New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 72 - Water Law
Article 2 - State Engineer

Section 72-2-1 - Appointment; removal; qualifications; duties; office; private practice prohibited. - There shall be a "state engineer" who shall be a...

Section 72-2-2 - Assistants; salary. - The state engineer may employ assistants and purchase materials and...

Section 72-2-3 - [Oath of office; bond.] - Before entering upon the duties of his office the state...

Section 72-2-4 - Payment of accounts. - All claims for services rendered, expenses incurred or materials or...

Section 72-2-5 - Annual report. - The state engineer shall prepare and deliver to the governor,...

Section 72-2-6 - Fees; amount; disposition. - The state engineer shall receive the following fees to be...

Section 72-2-7 - [Records to be public; certified copies as evidence.] - The records of the office of the state engineer are...

Section 72-2-8 - Administrative regulations, codes, instructions, orders; presumption of correctness. - A. The state engineer may adopt regulations and codes to...

Section 72-2-9 - [Supervising apportionment of waters.] - The state engineer shall have the supervision of the apportionment...

Section 72-2-9.1 - Priority administration; expedited water marketing and leasing; state engineer. - A. The legislature recognizes that the adjudication process is slow,...

Section 72-2-9.2 - Office of the state engineer; devices to measure river water. - The office of the state engineer shall purchase, install and...

Section 72-2-10 - [Legal advisers; duties.] - The attorney general and the district attorney of the county...

Section 72-2-11 - [Board of water commissioners abolished; pending appeals.] - That the board of water commissioners be and the same...

Section 72-2-12 - Hearing examiners. - In addition to the powers and authority, either express or...

Section 72-2-13 - Depositions, written interrogatories and administrative conferences. - A. In matters pertaining to the public waters of this...

Section 72-2-14 - Subpoena power. - The state engineer or any examiner appointed by the state...

Section 72-2-15 - Failure or refusal to comply with subpoena; refusal to testify; body attachment; contempt. - In case of failure or refusal on the part of...

Section 72-2-16 - Hearings required before appeal. - The state engineer may order that a hearing be held...

Section 72-2-17 - Hearing; notice; conduct; record. - A. After a written request for hearing has been filed,...

Section 72-2-18 - State engineer; enforcement; compliance orders; penalty. - A. When a person, pursuant to a finding of fact,...

Section 72-2-19 - Advanced mapping fund; created. - A. The "advanced mapping fund" is created in the state...

Section 72-2-20 - Notice of applications; online posting; notice by publication; objections. - When notice of an application is required to be provided...