The board of county commissioners shall have power at any session to make such orders concerning the property belonging to the county as they may deem expedient.
History: Laws 1876, ch. 1, § 14(1); C.L. 1884, § 345(1); C.L. 1897, § 664(1); Code 1915, § 1199; C.S. 1929, § 33-4213; 1941 Comp., § 15-3512; 1953 Comp., § 15-37-12.
Cross references. — For county property, see 4-36-4 NMSA 1978.
For powers of counties generally, see 4-37-1 NMSA 1978.
For control of property of disincorporated municipality, see 3-4-7 NMSA 1978.
For insuring of public buildings, see 13-5-1, 13-5-3 NMSA 1978.
For maintenance and upkeep of district attorney facilities, see 36-1-8.1 NMSA 1978.
Rental of space in county buildings to private persons. — Board of county commissioners may rent space in county courthouse to private individual when it does not interfere with public use and rental is for a short term only. 1945 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 45-4723.
Lease of county buildings free of rent. — The board of county commissioners may permit the department of public welfare (now human services department) to use county buildings for its purposes free of rent. 1938 Op. Att'y Gen. 38-1899.
Determination of use of space assigned to county sheriff. — While this section and 4-38-18 NMSA 1978 grant the board of county commissioners the authority to control and manage county property, this does not mean the board may arbitrarily decide how space assigned to the county sheriff may be used. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-50.
Setting office hours. — A county commission may set the hours that offices of other elected county officials must stay open. 1990 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 90-05.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 56 Am. Jur. 2d Municipal Corporations, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions §§ 491 to 498.
Real estate: power of governing body of county to dispose of county real estate in absence of specific statutory authority, 21 A.L.R.2d 722.
Public utility plant or interest therein, power of county to sell, lease or mortgage, 61 A.L.R.2d 595.
20 C.J.S. Counties §§ 143 to 149.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 38 - Board of County Commissioners
Section 4-38-1 - [Exercise of county powers.]
Section 4-38-2 - Members; quorum.
Section 4-38-3 - Residence in districts; period for districting; election at large.
Section 4-38-6 - Election; term.
Section 4-38-7 - [Holding office until successor is qualified.]
Section 4-38-11 - [Chairman; powers and duties.]
Section 4-38-12 - [Seal; sessions to be public; rules and regulations.]
Section 4-38-13 - [Powers; property belonging to county.]
Section 4-38-13.1 - County equipment and property; permitted uses.
Section 4-38-13.2 - Legislative findings; community value.
Section 4-38-14 - [County appropriation for state fair authorized.]
Section 4-38-15 - [Agent of county having charge of county exhibit at state fair; appointment.]
Section 4-38-16 - [Accounts; county buildings; taxation.]
Section 4-38-17 - Tax levy for county general purposes; allocation.
Section 4-38-17.1 - Tax levies authorization; procedures; health purposes.
Section 4-38-18 - [Management in general.]
Section 4-38-24 - Powers over highways.
Section 4-38-26 - [Streets in unincorporated county seats.]
Section 4-38-27 - [Receipts and expenditures; publication of report.]
Section 4-38-28 - [Payments without authority; liability of commissioners.]
Section 4-38-29 - [Approving unauthorized account; penalty; recovery of money.]
Section 4-38-30 - [Neglect of duty; penalty.]
Section 4-38-31 - [Establishment of airports.]
Section 4-38-32 - Eminent domain power for acquiring airports.
Section 4-38-33 - [Eminent domain power over land contiguous and adjacent to airport.]
Section 4-38-34 - [Joint county-municipal operation of airports.]
Section 4-38-35 - [Federal aid for airports; gifts.]
Section 4-38-36 - [Power to issue bonds for airports.]
Section 4-38-37 - [Procedure for issuing bonds for airports.]
Section 4-38-38 - Creation of county advisory boards.
Section 4-38-39 - Duties of board.
Section 4-38-40 - Executive committee.