19-7-64 - [Contesting rights to state lands; rules and regulations.]
Section 19-7-65 - [Commissioner's power relative to oaths, witnesses and documents.]
Section 19-7-66 - [Perjury in contest proceedings; penalty.]
Section 19-7-67 - Contest; commissioner; appeal to district court.