The defendant shall set forth in his answer the following:
A. the estate or interest in each tract or parcel of property taken or described in the petition in which the defendant has any interest;
B. the name and address of anyone claiming any interest in such tract or parcel of property known to the defendant and the amount of such interest;
C. the amount which the defendant claims as just compensation for the property taken or described in the petition and the amount, if any, of the various elements of damage, including damage to any remaining portion of a contiguous tract owned or controlled by the defendant;
D. the highest and best use to which the property is adapted;
E. a description of the total tract owned by the defendant or in which he claims an interest, which has been damaged by the taking or the proposed improvement;
F. any other material or pertinent matter with regard to damages known to the defendant.
History: 1953 Comp., § 22-9-45, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 324, § 7; 1967, ch. 207, § 1.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 27 Am. Jur. 2d Eminent Domain §§ 527 et seq., 895.
29A C.J.S. Eminent Domain §§ 261, 262.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 42 - Actions and Proceedings Relating to Property
Article 2 - Special Alternative Condemnation Procedure
Section 42-2-1 - Declaration of intent.
Section 42-2-4 - Authority to acquire.
Section 42-2-6 - Preliminary order of entry.
Section 42-2-7 - Service; personal or by publication.
Section 42-2-8 - Contents of answer.
Section 42-2-9 - Time for answering.
Section 42-2-10 - Intervention.
Section 42-2-11 - Election of trial by court or jury.
Section 42-2-12 - Time of trial.
Section 42-2-15 - Verdict and judgment.
Section 42-2-16 - Proof of payment; recording judgment.
Section 42-2-17 - Purpose of act.
Section 42-2-18 - Application of Rules of Civil Procedure.
Section 42-2-19 - Disqualification of judge; effect.
Section 42-2-20 - Waiver of bond.
Section 42-2-22 - [Flood control; appropriation of land; compensation for immediate use.]
Section 42-2-23 - Condemnation of property in excess of need; sale to prior owner; price.