In a conveyance of real estate the word "grant" shall be a sufficient word of conveyance without the use of the words "give, bargain, sell and convey" and no covenant shall be implied from the use of the word, "grant."
History: 1941 Comp., § 75-131, enacted by Laws 1947, ch. 203, § 6; 1953 Comp., § 70-1-31.
Cross references. — For the use of the words "bargained and sold," see 47-1-14 NMSA 1978.
Law reviews. — For article, "Toward Clarification of New Mexico's Real Property Statutes," see 1 Nat. Res. J. 163 (1961).
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 1 - Conveyances and General Provisions
Section 47-1-1 - "Real estate" defined.
Section 47-1-2 - Monopolies; entailments; primogeniture.
Section 47-1-4 - [Conveyances authorized.]
Section 47-1-4.1 - Actual authority; representatives of business entities; exception.
Section 47-1-5 - [Signing of conveyances.]
Section 47-1-6 - Seal unnecessary.
Section 47-1-7 - [Powers of attorney and revocations thereof to be acknowledged and recorded.]
Section 47-1-8 - [Conveyances under terminated power of attorney; validation.]
Section 47-1-9 - [Notice of revocation or death by means of affidavit.]
Section 47-1-10 - [Recordation of affidavit of termination of power of attorney.]
Section 47-1-11 - [Instruments by agent authorized.]
Section 47-1-12 - [Conveyance by decree or master.]
Section 47-1-14 - [Effect of words "bargained and sold".]
Section 47-1-15 - [Joint grantees or devisees; tenancy in common.]
Section 47-1-16 - [Instrument of conveyance; prima facie evidence of joint tenancy.]
Section 47-1-17 - [Entailed estates.]
Section 47-1-18 - [Reversion; "heirs" and "successors" defined.]
Section 47-1-19 - [Rights of heirs of life tenant when made remaindermen.]
Section 47-1-20 - [Remainder to unborn child.]
Section 47-1-22 - [Grants of rents, returns or remainders.]
Section 47-1-23 - [Transfer of reversion authorized.]
Section 47-1-24 - [Rights of transferee of reversion.]
Section 47-1-26 - [Tax assessment or payment in name of nonowner is not cloud on title.]
Section 47-1-27 - ["Statutory forms" of conveyance and mortgage of real property.]
Section 47-1-28 - [Applicability from effective date of act.]
Section 47-1-29 - ["Warranty deed" effective in fee simple.]
Section 47-1-30 - ["Quitclaim deed" effective in fee simple without warranty.]
Section 47-1-31 - ["Special warranty deed"; effect.]
Section 47-1-32 - ["Grant" effective as a word of conveyance.]
Section 47-1-33 - [Unnecessary terms; construction of deeds or reservations.]
Section 47-1-34 - [Rights included without enumeration.]
Section 47-1-35 - [Conveyance or mortgage to joint tenants.]
Section 47-1-36 - Joint tenancies defined; creation.
Section 47-1-37 - [Effect of warranty covenants in conveyances.]
Section 47-1-38 - [Effect of special warranty covenants in conveyances.]
Section 47-1-39 - [Mortgage or deed of trust provisions; effect.]
Section 47-1-40 - [Construction of "mortgage covenants".]
Section 47-1-41 - Construction of "statutory mortgage condition".
Section 47-1-42 - [Sheriff designated as successor trustee.]
Section 47-1-43 - [Verb "assign" sufficient to transfer interest.]
Section 47-1-44 - Conveyancing forms.
Section 47-1-45 - [Real estate brokerage agreements required to be in writing.]
Section 47-1-46 - [Real estate descriptions by reference to recorded instruments.]
Section 47-1-47 - [Recovery of realty donated to state or municipality for specific purposes.]
Section 47-1-48 - [Rules applicable; service of process.]
Section 47-1-49 - New Mexico coordinate system; zones.
Section 47-1-50 - Zone designations.
Section 47-1-51 - Plane coordinates, x and y; definition.
Section 47-1-52 - Description of land located in more than one zone.
Section 47-1-54 - Recordation of land description based on coordinate system; limitation.
Section 47-1-55 - [Use on maps, reports of survey or other documents.]