New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 49 - Land Grants
Article 1 - General Provisions

Section 49-1-1 - Management of Spanish and Mexican grants. - All land grants-mercedes in the state or land grants-mercedes described...

Section 49-1-1.1 - Definitions. - As used in Chapter 49 NMSA 1978: A. "child" means...

Section 49-1-2 - Application. - A. Sections 49-1-1 through 49-1-18 NMSA 1978 shall apply to...

Section 49-1-3 - Board of trustees; management of grant; powers. - The management and control of all land grants-mercedes and tracts...

Section 49-1-4 - Board of trustees; qualifications. - The board of trustees shall consist of five members. In...

Section 49-1-5 - Election of members of board of trustees; voters' qualifications; registration; provisional ballots. - A. Elections for the board of trustees shall be held...

Section 49-1-5.1 - Provisional ballots; requirements for use; procedures. - A. A person shall be permitted to vote on a...

Section 49-1-6 - Repealed. - History: Laws 1907, ch. 42, § 6; Code 1915, §...

Section 49-1-7 - Election; votes required; canvassing votes. - A. The candidates receiving the most votes cast for the...

Section 49-1-8 - Organization of board; bonds; vacancies. - A. All members of the newly elected board of trustees...

Section 49-1-9 - Meetings. - Regular meetings of the board of trustees shall be held...

Section 49-1-10 - Quorum. - A majority of the board of trustees shall constitute a...

Section 49-1-11 - Sale or mortgage of common lands; restrictions. - A. A conveyance of a portion or of all of...

Section 49-1-11.1 - Rights of lessees and purchasers; rights to use of common lands. - A. A person who is not an heir and who...

Section 49-1-11.2 - Adverse possession. - A land grant-merced managed, controlled and governed as a political...

Section 49-1-12 - Meetings to be public; annual report. - A. All meetings of the board of trustees shall be...

Section 49-1-13 - Vacancies. - If a vacancy occurs on the board of trustees, the...

Section 49-1-14 - Salaries of trustees; records; expenditures. - A. The board of trustees may fix in the land...

Section 49-1-15 - Removal from land grant-merced; delinquency; forfeiture. - A. If a person holds in possession or claims in...

Section 49-1-16 - Trespass on common lands or waters; injunctions. - The courts of this state shall entertain bills of complaint...

Section 49-1-17 - Process; how served on board. - Process in all actions or suits against a board of...

Section 49-1-18 - Construction. - Sections 49-1-1 through 49-1-18 NMSA 1978 shall not be construed...

Section 49-1-19 - Failure of trustee to perform duties; penalty. - Any member of the board of trustees who fails or...

Section 49-1-20 - [Sevilleta de La Joya grant; provisions applicable.] - The court having held that the trustees elected under the...

Section 49-1-21 - [Anton Chico grant; rights of lessees and purchasers.] - Any person or persons or corporation who through purchase or...

Section 49-1-22 - Recompiled. - History: 1978 Comp., § 49-1-22, enacted by Laws 2004, ch....

Section 49-1-23 - Community land grant registry established; reporting requirements. - A. The land grant council shall establish the "New Mexico...